96 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from ISS 2012, published by shipmin.gov.in. The source is a 194-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include shipping ltd, pvt ltd, vessels registered, all vessels registered, indian trade, all vessels, indian shipping, shipping pvt. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. Question types in the export: 46 factual, 37 definition, 6 table, 4 list, 3 comparison. 44 of the 96 pairs (45.8%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 52 are factual or table-based questions. 97.92% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains 96 extractive question-and-answer pairs derived from the ISS 2012 publication by shipmin.gov.in. It includes definitions, comparisons, lists, and tables related to maritime terminology, vessel classifications, and shipping statistics. Each answer is a verbatim excerpt from the source document, ensuring accuracy and traceability. The dataset provides insights into the composition of the Indian shipping fleet, global fleet statistics, and specific maritime terms like 'Bollard Pull' and 'Dead Weight Tonnage.'
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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_document | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What does the term 'Bollard Pull' refer to in maritime terminology? | The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster – A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 15 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. | 191 | page=191,block=4 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'Draft' refer to in shipping? | The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. | river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. 15. Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) – It is the number of tons (2240 pounds) of stores, fuel and cargo that a ship can transport. This presents the actual carrying capacity of a ship. 16. Displacement Light – The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 17. Displacement Loaded – The weight of a ship plus stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 18. Draft – The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 19. Dumb Barge – A barge which has no means of self propulsion in the way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current. 20. Fishing Vessel – A ship fitted with mechanical means of propulsion which is exclusively engaged in sea fishing for profit. 21. | 500 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Draft – The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 19. | 192 | page=192,block=2 | 0.700 | |
| What is a 'Bunker' on a ship used for? | Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster – A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 147 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. | 191 | page=191,block=4 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is a sponson on a paddle-wheel steamer? | In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. | 46. Sponson – In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. 47. Starboard Side – Right side of a ship. 48. Steam Vessel – Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam. 49. Survey Vessel – Mechanically propelled sea-going vessel specially built and equipped to carry out hydrographic and other nautical surveys in coastal waters and on the high seas. Surveying vessels are in most instances Government owned. 50. Tanker – A cargo ship constructed or adopted for carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature. 51. Tramp – A cargo ship operating in all ports of the world without a fixed route and sailing schedule in search of primarily bulk cargo carried generally in ship-loads. 52. | 14 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Sponson – In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. 47. | 194 | |||
| What is a survey vessel primarily used for? | Mechanically propelled sea-going vessel specially built and equipped to carry out hydrographic and other nautical surveys in coastal waters and on the high seas. | 46. Sponson – In a paddle-wheel-steamer, a small out board platform strongly bracketed to the side plating and supporting the paddle-wheel bearing. 47. Starboard Side – Right side of a ship. 48. Steam Vessel – Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam. 49. Survey Vessel – Mechanically propelled sea-going vessel specially built and equipped to carry out hydrographic and other nautical surveys in coastal waters and on the high seas. Surveying vessels are in most instances Government owned. 50. Tanker – A cargo ship constructed or adopted for carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature. 51. Tramp – A cargo ship operating in all ports of the world without a fixed route and sailing schedule in search of primarily bulk cargo carried generally in ship-loads. 52. | 310 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Survey Vessel – Mechanically propelled sea-going vessel specially built and equipped to carry out hydrographic and other nautical surveys in coastal waters and on the high seas. Surveying vessels are in most instances Government owned. | ||||
| What is ballast used for on a ship? | Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. | 1. A Liner Conference – An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference line ship is a vessel of ship owner belonging to such shipping conference. 2. Ballast – Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. Barrage – A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled mechanically or by oars and reserved for the use of high officials when transported in State. In a legal sense a barge is usually held to be a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. 4. Bollard – Single or double cast steel post secured to a wharf or pier and used for mooring vessels by means of lines extending from the vessel and fastened to the wharf or pier. 5. | 253 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Ballast – Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. | 191 | page=191,block=4 | ||
| What is the definition of a 'Cargo Ship'? | A ship which is not a passenger ship. | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster – A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 209 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. | 191 | page=191,block=4 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the meaning of 'Breaking Bulk' in shipping? | The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster – A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 85 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. | 191 | page=191,block=4 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the meaning of 'Craft' in marine terminology? | A term in marine parlance applied to every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. | Coasting Ship – A ship exclusively employed in trading between any port or place in India and any other port or place in the continent of India or between ports or places in India and port of places in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Myanmar. 12. Collier – Generally a coastal ship designed to carry coal. 13. Compensated Gross Tonnage (CGT) – Calculate by multiplying the tonnage of a ship by a coefficient, which is determined according to type and size of a particular ship. CGT is used as an indicator of volume of work that is necessary to build a gross ship. 14. Craft – A term in marine parlance applied to every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. For marine insurance purposes, a craft is any barge, lighter, | 570 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Craft – A term in marine parlance applied to every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. For marine insurance purposes, a craft is any barge, lighter, | 191 | page=191,block=4 | ||
| What is the meaning of 'Displacement Light' in shipping? | The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. | river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. 15. Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) – It is the number of tons (2240 pounds) of stores, fuel and cargo that a ship can transport. This presents the actual carrying capacity of a ship. 16. Displacement Light – The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 17. Displacement Loaded – The weight of a ship plus stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 18. Draft – The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 19. Dumb Barge – A barge which has no means of self propulsion in the way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current. 20. Fishing Vessel – A ship fitted with mechanical means of propulsion which is exclusively engaged in sea fishing for profit. 21. | 309 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202012.pdf | Displacement Light – The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 17. | 192 | page=192,block=2 |
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