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What are the advantages of pipeline transport over the road transport?

      

Give the advantages of pipeline transport over the road transport.

  

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Maurice
(i) Maintenance cost of pipeline is cheaper than the cost of operating all the other modes of road maintenance in road transport.

(ii) Pipeline transport is not affected by congestion unlike road transport that is affected by transport congestion/ jams.

(iii) Pipeline network has a higher degree of safety than road.

(iv) Pipeline transport is not easily affected by changes in weather or climatic conditions unlike road transport.

(v) The rate of accidents in pipeline transport is lower as compared to road transport.

(vi) The speed of transport commodities through pipeline is faster than by use of road.

(vii) It provides a 24 hour delivery service.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 5, 2017 at 07:40


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