...Erik H. Shirreffs Professor Harris IHR 380 17 March 2015 Effect of West Coast Port Gridlock From May 12, 2014 until February 20, 2015, the Pacific Maritime Association was in negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in an attempt to come to an agreement on a new contract, which will keep the west coast port facilities in operation. The Pacific Maritime Association represents 72 cargo carriers, terminal operators and stevedores that operate 29 major U.S. ports spanning the west coast from Washington to Southern California (Pacific). The International Longshore and Warehouse Union represents approximately 42,000 members, which includes the 20,000 West Coast dockworkers that process over 340 million tons of cargo per year. This cargo represents over 12.5 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product. The contract in dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union expired on July 1, 2014. Since that time, the port facilities had continued to operate without a contract, but as time passed, pressure from both sides increased in order to reach an agreement. The Pacific Maritime Association claimed that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union had been engaged in a work slow-down that had increased the congestion at west coast port facilities. Although other factors such as increased holiday shipping demands and a shortage of trucks and trailers contributed to the congestion, according...
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...on its ability to project combat power where needed. The process of reception, staging, onward movement, and integration is designed to rapidly combine and integrate arriving elements of personnel, equipment, and materiel into combat power that can be employed by the CCDR. This chapter discusses the segments of RSOI. Overview 4-1. The purpose of RSOI is to build the combat power necessary to support the CCDR's concept of operation. Force closure is that point which the combatant commander determines that an adequate combat-ready force is available. Force closure requires well-defined criteria by which unit commanders can measure their readiness. Assessment of combat power begins with established standards for readiness and is based on unit capability, rather than simple tallies of vehicles and weapon systems on hand. Readiness and reporting are inherently operational matters, normally handled through operations channels. Segments of RSOI 4-2. RSOI operations are necessary for commanders to build combat power. The four segments of RSOI are— Reception. Unloading personnel and equipment from strategic transport assets, managing port marshalling areas, transporting personnel, equipment, and materiel to staging areas, and providing logistics support services to units transiting the PODs. Staging. Organizing personnel, equipment, and basic loads into movement units; preparing the units for onward movement; and providing logistics support for units transiting...
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...A Answer all Questions. Each item carries 1 mark. 1. Bulk grain usually loaded in this manner? a. b. c. d. 2. What is the rule-of-thumb for determining the storage capacity required at a crude-oil terminal? a. b. c. d. 3. using bucket elevators by port tower cranes in bags through a flexible spout twice the capacity of the largest ship four times the capacity of the largest ship six times the capacity of the largest ship eight times the capacity of the largest ship What is done with oil slops and oil-contaminated ballast? a. b. c. d. it is buried and allowed to decompose naturally using biological agents it is burnt off in very high-temperature furnaces that have very tight emission controls the oil is recovered and returned to the storage tanks the oil is recovered and used as a low-grade fuel 4. Whose responsibility is it to see that passengers have a favorable impression of a terminal? a. b. c. d. the marketing department terminal management customer service personnel all of the above Page 1 of 6 5. Approximately how many years ago did containerization become the primary method of transporting commercial cargoes? a. b. c. d. 6. Who has the primary responsibility to ensure that the company provides the services the customer requires? a. b. c. d. 7. row tier bay cell A port’s hinterland is the industrial districts in and around the port city. True or false? a. b. 9. line...
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...Outside Inside MDF - IDF IDF to Port & Switches IDF to Wireless Ports MDF/Music/Art MDF Switch Server Router Cabinet Patch Panel Cabling Cabling Wireless Airport Wireless Airport Station Multipurpose Buliding 1 IDF Switch Rack Patch Panel Cabling Cabling Wireless Airport Wireless Airport Station Description/Make and Model Cost Cost Per Item Single Mode 12 Strand Fiber Multimode 6 Strand Fiber Cat6 Copper 4 Ports Cat6 Copper 2 Ports $9,225.00 $1,600.00 200.00 165.00 Between Art and Music Rooms AT-x900-48FE Xserve Quad Xeon Cisco 2821 Integrated Services Router MidAtlantic Product Item # WRK-44SA-27 48 Cat6 Patch Panel 110 Block Cat6 Copper 4 Ports Cat6 Copper 2 Ports Airport Extreme Base Station with Gig Ethernet H-squared Air Mount for Airport 4,521.10 4,996.00 3,577.83 1,044.95 135.99 1,200.00 6@$200 330.00 2@165 358.00 2@179 69.90 2@34.95 Data Closet behind stage AT-8648T/2M MidAtlanic ProductItem #RL10-38 48 Cat6 Patch Panel 110 Block Cat6 Copper 4 Ports Cat6 Copper 2 Ports Airport Extreme Base Station with Gig Ethernet H-squared Air Mount for Airport 839.00 224.95 135.99 1,400.00 7@$200 330.00 2@165 716.00 4@179 139.80 4@34.95 Library Classrooms Top Floor (Classrooms) 1 IDF Switch 1 Switch 2 Rack AT-8648T/2SP AT-8648T/2SP MidAtlanic ProductItem #RL10-38 1,106.99 1,106.99 224.95 Patch Panel Cabling Cabling Wireless Airport Wireless Airport Station 48 Cat6 Patch Panel 110 Block Cat6 Copper 4 Ports Cat6 Copper 2 Ports Airport Extreme Base Station with...
