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Questions

1. Name the mark located on a ship's hull that indicates the maximum depth to which the vessel may be safely immersed?
2. What is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails?
3. What does the term RORO stand for in the ferry and freight industry?
4. The Queen Elizabeth II has since April 2018 been operating as a floating hotel in which city?








5. What does the initials P & O stand for?
6. What name is given to the General Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales?
7. What name is given to unwanted material that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore?
8. What name is given to the built-in housing for a ship's compass?
9. What is a water taxi or water bus in Venice called?
10. The largest seaport in Europe is located near which city?

Answers:

1. Plimsoll line
2. A junk
3. Roll on, roll off
4. Dubai
5. Peninsular and Oriental (formerly the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company)
6. Trinity House
7. Jetsam
8. Binnacle








9. Vaporetto
10. Rotterdam