Disadvantages of Water Transport

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Disadvantages of Water Transport

1. This mode of transportation is very slow compared to road transport hence; it is unsuitable for perishable goods and urgent cargoes.
2. There may be delays at locks and docks, while navigation may be impeded majorly due to poor weather conditions.
3. It is unsuitable for short distance journeys since transshipment is both costly and time-consuming.
4. Canals are costly to build, maintain, and dredge, and also follows inflexible and circuitous routes. An adequate supply of water may be difficult to obtain and the limited dimensions of barges may be too small for modern requirements.
5. As ships increase, the number of ports capable of receiving oceans carrying vessels is declining; this results in less flexible routes and services for the movement of such commodities as oil. Super-tankers, for instance, cannot use Suez Canal and large ships can no longer enter the smallest port except the modern ones which are very few.

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