Introductory Lesson

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Purpose of this presentation

• In order to use the math

presentations, students must be
familiar with the Port of Long Beach
• This presentation will provide some
background information necessary
for understanding the problems
presented in the math lessons

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The piers and berths at the Port of
Long Beach are divided into four
categories.
1. Containerized cargo
2. Dry bulk cargo
3. Liquid bulk cargo
4. Break bulk cargo

We’ll learn a little bit about each.

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The first type:
Containerized cargo
Stuff that comes in containers!

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The first type:
Containerized cargo

This could be just about anything…

iPods

Tennis shoes

Furniture

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The first type:
Containerized cargo
The Containers
The most
smaller onescome
common are infoot
are20
40 two sizes
footcontainers.
containers
 The first type:
Containerized cargo
A twenty-foot container

A forty-foot container

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Containerized cargo
A twenty-foot container holds 320 of these
19-inch LCD TVs

8.6 ft holds 320

LCD TVs 8 ft
20 ft
A forty-foot container
40 ft
8 ft

8.6 ft
holds 640 LCD TVs

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The first type:
Containerized cargo

• The amount a ship can hold is

measured in TEUs.
• 1 TEU is one twenty-foot
equivalent unit.

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Containerized cargo
A twenty-foot container
1 TEU =
1 Twenty-foot
8.6 ft Equivalent Unit
8 ft
20 ft
A forty-foot container
40 ft
8 ft

8.6 ft

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The first type:
Containerized cargo

Large ships carry about 8,000 TEUs.

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The first type:
Containerized cargo

Tell your neighbor:

1. What does TEU stand for?

Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit

1. What size are the most

common containers?
40 feet, or 2 TEUs
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The second type:
Dry bulk cargo

• Dry bulk cargo is measured by

weight or volume.
• Dry bulk is dry stuff that does not
come in containers.
• Examples:
• Coal, grain, salt, gravel, sand, cement,
cocoa, sugar, …

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The second type:
Dry bulk cargo

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The second type:
Dry bulk cargo

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The second type:
Dry bulk cargo

1. What is dry bulk cargo?

Tell your neighbor:
Dry stuff, no containers
1. Give an example of dry bulk.
Coal, grain, salt, gravel, sand,
cement, cocoa, sugar, …

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The third type:
Liquid bulk cargo

• Liquid bulk cargo is measured by

weight or volume.
• Liquid bulk cargo is wet stuff that
does not come in containers.
• Examples:
 Oil, gasoline, chemicals, …

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The third type:
Liquid bulk cargo

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The third type:
Liquid bulk cargo

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The third type:
Liquid bulk cargo

1. What is liquid bulk cargo?

Tell your neighbor:
Wet stuff, no containers
1. Give an example of liquid bulk
cargo.
Oil, gasoline, chemicals, …

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The fourth type:
Break bulk cargo and Roll On Roll Off
cargo

• Break bulk cargoes are large or heavy

items moved on pallets, bundles or
rolls
• Examples
 steel, lumber, paper on rolls, machinery
and food products, …
• Roll On-Roll Off (Ro-ro) cargoes are
items that are driven on and off
• Examples:
 Cars, trucks, buses …
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The fourth type:
Break bulk cargo and Roll On Roll Off
cargo

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The fourth type:
Break bulk cargo and Roll On Roll Off
cargo

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The fourth type:
Break bulk cargo and Roll On Roll Off
cargo

1. What is break bulk cargo?

Tell your
Large or neighbor:
heavy items

1. Give an example of roll on, roll off

(Ro-ro) cargo.
Cars, trucks, buses, …

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Summarize
Create this table in your notes and fill
it in to summarize the lesson

Type of Cargo Description Example

Containerized In containers Shoes, etc.

Dry bulk Dry material Salt, etc.

Liquid bulk Liquids Oil, etc.

Break bulk, Ro-ro Big or rolling Wood, etc.

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