海事综合英语教程第一册Unit5Harbors.pptx

Unit5;Rankingoftop50globalportsin2022;Line1:NorthAtlanticline,thebusiestline.;Line2：FarEast-Mediterranean-SuezCanalRoute;Line3-NorthPacificRoute;Line4-NorthAmerica-PanamaCanal;ThePanamaCanalisoneofthetwomoststrategicartificialwaterwaysintheworld,andtheotheristheSuezCanal.

ThePanamaCanalisthesecondlongestcanalintheworld,secondonlytotheBeijingHangzhouGrandCanal京杭大运河inChina.DrivingintheEastWestSeaoftheUnitedStates.

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ShipsfromPanamatotheriverbankshadtogoaroundCapeHorn合恩角inSouthAmerica.AfterusingthePanamaCanal,thevoyagecouldbeshortenedbyabout15000km.

ThePanamaCanalhasatotallengthof81.3km,waterdepthrangingfrom13mto15m,andriverwidthrangingfrom150mto304m.Thewaterlevelofthewholecanalis26metershigherthanthetwooceans,andtherearesixshiplocks.Itgenerallytakes9hoursforashiptopassthroughthecanal,anditcannavigate76000tonships.

;Line5：CapeofGoodHope;TheCapeofGoodHopeislocatedatthejunctionoftheAtlanticOceanandtheIndianOcean,inthesouthoftheRepublicofSouthAfrica.

Thestrongwesterlyjetcurrenthassetoffstormywavesalltheyearround.Inadditiontostorms,thereareoftenkillerwaveshere.

Thefrontpartofthewaveislikeacliff,whilethebackpartislikeagentlehillside.Thewaveheightisgenerally15-20meters.Itoccursfrequentlyinwinter.Inaddition,therotatingwavescausedbypolarwindsareoccasionallyadded.Whenthesetwokindsofwavesaresuperposed,theseaconditionsareevenworse.

Inaddition,thereisastrongcoastalcurrent.Whenwavesandcurrentsmeet,thewholeseasurfacerollslikeaboilingpot,andshipssailinghereareoftenindistress.Therefore,ithasbecomethemostdangerousnavigationareaintheworld.;1/AsiatoEuropeLines(亚洲-欧洲航线):

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;IAPH国际港口和港湾协会isanon-governmentalorganization(NGO)headquarteredinTokyo,Japan.