Unit 7. Russian Merchant Marine

1. Use these words while translating a text:

Shipping company – судоходная компания

Shiprepair yard – судоремонтная верфь

Turnover – грузооборот

Grain – зерно

Well-qualified – высококвалифицированный

Seamanship – параходство

Volume of cargo – объем груза

Mining machinery – горнодобывающее оборудование

Machine tools – станки

Advantages/disadvantages – преимущества\недостатки

Read a text and translate it.

RUSSIAN MERCHANT MARINE

(from “General course of Transport”)

Modern Russian Merchant Marine includes 200 organizations and enterprises, more than 10 Shipping Companies, 10 seamanships, 21 sea ports, the majority of which are the ports of the 1^st Class, and 11 shiprepair yards.

Today the Russian Merchant Marine is a branch of national economy. There is no coastal country or region in the world with which Russia is unable to carry on trade using its own tonnage.

Russian ships carry a half of the world’s volume of cargo. The turnover of Russia is 290 mln tonnes every year. Vessels carry equipment for engineering industry, mining machinery, machine tools and instruments.

2 mln tonnes of coal, 1,5 mln tonnes of ore, 1 mln tonnes of metals, 8 mln tonnes of oil, 2 mln tonnes of timber, 400, 000 tonnes of grain were transported by the Russian ships last year.

Merchant marine of the USSR had the 4^th place in its tonnage in the world after Liberia, Panama and Japan.

The disorder of the USSR resulted in some geographical changes. So nowadays a number of refrigerated ships belongs to the Latvian Shipping Company and some passenger liners to the Black Sea Seamanship.

But there is also another disadvantage of Russian Merchant Marine. Russian ships are old, their age is more than 20 years. 50 % of them are out of use and not suitable for transportation of cargo.

The Russian Federation is developing. Our economic power is growing. This opens the great prospects before our merchant fleet. We hope, Russian Merchant Marine will be well-equipped and technically advanced in the nearest future.

Our Maritime Education is expanding. A lot of well-qualified specialists will work in Shipping Companies and operate our Russian vessels. Their knowledge and skills will change the situation.

 

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What does modern Merchant Marine include?

2. What countries does Russia carry on its trade?

3. What export cargoes do our ships carry?

4. What import cargoes do our ships carry?

5. What prospects does our merchant marine have?

 

4. Testing grammar!

Я разговаривал с ним вчера, и он согласился с моим предложением.

a) I spoke to him yesterday and he agreed with my proposal;

b) I’ve spoken to him yesterday and he agreed with my proposal;

c) I was speaking to him yesterday and he has agreed with my proposal.

Когда вы закончили академию?

a) When have you finished the academy?

b) When did you finish the academy?

c) When you finished the academy?

Извините, я опоздал. Долго ждете?

a) I’m sorry I’m late. Did you wait long?

b) I’m sorry I’m late. Have you been waiting long?

c) I’m sorry I’m late. Were you waiting long?

Мы пришли к соглашению после того, как обсудили все детали контракта.

a) We came to an agreement after we have discussed all details;

b) We’ve come to an agreement after we discussed all details;

c) We came to an agreement after we had discussed all details.

Мы недавно были в порту.

a) We have been to port recently;

b) We were in a port recently;

c) We had been to port recently.

 

5. Discuss in pairs the following topics:

1) Russian shipping.

2) Condition of Russian ships and shipbuilding prospects.

Unit 8. Russian ports

1. Read about the port of Rostov, use these words while translating a text:

Transport unit – транспортный узел

Transshipment – грузоперевозка (перевалка груза)

Inland waterways – внутренние водные пути

To approach – приближаться

Mouth – устье (реки)

Metal products – металлопродукция

Steel scrap – металлолом

Vehicle – транспортное средство

Border Pass Point – пункт пропуска через государственную границу

Customs – таможня

Quaywall – причальная линия

Storage area capacity – емкость (вместимость) складов

THE PORT OF ROSTOV

General information:

Number of vessels handled simultaneously – 14

Number of piers – 16

Total length of quay wall – 2,050 m

Port depth – 3.6 m

Square of open storage area – 80,000 m²

Square of covered warehouses – 5,000 m²

Storage area capacity – 470,000 tn

Capacity of port cranes – 5 - 27 tn

Port is located in the South of Russia. It is a large transport unit of Russia, where the river, sea, auto, railway routes of international meaning are crossed. Geography of port transshipment includes all countries of the Mediterranean basin (Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Italy) and countries of the Caspian basin through the Volga-Don system of inland waterways.

Port can be approached from the Gulf of Taganrog by the Azov-Don Sea Channel and by the part of the river Don from the mouth up to the port.

The port has 3 areas: Central, Alexandrovsky and Rostov Ladle. Winter navigation is provided with the assistance of ice-breaker “Fanagoria”.

The “river-sea” vessels with capacity up to 5,000 tons and draft 3.6 meters call at the port. The port specializes in handling metal products, steel scrap, coal, grain, ore, chemical products, timber and other general cargoes. Cargo rate is nearly 12,000 tons per day.

Port ensures transshipment of export\import goods and carries out warehousing procedures. There are 33 cranes in a port. Their capacity varies from 5 to 27 tons.

Terminal for transshipment grain cargoes from vehicles to vessels was put into operation in 2002. In 2003 the equipment for transshipment grain cargoes from carriages to vessels started its work. A primary direction of port development is the project “Construction of new cargo area on the left bank of the river Don”. Special terminals for all-the-year-round transshipment of various types of cargoes will be built.

The port gives a complete complex of stevedoring services.

There is a Border Pass Point and other establishments of control in the port. Such as Border, Customs, Epidemiological, Veterinary etc.

2. Read about the port of Novorossiysk. Memorize the following words:

Latitude – широта

To enter the port – входить в порт

Northward – в северном направлении

Westward – в западном…

To lay at anchor – стать на якорь

In the road – на рейде

ETA (Established Time of Arrival) – установленное время прибытия

Starboard side – правый борт

Oil jetty – нефтяной терминал

Longitude – долгота