151 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from ISS 2022 _31032023, published by shipmin.gov.in. The source is a 240-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include shipping ltd, indian shipping, marine services, services pvt, indian trade, vessels registered, all vessels registered, all vessels. 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: 126 factual, 18 definition, 3 list, 2 summary, 1 comparison, 1 table. 24 of the 151 pairs (15.9%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 127 are factual or table-based questions. 92.05% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains 151 extractive question-and-answer pairs derived from the ISS 2022 publication by shipmin.gov.in. The questions cover topics such as vessel types, corporate amalgamations, and shipping metrics, with answers sourced verbatim from the document. The dataset includes metadata like page numbers and source locations for verification. Questions are categorized into factual, definition, list, summary, comparison, and table types, with 15.9% being explanatory. The dataset aims to provide precise, source-backed information about India's shipping sector.
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| What does gross registered tonnage (GRT) apply to? | the vessel and not to cargo. | 22. Freighter – Aship designed to carry general cargo (with a limited passenger accommodation) operating on fixed routes with fixed sailing schedules and serving a group of ports. 23. Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) – It applies to the vessel and not to cargo. It is the weight of the volume occupied by the closed in space of a ship taking 100 cubic feet of such closed-in- spaces as equivalent to one vessel ton. It thus refers to the cubic capacity of the vessels. 24. Gross Tonnage (GT) – GT indicates that the ship has been measured in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969 and is derived by formula in accordance with those requirements. 25. | 231 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) – It applies to the vessel and not to cargo. It is the weight of the volume occupied by the closed in space of a ship taking 100 cubic feet of such closed-in- spaces as equivalent to one vessel ton. | 238 | page=238,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'craft' refer to in marine parlance? | every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. | 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, river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. | 45 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.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, river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. | 237 | page=237,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is a craft for marine insurance purposes? | any barge, lighter, river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. | 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, river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. | 177 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | For marine insurance purposes, a craft is any barge, lighter, river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. | 237 | page=237,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is a liner conference in the context of shipping? | An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. | - 208 - Appendix DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY USED IN SHIPPING 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. | 86 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | 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. | ||||
| 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. | - 211 - 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. Trawler – A sail or mechanically propelled vessel engaged in sea fisheries with a drag net, the most modern development of which is the otter trawl; also call dragger. 53. | 28 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.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. | 240 | |||
| What is the significance of a Load Line on a ship? | The outer line on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. | Home-Trade Ship – A ship not exceeding three thousand tons gross which is 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 ports or places in Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Federation of Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh or Myanmar. 26. Hopper Barge – A steel or wooden barge with hopper doors employed in harbours and used for the disposal of mud, gravel, sand, etc., taken from a dredger and then conveyed to a dumping ground where the cargo is discharged through the bottom; also called ‘dump scow’. 27. Inland Stream Vessel – A stream vessel which ordinarily plies on inland water. 28. Lighterage – Loading into and discharging out of lighters. 29. Load Line – The outer line on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. | 760 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | Load Line – The outer line on the body of a ship upto which she submerges in water with safety. | 238 | page=238,block=0 | ||
| What is the starboard side of a ship? | Right side of a ship. | Sailing Vessel – Any description of vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone – whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, and would include rowing boat or crane but does not include a pleasure craft. 44. Sea-going Vessel – A vessel proceeding to sea beyond inland water or beyond waters declared to be smooth or partially smooth by the Central Government by the notification in the official Gazette. 45. Shipping Order – Authority given to a shipper to deliver the goods for loading. 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. | 703 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | Starboard Side – Right side of a ship. 48. | 239 | page=239,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What defines a steam vessel? | Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam. | Sailing Vessel – Any description of vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone – whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, and would include rowing boat or crane but does not include a pleasure craft. 44. Sea-going Vessel – A vessel proceeding to sea beyond inland water or beyond waters declared to be smooth or partially smooth by the Central Government by the notification in the official Gazette. 45. Shipping Order – Authority given to a shipper to deliver the goods for loading. 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. | 744 | definition | 0.980 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | Steam Vessel – Every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam. | 239 | page=239,block=0 | 0.700 | |
| What does a shipping order authorize? | Authority given to a shipper to deliver the goods for loading. | Sailing Vessel – Any description of vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone – whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, and would include rowing boat or crane but does not include a pleasure craft. 44. Sea-going Vessel – A vessel proceeding to sea beyond inland water or beyond waters declared to be smooth or partially smooth by the Central Government by the notification in the official Gazette. 45. Shipping Order – Authority given to a shipper to deliver the goods for loading. 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. | 471 | definition | 0.980 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | Shipping Order – Authority given to a shipper to deliver the goods for loading. 46. | 239 | page=239,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does dead weight tonnage (DWT) represent? | the number of tons (2240 pounds) of stores, fuel and cargo that a ship can transport. | - 209 - 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 – Abarge 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. | 45 | definition | 0.980 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202022%20_31032023.pdf | 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. | 238 | page=238,block=0 |
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