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Water transport has historically been an important mode of transportation. There are currently about 10 types of waterway transports in use. The three most popular types are container ships, yachts, and boats. Container ships are large cargo vessels that carry all their loads in containers and transport around 90% of cargo worldwide. Yachts are pleasure boats used for entertainment that can be quite expensive. Boats generally refer to smaller inland watercraft like those used for fishing or transportation on rivers and lakes. While water transport has advantages like large cargo capacity and route flexibility, it also has disadvantages such as weather dependence and an inability to reach destinations not near ports. Overall, water transport continues to play a key economic and transportation role despite some limitations.

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Water Transports

Water transport has historically been an important mode of transportation. There are currently about 10 types of waterway transports in use. The three most popular types are container ships, yachts, and boats. Container ships are large cargo vessels that carry all their loads in containers and transport around 90% of cargo worldwide. Yachts are pleasure boats used for entertainment that can be quite expensive. Boats generally refer to smaller inland watercraft like those used for fishing or transportation on rivers and lakes. While water transport has advantages like large cargo capacity and route flexibility, it also has disadvantages such as weather dependence and an inability to reach destinations not near ports. Overall, water transport continues to play a key economic and transportation role despite some limitations.

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WATER TRANSPORTS:

When we talk about the waterways, we all know about that is one of the earliest types of
road in human history. Water transport is the important issue that many countries are
concerned about. With the development of science and technology, more kind of transport
are created which can run on water. They play an important role in economic
development and satisfy people’s demands.
Nowadays, there are about 10 types of waterway transports. Each type has different uses
and purposes. But the following 3 types are the most popular and used always: container
ship, yacht and boat.
Container ship is a cargo ship that carries all of its loads in containers. These ship has the
large weight, about 50.000 to 250.000 tons in average. They can transport almost types of
general goods. 90% cargo worldwide are put up in more than 9000 ships for export every
year, ensure provide various product source to consumers
Next is yacht. A yatch is a boat used for pleasure, entertainment or sport. It is differ from
other kind of ship because of its value. Many yatchs have luxury services for wealthy
owners and therefore it is quite expensive. They can often seen in tourist attractions,
serving foreigners coming from all over the world to visit.
And the third is boat. Boat means small boat that are typically found on inland waterways
such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas. These small boats somewhat close,
familiar and associate with the life of working people. It could be the fishing ship sailing
in the sea with the hope of successfull journey and get lots of high-quality seafoods. Or
maybe it is the boat market with abundant local products, create the beauty of culture.
Advantages and disadvantges:
 Advantages:
- The best way to transport merchandise with long distances and huge amount at the
same time, which few kind of transport can do this. Although airplanes can also be
used for transport, the transport capacity is much less than large container ships
- Many routes can be chosen, you don’t have to go some certain routes. With a
dense river system and a coastal road length of 3,260km, domestic freight
transportation will become much easier.
- The company can save much money by using waterway transport instead of others
because the maintenance and renovation costs is low.
- Make opportunities for tourism development. Many tourists are willing to spend
money to enjoy quality service, thereby attracting many potential customers
 Disadvantages:
- Depend on the weather. When the weather is bad, it will affect the cargo delivery
schedule, delaying it for a long time before sailing, especially an unfortunate
disaster like storm, flood, or tsunami during the journey.
- Hard to reach the destination, can only be move to the port. Due to the overall size
of the ships, they are quite large and cannot move in dry areas.
- Difficult to preserve cargo: Uneven terrain such as railways or roads, rough sea
waves will more or less affect the preservation of goods
Despite some limitations, ship vehicles will continue to contribute to the development
of the economy in particular and transportation in general.

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