As part of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ the Jones Act lays out specific rules and regulations for the American maritime industry. Section 27 deals with cabotage which are rules that requires vessels used to transport goods between States and territories that are part of the United States be carried on vessels that are United Sates flagged‚ built in the United States‚ and operated and owned by Americans. It also discusses rules for incineration of waste from the United States at sea. Furthermore
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BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION IN MARITIME FLEET MANAGEMENT (Generic analysis of a large fleet management and recommendation) Initial assessment of the maritime sector in general In the maritime sector there are several IT companies offering a wide variety of software packages supporting business processes specific to fleet management. The aim is to ease the management decision making process and help the ship’s crew with their tasks. The most common applications include voyage planning‚ spares
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Maritime Trade‚ Global Economies‚ and the Megaports Initiative The purpose of this posting is two-fold. Part one is to describe the importance of maritime trade to global economies‚ and part two is to illustrate the importance of the Megaports Initiative to international trade. Part One: Obviously‚ global trade involves moving finished goods and heavy commodities over long distances. From both a tonnage perspective and value perspective‚ an overwhelming share of inter-hemispheric
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The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1400s and continuing into the early 1600s‚ during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trade routes to feed growing capitalism in Europe. The most commonly sought after new trade route was to the Spice Islands‚ which are now the Indonesian archipelago‚ in southern Asia. Spices were originally brought to Western Europe by land routes‚ but because of a lack cargo space and extremely long travel times the prices were very
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Exploration of the digital world My chosen research topic is the natural dietary supplement Spirulina. Spirulina is a simple one-celled microscopic blue-green algae with the scientific name of “Arthrospira platensis”. It is grown in tropical‚ high salt alkaline waters where there is strong sunlight and a pollution free environment. The algae is harvested and spray dried and presents in a powder form for further processing. By volume Spirulina has unusually high concentrations of proteins‚ vitamins
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Space Exploration and Colonization: Using Technology and Human Enhancements in our Race for Space Since the beginning of man ’s existence on this earth‚ the night time sky has held awe and wonder. The questions of what may exist have long been pondered and are chronicled throughout the written history of our species. Technology and science allowed early scientists to prove the sun as the center of the solar system as well as many planets besides earth orbiting that very sun. It later allowed
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of socialization and stimulus‚ which are ways to acquire knowledge. During this personal exploration of knowledge‚ different forms of knowledge acquisition will be discussed. The universe is full of different kinds of stimuli and going to a concert is an excellent way to acquire knowledge of the performing arts while enjoying the educational process. Personal Exploration of Knowledge‚ to begin this exploration‚ I will give a scholarly definition of the word personal. According to Neidhardt (2002)
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Career Exploration Paper Tori Turner Liberty University Career Exploration Paper Career Field & Occupation Choice Within society‚ there are many occupations to explore and chose. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) results showed that my personal career strengths fall under the area of teaching and counseling. Currently‚ as a school counselor for a high school in Duncanville‚ Texas‚ a suburb outside of Dallas‚ I find the results of the assessment to be very accurate. Making
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AN EXPLORATION OF THE MALAY KOMPANG Name: Chan Tsui Sze Dora Matriculation Number: U1210644K Seminar Group Time: 1330 – 1530 Seminar Group Instructor: Cikgu Zubir Assignment: Research Paper in Malay Music Date: 10 April 2013 Word Count: 2245 Contents Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Kompang 3 1.1 Features of the Kompang 4 1.2 Features of Kompang Music 4 1.3 Performance Context 6 Chapter 2: Influences on the Malay Kompang 7 2.1 Arabic Influences
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Career Exploration Paper One career that I am interested in is an Account Executive in Advertising. Tasks for such a job include: planning ads for businesses‚ picking the best way to advertise‚ meeting with artists to plan ads and show plans to customers. Other qualities are figuring out the costs of ads‚ working with budgets‚ layouts‚ computers‚ and products being presented. To be a successful Account Executive‚ one must be good at organizing projects and making decisions along with getting along
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