INLAND CONTAINER DEPORTS (ICD) PERFORMANCE/PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT Obed B.C. Ndikom and G.C Emeghara Department of Maritime Management Technology‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Owerri ABSTRACT This paper reviews the nature‚ characteristics‚ structural operations‚ operational modalities and strategies for improving Inland Container Deports performance/productivity within the confines of the Nigerian Maritime Environment. Inland Container Deport is a place where containers/cargo is
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Background J.H. Stone & Sons‚ a cardboard container and paper products manufacturer was founded by Joseph Stone in 1926 and after World War II reincorporated as Stone Container Corporation. Early on in its conception Stone was able to grow significantly by way of acquisition. The company had a policy of paying for its acquisitions either entirely in cash or borrowing funds with early repayment. Continuing to grow‚ the company became publicly-owned when it issued its first 250‚000 shares of stock
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What better way to go to the theater then to watch a play on the stage‚ in the flesh of the actual actors. Clare Bayleys’s play “The Container” had a total of 28 seats for the audiance. Performed in a hot‚ dark‚ stuffy and smelly 40ft shipping container‚ as you watch scared annd anxiously awaiting to see if the refusges make it to the UK. Tom Raybould’s sound plan makes you feel as if you are stuck in a truck moving‚ shocking‚ shivering to an unpropitious stop. The entryways‚ hammered and catapulted
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might be heavier then the container with water and clay. Apparatus: 1 small beaker (mL) 1Graduated cylinder 1 container 1 small portion of clay can Spring scale (newtons) Tap water 1 Cloth Method: First‚ hang the clay on the hook of the Newton spring scale. Secondly‚ record the measurements. Thirdly‚ get a container‚ fill it with water and put the clay in it. The water should be a little bit above the clay not completely filled. Fourthly‚ hang the container on the Newton spring scale
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Introduction A Central Industrial Finance corporation was set up under the industrial Finance corporations Act‚ 1948 in order to provide medium and long term credit to industrial undertakings which fall outside normal activities of commercial banks. The State governments expressed their desire that similar corporations be set up in states to supplement the work of the Industrial financial corporation. State governments also expressed that the State corporations be established under a special statue
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Service Container Presented by: Anton Cherkasov Service Providers § Services are the basic building blocks of the .NET design-time architecture. They help to expose access to specific features from external objects. § Designers and components can obtain other services through the use of service providers. A.NET service provider is represented by the System.IServiceProvider interface. The interface provides a mechanism for retrieving a specific service object‚ given the type of object to retrieve
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chirping a beautiful song‚ thinking I must be dreaming this can’t be in Florida‚ but it is! I am at Ravine Garden State Park in Palatka‚ Florida. If you are like me you tend to think of Florida as being pretty flat or all beaches but this is not true. This state park is home to not one but two ravines measuring up to 90 feet deep! It is imperative we protect gems like this. Ravine Garden State Park deserves continued financial support and preservation because it beautifully highlights how Florida’s
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KIEI 926 – PE/VC and Human Elements Final Exam Western States Optical Corporation Part I – Case analysis Based on the information given in the case‚ I would like to take below actions: 1) Hire Barry Fielding as the new CEO for Western States Optical Corporation (WSO); 2) Hire Barry’s wife‚ Betty Fielding‚ as the director of Marketing and Merchandising for WSO; 3) Leverage Meredith McDougall as CFO to keep an eye on the Fielding couple; 4) Remind Ron Weiner not to interfere new CEO’s business
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The Introduction of Shipping Containers Until the 1960s‚ shipping had not changed much in decades. Handling cargo was a labor-intensive activity‚ and transportation costs and times—whether by land or by sea—were huge obstacles to trade‚ often making transcontinental‚ let alone global‚ and trade economically unfeasible. However something happened that changed that. That was the invention of the shipping container. The birth of the shipping container dates back to April 26‚ 1956 when a crane lifted
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CASE: Inside the container Store [pic] Date: 31/10/2009 Dear Sir‚ Being assigned by you‚ we‚ are the student conducted a comprehensive study on the captioned case. We have tried heart and soul together all available information regarding the topic‚ which is a requirement of the MBA program. We have tried to prepare this report properly by maintaining the rules and regulations. Now‚ we are putting forward the report for your perusal. Your acceptance and any type of appreciation
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