Singapore is known as Port of Call because
- A.it deals in the processing and shipping of oil
- B.it is a deep water port built away from the actual port
- C.it is on main sea route where ships use to anchor for refueling, watering and taking food items
- D.it serves the parent ports by receiving the ships which are unable to approach due to their large size
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, it lies on a main sea route where ships anchor for refuelling, water and food. That is exactly what a port of call is.
Ports of call first grew up as stopping points on the great ocean routes, where ships halted to take on fuel, fresh water and provisions before the next long leg of the voyage. Many later became major commercial ports. Singapore sits at the southern end of the Strait of Malacca, on the main route between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, which made it a natural halt; Aden and Honolulu are other classic examples. Singapore is also a great entrepot that re-exports goods.
A is wrong: a port that mainly processes and ships oil is an oil port, such as Abadan or Ras Tanura.
B is wrong: a deep-water port built away from the main port is an outport, such as Piraeus for Athens.
D is wrong: a port that receives ships too big for the parent port is also called an outport, not a port of call.
Exam tip: Port of call: Singapore, Aden, Honolulu; outport: Piraeus (Athens); oil port: Abadan; entrepot: Singapore, Rotterdam.
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