Ocean Carriers Project Analysis Introduction Ocean Carriers receives a lease for a ship over three years starting in 2003. However‚ the company currently does not hold qualified ships that can meet customers’ demand. Our report is not only to assist Ms. Linn to decide whether or not to purchase a new ship but also give a reasonable suggestion on how long to hold on the ship regarding the NPV and long term prospective of dry bulk industry. Upon business operating in U.S or H.K‚ we consider four scenarios
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Blue ocean strategy is a business concept that focuses on doing business along the line where there is no competitor or little or no competition; rather it seeks to create new opportunities for business instead competing for space in the already saturated horizon. It does this by either creating entirely new product in a market or reinventing already existing product in such a unique way that will meet the needs the of the market in a way that has not existed before. It adds value to the market while
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Whales are the largest marine mammal in the world‚ living in all of the major oceans from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans to the tropical waters around the world. Human whaling is to hunt and kill whales for the use of their meat‚ oil and blubber. It is estimated that three million whales were killed in the twentieth century alone. According to the survey‚ there are only 10‚000 - 20‚000 whales surviving in the oceans today. Rapidly decreasing number of whales has affected the ocean’s ecosystem.
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States in the legal system is that criminals should be punished and the reasons for their crimes are rarely addressed. The Ocean Tides program is an innovative system rather than punishing juveniles it is an approach that hopes to rehabilitate adjudicated boys in Rhode Island within a year. Typically the more severe a crime is‚ the longer the criminal is sent away for. At the Ocean Tides program‚ 1 year is retrospectively the time that is used to help criminals readjust so once they complete the program
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TATA NANO- A BLUE OCEAN | December 10 2010 | | Background Between 1970 and 1984 cars were considered a luxury product; manufacturing was licensed‚ manufacturing was restricted; there were quantitative restrictions on import and a tariff structure designed to restrict the market. The market was dominated by 6 manufacturers - Telco (now Tata motors)‚ Ashok Leyland‚ Mahindra & Mahindra‚ Hindustan motors‚ Premier automobiles and Bajaj auto. The decade of 1985 to 1995 saw the entry
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’t have been sunk during WWI‚ the Lusitania was an ocean liner that had 1‚959 passengers‚ and ait was carrying a bunch of war supplies to the UK.The fourth problem this tunnel will solve is economy struggles that the two governments may have inthe future. All of the money earned will go to the governments of the US and the UK.Location & DistanceThis tunnel is going from one continent to another continent. The location that the stations will be arePlymouth‚ England and Winthrop‚ Massachusetts. Plymouth
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The most common effects of dumping plastics into the ocean are entanglement and ingestion. There are six main types of ocean pollution happening: oil‚ sewage‚ air pollution‚ agricultural runoff‚ sunscreen (lesser known)‚ and the most common type being dumping. Ocean dumping consists of dumping garbage‚ sewage‚ waste chemicals‚ and construction debris into the ocean. Entanglement is a large factor in the deaths of marine animals and is also the most common. Entanglement “kills through drowning‚ strangulation
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Commercial Fishing and Our Oceans “We all have a romantic vision of the ocean being a vast‚ limitless territory open to all. The truth is nearly 70 per cent of all fish stocks are considered fully exploited‚ over-exploited or severely depleted. The ocean ’s ability to replenish fish has been outstripped by the industry ’s ability to catch fish.”- Annabel Graham‚ Chinese activist and author. There was once a time where the oceans were pure and fish were plentiful. However‚ that was quite some time
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Both the Chinese and the Portuguese sought involvement in the Indian Ocean trade but each group used methods that juxtaposed each other. The Chinese had a lot of goods that those involved in the Indian Ocean trade routes desired. On the other hand‚ the Portuguese did not really have any goods to trade; no one needed iron pots or the wool clothing that they produced. This led the Europeans to take a different approach; since they could not trade in the way others could‚ they had to use coerce their
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contract of only 3 years. Based on the calculations of the costs of construction against the value of the contract‚ it is recommended that Ocean Carriers not go ahead with the construction. However‚ if a strategic alliance can be created with another carrier to lease their vessels‚ Ocean Carriers should accept the contract. If the strategic alliance is mutual‚ Ocean Carriers should build the vessel to add on to its own fleet. Key Financial Issues Mary Linn has to deal with the following key financial
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