the top transportation providers. Services that CSX offers is traditional rail services and transportation of containers and trailers as well as trucking and logistics services. CSX was started 32 years ago as a result of the 3 major railway companies that consisted of Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)‚ Chesapeake & Ohio and Richmond‚ Fredericksburg & Potomac railroad to merging to create a more efficient transportation system along the eastern seaboard. In addition to transportation‚ CSX also
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INCOTERMS USE FOR SHIPPING TERMS Incoterms rules are international trade terms promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Though used primarily in international trade‚ they are seeing increasing use in domestic trade. When used‚ they should specify the specific shipping term‚ the location‚ Incoterms‚ and the edition. An example is “DAT Pier 82 Port of Philadelphia Incoterms® 2010.” Incoterms rules specify the point at which risk of loss occurs‚ but not‚ strictly speaking‚
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Columnar Transposition Introduction The Columnar Transposition cipher is very simple and easy to implement cipher. It is a transposition cipher that follows a simple rule for mixing up the characters in the plaintext to form the cipher text. How it works In a columnar transposition‚ the message is written out in rows of a fixed length‚ and then read out again column by column‚ and the columns are chosen in some scrambled order. Both the length of the rows and the permutation of the columns are
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT Definition A hazardous waste is any waste or combination of wastes that poses a substantial danger‚ now or in the future‚ to human‚ plant or animal life and which therefore cannot be handled or disposed of without special precautions. The Hazards and Disasters can be classified into four categories viz.‚ Natural events‚ Technological events‚ Man-made events and Region-wise events. The adverse impacts caused due to the indiscriminate disposal of Hazardous Wastes (HWs)
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1. Introduction Nowadays‚ the development of economic globalization is promoting the shipping business increasingly important (Wang et al.‚ 2005). Talley (2009) defined a port or seaport as "a place at which the transfer of cargo and passenger to and from waterways and shores occurs." As the developing of globalization and world economy‚ the importance of ports in logistics chain gradually increased. Because of its principles‚ ports connect sea and inland transport. Therefore‚ how to improving efficiency
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Introduction Globalization has lead to an increase in the integration of national markets and the interdependence of Countries worldwide have opened their boundaries for a wide range of goods‚ services‚ and commodities. Today‚ in a globalised economy‚ no nation is self-sufficient. Every nation is involved at different levels in trade to sell what it produces‚ in order to gain what it lacks and also to produce more effectively than their partners. Maritime history‚ the study of human activity
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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 cars‚ planes and trucks. It is just one of the system of intermodal. Container integrated supply‚ transportation‚ packing‚ storage and safety‚ together visibility
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Institute of Business Administration (IBA) University of Dhaka STRATEGY ANALYSIS FOR APL Prepared for Dr. Saiful Majid Professor Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Prepared by Rabiul Azam Roll No: ZR1201005‚ Batch: 12th Executive MBA Program May 20‚ 2014 Dr. A.K.M Saiful Majid Professor Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Subject: Letter of Transmittal. Dear Sir: I am pleased to submit
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contents iii Introduction 1 Part A – The development of port. 1 Part B – The port logistics in Port of Xiamen 3 Conclusion 5 References 6 Introduction Port‚ the traditional definition is a ship/shore interface or a maritime intermodal interface or areas of facilities for berthing or anchoring ships and where there is the equipment for the transfer of goods from ship / shore to shore / ship. Nowadays‚ because the change of global economics and development of technologies‚ the
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Strategic Management: Competitiveness & Globalization (10th ed). Mason‚ OH: South Western‚ Cengage Learning. 2. Gambrel‚ D. (2013‚ June 26). Getting PRB Coal to Asia Now. Coal Age. Retrieved from: http://www.coalage.com/index.php/departments/transportation-tips/2826-shipping-prb-coal-to-asia-now.html 3. Western Organization of Resources Council (2011‚ January) Exporting Powder River Basin Coal: Risks and Costs [PDF File]. pp. 1-15. Retrieved from: http://www.worc.org/userfiles/file/Coal/Exporting_Powder_River_Basin_Coal_Risks_and_Cost
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