INTERNATIONAL TRADE – TYPES OF PORTS

Industrial ports specialise in handling —

• Manufactured goods

• Packaged cargo

• Bulk cargo like grain, sugar, ore, oil

• Passengers

Commercial ports mainly handle —

• Crude oil

• Packaged products and passengers

• Only military goods

• Iron ore

Most of the world’s great ports are —

• Oil ports

• Industrial ports

• Comprehensive ports

• Inland ports

Ports located away from the sea coast are called —

• Out ports

• Naval ports

• Inland ports

• Entrepot ports

Which of the following is an example of an inland port?

• Kochi

• Kolkata

• Piraeus

• Aden

Out ports serve —

• Hinterlands

• Parent ports

• Military bases

• Coastal villages

Which port pair is an example of an out port and its parent port?

• Athens and Piraeus

• Dover and Calais

• Aden and Singapore

• Karachi and Mumbai

Ports that handle oil processing and shipping are called —

• Commercial ports

• Oil ports

• Entrepot ports

• Packet stations

Ports developed for refuelling and taking food items on main sea routes are —

• Ports of call

• Naval ports

• Packet stations

• Industrial ports

Ports that have strategic importance and serve warships are known as —

• Naval ports

• Entrepot ports

• Industrial ports

• Oil ports