108, Stage 3. English for Maritime Studies (@) The MV Voyager was an oil tanker. (b) She was carrying a cargo of petroleum products. (©, Grangemouth is a small port on the River Forth, (@) Near the port there are important oil refineries. (©) Her passage across the North Sea was good. (The weather was clear and the wind was light. (g) Gothenburg is a port on the west coast of Sweden. (h) At Gothenburg she discharged gas oil. (@ AtGothenburg she loaded petrol. 9) Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. {k) She unloaded more of her cargo at Stockholm. () _Lule&iis only open during the summer months. (mm) From Luled iron-ore is exported. (p) She unloaded the rest of her cargo at Lule. (0) She set sail for Grangemouth, (®) On her way through the Kattegat she was ordered to proceed to Hamburg. (@ Hamburg is a port in Germany. Now write your description using all the information available. When appropriate use relative clauses and the connecting words that you have learned so far. NOTE-TAKING PRACTICE Specialized abbreviations and symbols Lecture: Shipping forecasts QD | Shipping forecasts are broadcast by radio stations throughout the world at set times during the day. A shipping forecast will give you details of the weather conditions in your areas and contains a lot of useful information which is difficult t0 note down without a system of symbols and abbreviations and a carefully organized outline to guide you. For example listen to the beginning of the forecast for the sea area around the British Isles, as might be broadcast by the BBC, and try to note down the information before it fades out. NowNavigation 109 study the map and the completed table on page 113 while listening to the complete forecast. The following notes explain how the information is noted in the table: Sv que Se 1. Write down the date and time of the broadcast at the top, i.e. 24 May 0640. 2. Puta tick (y) in the column marked ‘gales’ against the places where there are gales, ile. Dogger, Fisher, German Bight. 3, Write down the time of the general synopsis, i.e. 0000. 4, Write down the information relating to the pressure systems. Do not write in the words ‘millibars’. Use abbreviations for North, South ote., i.c. N, 8. The following,110 English for Maritime Studies Werte tnae we ZO May Te 0640 brs Sea Sepiba O000 Co nue [Ras Rae [Wises Tsai [Zeee {son we SE ene vat [Beat Seno nt OOO ENT Bz abbreviations can be put in front of the figure for millibars: L =low pressure, depression W =warm front H =high pressure, anticyclone © =cold front T =trough of low pressure O =occluded front R =ridge of high pressure S_ =secondary frontNavigation 111 $. Puta bracket round the sea areas given together, e.g. Dogger, Fisher, German Bight. 6, Fill in the column for wind. A stroke (/) indicates an increase or decrease in the * wind’s force. For example: ‘Wind north-westerly force 6 to 4=NW 6/4. 7. Fill in the column marked weather using these abbreviations: ‘Weather Letter Weather Letter blue sky b overcast sky ° partly cloudy sky be squally weather © q cloudy © rain r drizzle a sleet 1s fog f snow s gale g thunder t hail h thunderstorm ar lightning 1 dust haze z mist m (Note: (a) ‘p’ denotes ‘showers of” e.g. pr'= showers of rain (b) capital letters denote intensity e.g, R=heavy rain (© letters repeated denote continuity e.g. RR = continuous heavy rain (@) ‘7 in front denotes intermittent e.g. ir= intermittent rain (©) astroke (/) divides present weather from future weather e.g. 1/d/m =rain followed by drizzle then mist.) 8. Fill in the column marked ‘visibility’ using the following abbreviations: f =fog m =moderate vg=very good P =poor @ =good 9. Fill in the time of the reports from coastal stations. 10, Fill in the column using abbreviations and figures as appropriate. dir'n= direction Vis = visibility Baro= barometer reading 11. Fillin the column marked ‘tendency’ as follows: _— for a rising pressure, for a steady pressure and —__for a falling pressure. ‘The angle of the sloping line equals the rate of rise or fall in pressure. Gp | When you are thoroughly familiar with the symbols and abbreviations, listen to the same forecast again and try and complete the table yourself, without looking at the completed version. Check your notes against the completed version afterwards.