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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Ballast - (a) the material (usually water in ballast tanks) used to stabilise a vessel when partially loaded or empty‚ (b) In Ballast - term to describe vessel sailing empty to next loading port. BENDS - Abbreviation for ’both ends’. Used when any loading and discharging term for a vessel is the same for both loading and discharging operations. BFI - Baltic Freight Index - an index reflecting a composite number of routes‚ issued on a daily basis. BIFFEX - Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange
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3 Shipping Market Cycles The four most expensive words in the English language are‚ ‘This time it’s different’. (Sir John Templeton‚ quoted in Devil Take the Hindmost‚ Chancellor 1999‚ p. 191) 3.1 INTRODUCING THE SHIPPING CYCLE Market cycles pervade the shipping industry. As one shipowner put it: ‘When I wake up in the morning and freight rates are high I feel good. When they are low I feel bad’.1 Just as the weather dominates the lives of seafarers‚ so the waves of shipping cycles
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CASES FROM MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING PRACTICES Foreword Case 1 Figure 8 Island Homeowners’ Association Howard O. Rockness Joanne W. Rockness Charles L. Earney William J. Mayew Case 2 China Huaneng Group Thomas W. Lin Kenneth A. Merchant Case 3 The Bala nced Scorecard at Cola Lourdes F. White Neslihan Tuncbilek Case 4 Balancing the Corporate Scorecard Interactive Simulation Joseph G. Donelan W. Timothy O’Keefe Case 5 Alternative Chargeback Systems for Shared Services at The Boeing Company:
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The balance sheet items of The Sweet Soda Shop (arranged in alphabetical order) were as follows at the close of business on September 30‚ 2011: Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Building Capital Stock Cash $ 8‚500 1‚250 45‚500 50‚000 7‚400 Furniture and Fixtures Land Notes Payable Retained Earnings Supplies 20‚000 $ 55‚000 ? 4‚090 3‚440 The transactions occurring during the first week of October were: Oct. 3 Additional capital stock was sold for $30‚000. The accounts payable were paid in full
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Compare assigned costs per product under both methods. Why has Activity-based costing changed the total costs assigned to each product? By comparing the two cost assigned methods‚ there are some differences existed: Unit Product Cost: | Gadgets | Smidgets | Smadgets | Smadgets | Traditional Costing Method | 400 | 1‚000 | 1‚350 | 850 | Activity-Based Costing Method | 590 | 1‚100 | 760 | 1‚250 | Overhead Cost | Widgets | Gadgets | Smidgets | Smadgets | Traditional Costing Method | 200‚000 |
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How Freight Shipping Services reduce major moving and transport complications Companies having common cargo loads may experience the requirement for faster consignment delivery. Many services have been designed for meeting the emergency shipments requirements as time plays a crucial role for moving and transport services. The clients and facilities may require shipping with extreme care and speed to continue with operations and meet end customer demands. As any company expands operations to
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Q 1. Why does the Varsity team lose to the JV Team? Because a crucial element in the sport of rowing is the performance of the team as a whole‚ there must be a high level of trust and confidence among the team members in order to enhanced personal and group confidence. A tremendous amount of harmonized collaboration of individual efforts is required to reach synchronization in rowing. Therefore‚ winning teams are those that are the most synchronized‚ exhibiting exemplary collaboration among their
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Rachel Darrough Finance 431 9/17/12 Economy Shipping Company (Abridged) – Case #5 Spring of 1950‚ Economy Shipping Company in Pittsburgh was deciding to repair‚ the Conway‚ one of their steam riverboats or to just replace it with a new diesel-powered boat. Currently all the boats owned by Economy were steam-powered and were at least 10 years old‚ majority being 15-30 years old. The Conway was 23 years old and was in dire need of renovation or replacement. The best recommendation I have to offer
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and a person’s maximum willingness to pay for the product and the net profit and benefit he will receive from the transaction. Question 2A Which variables (in the dataset or not) do you expect to have a significant impact on the demand for shipping? Do you expect these variables to have a positive or negative effect? Do you expect a small or large effect? Capacity - Carrying capacity of the inland ship in tones This variable has a positive effect on the demand function. A larger capacity
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