What is containerization and how did the innovative use of containers transform the distribution of goods? “Containerisation is a method of distributing merchandise in a unitised form suitable for transportation by rail‚ road‚ air‚ canal and sea.” (Branch‚ 1996‚ p.194). The simple principle of the container has undoubtedly made the global economy grow‚ and brought the world closer together through ease of transportation (Wetherly & Otter‚ 2008‚ p.86-7). To be able to use one single sized unit
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SWOT analysis for COSCO SWOT analysis in detail Strengths Brand effect and brand benefit China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) is Chinas largest leading group in global shipping‚ ranking the 327th in Fortune Global 500. Also‚ COSCO is one of the top 5 container liner in the world. Therefore‚ there are lots of global investors and vendors choose COSCO. Wide range of business COSCO provided wide range of service. For shipping‚ it provided container shipping‚ bulk shipping‚ tanker shipping and passenger
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There are many transportation processes and modes involved in the supply chain of both coal and manufactured electronic goods although many of these processes differ when comparing the two. The multimodal transportation of coal from the mining site in Australia to the end users in china is a is a large and relatively simple process when compared to transporting manufactured electronic goods from china to the end users in Australia which is a multimodal process. In both cases there will be main
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Port Development & Logistics (Assignment 1) Student: Zhaofeng Cen Student ID: 171446 Unit Coordinator: Peggy Chen Unit Code: JNB516 Unit: Port Management and Strategy Course: MBA (Maritime and Logistics Management) Due Date: 27 August 2012 Word Count: 1646 words Abstract This essay can be divided into two parts. The first part answered the question about the evolution of port development based on existing conceptual perspectives
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Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 1 Corporate Strategy - Meli Marine case study Giovanni Costa Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 2 1) Container shipping industry has consolidated over last years from over 100 carriers to just 15 global players accounting today for roughly 80% of volume‚ mostly concentrated in Asia-Europe and Asia-North America shipping lanes (see exhibit
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| 2010 | | | [Containerisation] | A Study of Container Shipping By Kieran Alcock | Introduction “Containerization (or containerisation) is a system of intermodal freight transport using standard intermodal containers as prescribed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). These can be loaded and sealed intact onto container ships‚ railroad cars‚ planes‚ and trucks.” The shipping container is one of the most significant inventions of the twentieth century
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------------------------------------------------- Research Analysis The Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Durban Gerard de Vries & Eder Mufunko Inhoudsopgave 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 Facts and Figures 5 2.1 Description type of goods port of Rotterdam 8 2.1 Description type of goods port of Durban 12 3.1 Daily Routine in the Port of Rotterdam 14 3.2 Daily routine in the Port of Durban 20 4. Economic analysis of the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Durban 23 5. Analysis
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H A R V A R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L BRIEF CASES 4426 A f ’ K I L 19. 2013 lUCHAJllJ I) HrtML-RMF.SH iiLiNRU YONG Meli Marine It was past midnight‚ but David Tian‚ CEO of Singapore-based Meli Marine‚ could not sleep. The next board meeting was just two weeks away in early February 2008. Edwin Chang‚ the founder of the company and chairman of the board‚ had called earlier to hear Tian’s assessment of a potential acquisition. "This could be.1 the biggest turning point
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CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles‚ for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between ships and land vehicles‚ for example trains or trucks‚ in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container terminal. Alternatively the transshipment may be between land vehicles‚ typically between train and truck‚ in which case the terminal
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Contents AUTHORISATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..iii 1. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 PURPOSE OF REPORT 2 1.2 PHASE I 2 1.3 PHASE II 3 1.4 PHASE III 3 2.1 HOW THE ASSET DEVELOPED IS LINKED WITH TCS? 6 2.2 ROLE OF TCS IN THE SHIPPING WORLD 7 2.3 TCS IMPLEMENTING ERP AT KOCHI PORT 12 3. PHASE I – ASSET REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION COURSE 13 4. PHASE
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