to have containerization? Types of containers and sizes. How has containerization improved transportation? Intermodal Transportation The term intermodal transportation‚ or intermodalism‚ refers to the use of coordinated transportation of cargo on single trip. Air‚ inland water‚ pipeline‚ ocean carriers‚ railroads‚ and trucking companies cooperate and interact in the movement of standardized units (containers and trailers) for increased efficiency of their operations‚ increased use of infrastructure
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(Shanghai Port Pilot Administration Station‚ 2014) Next‚ Shanghai Harbour Fuxing Shipping Company Ltd provides the tugboat service for shipbuilding‚ ship repairing‚ cargo handling‚ storage and transport. (Shanghai Habour Fuxing Shipping Company Ltd‚ 2014) Thirdly‚ Shanghai Ocean Shipping Tally Co. Ltd responsible to counting the quantity of ship and containers in all public and owner’s terminal‚ and tally the cargoes carried
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[2] Major ports handled over 74% of all cargo traffic in 2007. . Cargo handling is projected to grow at 7.7% until 2013-14.[3] Some 60% of India’s container traffic is handled by the Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Navi Mumbai. There are also 7 shipyards under the control of the central government of India‚ 2 shipyards controlled by state governments‚ and 19 privately owned shipyards. The major ports handled 423.4 million tons of cargo for the financial year 2005-2006‚ with Vishakhapatnam
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Asia for foreign trade‚ China’s largest comprehensive port and transport hub for Yangtze River region that handles or trans-ships goods from other 31 provinces within China. In 2012‚ its cargo throughput reached 502 million metric tons‚ and container throughput was 32.5 million TEU. As planned‚ its total cargo throughput will be about 1 billion tons and 37 million TEU containers by 2020. Brief Port History: The port of Shanghai became an official city in 1297. In the 19th Century‚ the Port of
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Pakistan International PIA Cargo 1 CargoSpot Carrier - Manual Table of Contents Page Introduction Cargo Spot Scope of this Manual How to Start CargoSpot? Initial Layout and Tools of the System Forwarders AWB Stock Allotment Booking Availability Flight Export Sell Prices Sell Adhocs Reports 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 17 19 21 24 30 32 34 PIA Cargo 2 CargoSpot Carrier - Manual Introduction This manual is developed for training‚ practice and ready reference for the PIA Cargo Sales Offices. This will be
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INDIAN PORT SECTOR Cargo pressure continues at major ports with iron ore and containers the main laggards; resumption of iron ore exports due to possible regulatory changes could be positive for the ports ICRA RESEARCH SERVICES Corporate Ratings Contacts: RATING FEATURE ICRA K. Ravichandran +91 44 4596 4301 ravichandran@icraindia.com Ankit Patel +91 79 4027 1562 ankit.patel@icraindia.com Mathew K. Eranat +91 44 4596 4309 mathew.eranat@icraindia.com October 2013 Key Developments
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One analysis in the late 1950s concluded that 60-75% of the cost of transporting cargo by sea was made up of portside costs‚ while another study of a specific ship voyage found cargo handling made up about 37% of total costs (Levinson‚ 2006). These costs not only included labor‚ but the loss of time and damage including theft to cargo waiting to be loaded onto a ship while other goods were being unloaded. A cargo ship typically spent as much time in port being loaded and unloaded as it did sailing
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improve their performance. 2.2 O b j e c t i v e s o f R e s e a r c h To study the income and expenditure statement of Kandla Port. To study how port facilitate foreign trade volume. To study about the cargo traffic of major and non major ports. To study the ports infrastructural development. To find out the income and expenditure pattern of Kandla port. To identify the benefits and problems of ports. To
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1. What is global supply chain management? What is the role of international logistics in global supply chain management? (p.1) * Global supply chain management refers to the complex integration of processes necessary to manage materials from their point of origin through manufacturing and shipment to the final consumer(or beyond‚ in the case of recycling) * International logistics is the international transaction‚ trades and movements of goods and services in supply chain. * Nowadays
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commodities and where the flows are commonly outbound. Meanwhile‚ polyfunctional ports are vast harbors where several transshipment and industrial activities are present. They have a variety of specialized and general cargo piers linked to a wide variety of modes that can include containers‚ bulk cargo or raw materials. Ports produce a combination of public and private goods. Public goods include those that are inherently non-divisible and non-consumable‚ such as public safety‚ security‚ and a healthy
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