AN INTRODUCTION TO LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS NATURE AND SCOPE OF LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS: LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHIPPING THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF LINER SERVICE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAMP SERVICE TYPES OF LINER SERVICE OPERATORS THE IMPORTANCE & NEED FOR LINER SERVICE LINER TRADE ROUTES A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHIPPING: The spirit of enquiry - looking beyond the forests‚ mountains‚ deserts & oceans. The era of explorations
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“Empty Container Logistics: Hamburg–Baltic Sea Region” Hamburg University of Technology Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics This report is part of Work Package 5.2 of the TransBaltic Project funded as part of the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013. Authors: Jutta Wolff‚ Nico Herz‚ Heike Flämig‚ Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics‚ Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) Contact: jutta.wolff@tuhh.de Version: Final Date: August 2012 Empty Container Management
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Different government agencies in the United States helped to standardized and increased the use of shipping containers throughout the world. For example‚ Marad as well as the Federal Maritime Board‚ possessed vast authority in the maritime industry. In his book‚ Marc Levinson argues that these agencies‚ "dispensed subsidies to build ships‚ administered laws dictating that government freight should travel in U.S.-flag vessels‚ gave operating subsidies to U.S. ships on international routes‚ and enforce
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Availability of Quay-Wall Space 2.1.5 Vessel Connections 2.2 Technical Vessel Information 2.3 Discharge Operations 2.3.1 Discharge Information 2.3.2 Transshipment Containers 2.3.3 Discharge Checking Activities 2.3.4 Discharge Reporting 2.3.5 Over-Landed (Out-of-List) Containers 2.3.6 Short-Landed Containers 2.4 Loading Operations 2.4.1 Loading Information 2.4.2 Stowage Approval 2.4.3 Pro-Forma Cargo Deadline 2.4.4 Loading Checking Activities 2.4.5 Loading Reporting
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The intermodal shipping container is a large steel box that is built in a small number of standard sizes to allow transportation of goods by ship‚ truck‚ train‚ and even airplane. The container as simple of an object that it is has had a profound social and economic impact. The impact was first initially felt by actors in the shipping industry‚ particularly port workers and shipping companies. With any type of effective new technology the containers impact became much wider affecting not only the
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innovative use of containers transform the distribution of goods? The containerization just has a short history until now‚ and it started from year 1951‚ but it is developing rapidly‚ it changed the global transportation system. Containerisation can be defined as a system of intermodal freight and cargo transport using standard ISO ( International Standardization Organization ) containers ( known as Shipping Containers or Isotainers) that can be loaded and sealed intact onto container ships‚ railroad
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Materials • • • • • • • 1 big container. 1 medium-sized container. 1 small container. A weighing scale. Metal blocks Water A note pad for writing down the results. Procedure • Weigh the large container on the weighing scale. • Fill up the medium size container with water till the brim. Place it in the large container. • Place the object whose displacement is to be measured in the medium-size container. Observe the water being displaced into the large container. Does the object float or sink
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Export Transport Logistics Cost By Mr Manoj Aglawe‚ BSc.‚ MBA‚ PGDFT Ocean and surface transport costs are excessive and create a major barrier to foreign market. Transport infrastructure‚ such as ports‚ ICDs‚ CFSs‚ etc.‚ plays an essential role in facilitation international trade‚ constituting as they do the main interface between ocean transport and surface transport. The level of infrastructure development and the quality of services are major factors in the cost of transportation. The major
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to AML if it purchased the 10 used 20-foot containers? How long would it take to recoup the investment‚ assuming that the mushroom traffic continued? Based on 120 container shipments per year with 10% loads return or 12 containers‚ this would generate revenues equal to the associated cost. Looking at the charts below the proposed service would actually lose money as the investment of $255.350 can’t be gained back. Investment cost would be 10 containers X 7 which equals 70. Re-equipping of 5 flatcars
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economic growth and globalization Containerization is a system of freight transport based on a range of steel intermodal containers (also "shipping containers"‚ "ISO containers" etc.). Containers are built to standardized dimensions‚ and can be loaded and unloaded‚ stacked‚ transported efficiently over long distances‚ and transferred from one mode of transport to another—container ships‚ rail and semi-trailer trucks—without being opened. The system‚ developed after World War II‚ led to greatly reduced
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