| What is the final product of the Shipbuilding Industry? | a high value floating asset | It draws upon a large number of services and utilities. The end product is a high value floating asset. Shipbuilding not only spawns industrial entrepreneurship but engenders industrial cluster development as the experience of Japan and Korea demonstrates. | 75 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | The end product is a high value floating asset. | 8 | page=8,block=2 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the nature of the Shipbuilding Industry? | a technology driven, skill and material intensive assembly operation | Shipbuilding Industry is a technology driven, skill and material intensive assembly operation. It draws upon a large number of services and utilities. | 25 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | Shipbuilding Industry is a technology driven, skill and material intensive assembly operation. | 8 | page=8,block=2 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does 'breaking bulk' mean in shipping terminology? | The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship | Barge - A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled by oars or mechanically 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. 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. Bollard Pull - The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. Breaking Bulk - The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. | 615 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | Breaking Bulk - The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. | 83 | page=83,block=3 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does Gross Tonnage (gt) indicate about a ship? | that the ship has been measured in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969 | ******* 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. Lash - Lighter abroad ship. Launch - A large, heavy and beamy ship’s boat with flat floors and rather shallow draft, formerly used and designed for carrying stores and men. Liner Ship - A ship that plies on a regular scheduled services between groups of ports. The ships of a liner company are common carriers, offering cargo space or passenger accommodation to all shippers and passengers who require them. A liner company is generally engaged on trade-routes where large volume of cargo or passenger traffic is available. Mooring Vessel - A vessel which is secured by moorings. | 42 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | ******* 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. |
| What does Net Registered Tonnage (NRT) refer to? | the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers | Draft - The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 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. Lighterage - Loading into and discharging out of lighters. Load Line - The outer line on the body of a ship up to which she submerges in water with safety. It varies according to the seasons and waters in which she plies. Net Registered Tonnage (NRT) - It refers to the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 618 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | Net Registered Tonnage (NRT) - It refers to the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 82 | page=82,block=5 | 0.700 |
| What does the acronym GRSE stand for in the shipbuilding sector? | Garden Reach Ship-Builders & Engineers Ltd. | ******* ACRONYMS - - Nil Neg - Negligible … - Not available (P) - Provisional LST (T) - Landing Ship Tank (Large) OSV - Offshore Supply vessels PCV - Passenger Cargo vessels DSV - Diving Support vessels HSD - High Speed Diesel (Tanker) FRP - Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic SDBS - Seaward Defence Boats FPVs - Fast Patrol vessels PCVs - Pollution Control vessels OPVs - Offshore Patrol vessels I V Barges - Inland Vessel Barges LOA - Length Overall APV - Advanced Patrol vessels AHTS - Anchor handling Tug Supply vessels CSL - Cochin Shipyard Limited CCL - Chowgule & Co Ltd HSL- Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. BSPL/BSL- Bharati Shipyard Private Ltd. BB- Bristol Boats MDL- Mazagaon Dock Ltd GRSE- Garden Reach Ship-Builders & Engineers Ltd. ABGS - ABG shipyard Ltd. AAL - Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd. HDPEL- Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Ltd. SWL- Shalimar Works Ltd. GSL- Goa Shipyard Ltd. | 689 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | BB- Bristol Boats MDL- Mazagaon Dock Ltd GRSE- Garden Reach Ship-Builders & Engineers Ltd. ABGS - ABG shipyard Ltd. | 6 | page=6,block=0 |
| What does the number of ships on order indicate about the world shipping industry? | the demand side dynamics of the world shipping industry | 5.1. This section comprises comparative time series data on ship building activity in term of order and completion and by type and country (Table 5.1 to 5.6). 5.2. The number of ships on order reflects the demand side dynamics of the world shipping industry. Over the period (1998 to 2013), the number of ships on order at a global level has increased from 1917 units in 1998 to 3431 units in 2013. Ships on order in terms of gross tonnage (GT) have gone up from 53.42 million GT in 1998 to 79.12 million GT in 2013. During the year 1998 to 2013, order book of world shipbuilding industry had witnessed CAGR of 3.95% and 2.65% on order in term of numbers of ships and gross tonnage respectively. 5.3. The number of ships built and delivered recorded in terms of gross tonnage (GT), were of the order 95 million GT in 2012 (Table 5.4) reflecting a fall of 8.6 % over 104 million GT completed in 2011. | 202 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | The number of ships on order reflects the demand side dynamics of the world shipping industry. | 72 |
| What does the term 'bollard pull' refer to? | The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship | Barge - A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled by oars or mechanically 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. 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. Bollard Pull - The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. Breaking Bulk - The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. | 548 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | Bollard Pull - The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. | 83 | page=83,block=3 | 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 | Cargo Ship - A ship which is not a passenger ship 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. 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 or places in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Myanmar. Collier - Generally a coastal ship designed to carry coal. 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. | 602 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | Craft - A term in marine parlance applied to every kind of vessels but more especially to small vessels when referred to collectively. | 83 |
| What is a barge in the context of naval usage? | a flag officer’s boat in naval usage | Barge - A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled by oars or mechanically 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. 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. Bollard Pull - The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. Breaking Bulk - The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. | 26 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/SBR%202014-15_compressed%20%281%29.pdf | Barge - A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled by oars or mechanically and reserved for the use of high officials when transported in State. | 83 | page=83,block=3 | 0.700 | valid |