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Verbs and verbal phrases

to affect - влиять, воздействовать

to approve - одобрять, утверждать

to connect - соединять

to maintain - поддерживать; обслуживать

to occur - происходить, случаться

to perform - выполнять, исполнять

Adjectives

considerable - значительный

narrow - узкий

unfavourable - неблагоприятный

Proper Names

the Sea Security Agency of the United Nations - Агентство безопасности на морях при Организации Объединённых наций

READING

26. Read the text and answer the questions below.

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Shipping

Seas, rivers and lakes have been trafficked by boats and ships since the earliest times. Today shipping is larger than ever. The great majority of all freight transport to, from and between the countries in sea areas occurs on ships. In addition to transportation of goods there is a considerable passenger transport.

The infrastructure of shipping consists of the shipping lane system maintained by the state and harbour service. Shipping lanes connect the harbours and give prerequisites for shipping through the supplied service of nautical charts, marking of lanes, piloting and ice breaking.

Shipping may be divided into open-sea shipping, river shipping and inland shipping. The river traffic, mostly with barges, is considerable on many of the larger world rivers. Lakes are trafficked similarly with the rivers or canals that connect them with surrounding waters.

Along the coasts traffic is focused in the ship lanes close to the ports. Little commercial shipping is performed in the protected fairways, especially in archipelago areas. The marking of fairways on open-water entrances and over straits and bays is usually narrow. There is thus a limit to the size of the ships in such waters. A number of factors, such as vessel size and manoeuvering ability, traffic intensity, exposure to weather and wind and over- and underwater topography affect the width of the fairways. The use of the archipelago fairways is limited by water depth.

The traffic separation system is a rout system approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Sea Security Agency of the United Nations. The traffic separation system is marked on nautical charts. It is mainly used by coastal and through traffic. Ships longer than 20 meters shall, according to the shipping rules, use traffic routes. Smaller ships are obliged to use the water between land and the actual traffic separation system.

Smaller fishing boats exhibit a transport pattern between the open sea and the port. When weather conditions are unfavourable, the fishing boats use the protected fairways along the coasts.

  1. Today shipping is smaller than ever, isn’t it?

  2. What does the infrastructure of shipping consist of?

  3. What do shipping lanes do?

  4. What may shipping be divided into?

  5. What factors affect the width of the fairways?

  6. What is the use of the archipelago fairways limited by?

  7. Is the river traffic significant on many of the larger world rivers?

  8. What is a rout system approved by?

  9. Where is the traffic separation system marked on?

  10. What are smaller ships obliged to?

  11. When do the fishing boats use the protected fairways along the coasts?

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