Evolution of Ocean transportation
These ships had sails as well as up to 60 oarsmen who rowed the ship. The longboats were long and narrow so were able to travel on the open sea, as well as along rivers.
In the middle ages transportation expanded through the oceans stretch of Spain and Portugal. Soon followed was maritime transportation connecting water of Europe and North America where English dominance.
Sailing boats with a rudder for steering the boat, battens on the sails to give them greater strength, and watertight compartments long before western ships had them. They were fighting and transport ships.
These wooden ships were used as battleships, and for exploration.
The Phoenicians were the first to have a system of transporting goods by sailing vessels over the area of the Mediterranean region. Most goods transported were high value/quality and little volume items such as spices, perfumes, gems, and fine handmade works. Rare items such as ivory, silver, gold and animals such as apes and peacocks were also transported.
Were built. They had long, slim hulls and tall masts.
The first steamships to cross the Atlantic combined steam and wind power.
The first oil tanker in the world built by the Nobel Brothers in the 1819
The first ocean liners made of iron and driven by a propeller.
First steamboat to cross the Atlantic
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,502 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.
First seaplane carrier. It was created by the Japanese.
The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine.
Used as ferries or water taxis
are ships that carry hundreds of people on floating holidays. Passengers live on the ship, which has restaurants, shops, cinemas and other recreation venues.
Battle cruisers, destroyers,and nuclear powered submarines are all used to keep a country safe and to protect its territory.
Water Transport: Historically, water transportation became very important because of man's tendency to settle down around water bodies. Important cities were established along the banks of rivers and shores of oceans in order to make sure that the civilization never ran out of both food and water. Transportation actually came into picture when man discovered his business skills and also when man's greed to conquer and rule grew. Some people traveled to learn and some traveled to fight. Both ways human beings had to find means of transportation on water. Initially, it was simpler; boats were constructed by tying bamboo shafts together. But this was a very basic invention and came handy when traveling for short distances. With the passing time and rising need, man learned to create bigger boats that used manpower or winds for propagation. Man is known to have traveled far and wide using boats and ships. Even wars on seas are reported as old as 30 BC. The invention of engines revolutionized this mode as greatly as any other mode of transport. These days, huge ships travel the lengths of ocean in the form of either the naval forces of a country or luxurious cruise ships, a style statement for the rich and famous. They are unsinkable cities that are propelled by huge engines, on the water surface. This is however, a slow medium of transportation these days, as compared to many others that have come into picture. But who wants to hurry up when he is actually inside a five star cruise which is as good as a complete city with no flaws at all?
Egyptians were building wooden boats that could sail across oceans.
The first vessel that floated on water was a type of canoes made from a cut out large tree trunk. This was mainly to transport people over small stretches of water such a passage and channels.
Ocean transport is a method of carrying people, goods and etc with the means of barges, boats, ships or sailboat over rivers, canals, oceans, or seas. The main purpose of travel by this mean is that it can be for commerce, leisure/recreational, or military purposes.
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