EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:

Reefer ship Antigone Z with Russian crew (1)..........is anchored off Shetland, the North Sea,
after running into engineering problems in (2)........... water, said the British Maritime and Coastguard
Agency.
The vessel with 10 people aboard was bound (3).............Klaipeda in Lithuania and had
engineering problems in north-westerly winds of occasionally (4)...............6 to 7 with 3 metre, rough
seas. The ship suffered an 8 degree (5)................ after 30 to 40 pallets of frozen fish moved in poor
weather and the crew trying to fix a problem with the ship's fuel pump.

"We are keeping a close eye on the vessel and they have indicated that it will take about 24 hours to
(6)..........out their problems on board," Katrina Hampson, Duty Watch Manager said.
1.

EXERCISE 2

Arrange the following statements to form meaningful paragraphs:

Sea routes are getting busier.......................................................................................................

Technology advancement has helped large ships to sail at amazing speeds.
But with an increase in traffic and speed, ....................................................................................
We all have heard about the historic accident of..........................................................................
It was a ship to..............................................................................................................................
Ship collision is a kind of marine accident that............................................................................
Collision can also be defined as the change..................................................................................
Ship collision is considered to be the worst of..............................................................................
Ship collision cases can be a ship to ship......................................................................................
The sea route traffic has increased by .........................................................................................
This has led to an increase in the probability of ships confronting collision.
Also, higher the velocity,..............................................................................................................
If the ship has high tonnage and is heavily loaded, ...................................................................
Maritime Ship collisions have been the reason for many major sea accidents in the
past,........................
...........................marine accidents as it leads to extreme adverse effects on human and marine life.
..........................the collision of the ship Titanic to an Iceberg.
..........................the effects of collision can be more drastic in nature.
..........................greater the damage caused to the ship.
..........................the risk of accidents has also increased drastically.
..........................leaps and bounds and there has also been a sharp increase in the speed levels.
..........................results from a ship crashing into a still or floating object.
..........................day by day as the number of sailing ships is continuously increasing.
..........................floating object type of collision.
...........................in structural properties of a ship as a result of an impact with a solid structure.
...........................ship to floating object, ship to submarine or ship to still structure collisions.
...........................apart from other accidents such as ship grounding.