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...for or behave of another in such manner that the principle is legally liable for all acts under agency. An agent function is to bring his principle into contractual relationship with third parties. Under the English law an agency relationship arise when one person, who is called the agent is authorized or considered by law as authorized to represent another person called the Principal in such a way to be able to affect the principal’s legal position. This is the general principle of any agency agreement. However, this situation can be extended by agreement and terms of the appointment can sometimes give the agent rights of lien also the possibility of rights to sell principal’s goods to recover unpaid monies due to the agent. 1. NEED FOR THE STUDY: • In current global scenario shipping plays a vital role in manufacturing of goods, transfer of raw materials, etc., • To identify future infrastructure and other functional facilities required. • To analyze the transformation pattern for each major...
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...Summary and Conclusion: The Port of Umm Qasr is an outdated, badly operated, insecure small port in Southern Iraq, which will increasingly limit the economic potential of the country. Access to the port is naturally limited by its shallow river location, high silt deposit rates, long approach and international boundaries. Umm Qasr activities are also limited by man-made obstacles such as wrecks, UXOs and minefields encroaching on its single, narrow channel. Despite these limitations, for the next 10 to 15 years Umm Qasr is clearly Iraq's most viable international port and one that is struggling to achieve a small fraction of its potential traffic. Numerous surveys of the port have stated that the currently operating equipment for cargo handling is inadequate for a vibrant, functioning port. However, the capacity of the port with its current equipment is substantially greater than what is being achieved, and additional equipment alone would have little impact on the port’s overall throughput or employment because the current operating systems and procedures are already incapable of productively utilizing and maintaining the port’s quite substantial current assets. In a port suffering from organizational chaos, even manual systems will permit substantially improved port efficiency. Training in systems to minimize cargo handling, documentation management, and customs handing, yard management and the other “software” of port management would not only consume...
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...Port Pricing & Port Tariff Analysis THE PORT PRODUCT A chain of consecutive links, while the port as a whole may itself be seen as a link in a global logistics chain Port costs account for only a fraction of the total costs associated with the logistics chain The prototypical port does not exist. Ports inevitably have an heterogeneous quality, e.g. the large number of possible market players involved (government, port management, shippers, forwarders, agents, shipping companies, trade unions, etc), each of which has specific objectives. Generalized Port Price Port Price per unit of throughput represents prices charged by the port for various port services, e.g. wharfage, berthing and cargo handling charges Ocean Carrier Port Time Price per unit of throughput represents the time-related costs incurred by ocean carriers while their ships are in port, e.g. ship depreciation, fuel and labor costs Inland Carrier Port Time Price per unit of throughput represents the time-related costs incurred by inland (rail and truck) carriers while their vehicles are in port, e.g., vehicle depreciation, fuel and labor costs Shipper Port Time Price per unit of throughput represents the time-related costs incurred by shippers while their shipments are in port, e.g., inventory costs such as insurance and depreciation costs. Port Profit Profit = Port Price*Port Throughput – Minimum Port Costs Port operating objectives of the port operator will differ depending...
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...REPORT ON HEURISTICS SOLUTION FOR COMPLEX CHEMICAL CARGOES Contents CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 Background 5 CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Classification Scheme 7 2.2 Modes of shipping 7 CHAPTER 3 - APPLICATION AND MODEL 9 3.1 Description of the project 9 3.2 Objective of this project 10 3.3 Model Formulation 11 3.4 Mixed-integer Linear Programming Formulation 14 CHAPTER 4 - SOLUTION ALGORITHM 15 4.1 Problem complexity 15 4.2 Heuristic Algorithm 15 4.3 Test case 18 CHAPTER 5 - COMPUTATIONAL RESULT 21 CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSION 24 6.1 Conclusion and Recommendation 24 6.2 Future Research 24 REFERENCES 26 APPENDIX B – Various ship routing and scheduling problem 29 APPENDIX C – Basic notation for this project 33 CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Logistics plays an integral role in companies dealing with tangible goods, both finished and semi-finished products. This ranges from electronic products to computer software and even liquid chemicals. Companies need to ensure their products reach their customers in the right quantity, at the right time and the lowest cost to maximize their profits. Logistics component of a company’s operation can be kept in house, if it is considered a key function; otherwise can be out sourced to an established logistics company, such as Federal Express (FedEx). Goods can be delivered via air, sea or land freight. Long distance deliveries use mainly air or sea fright, with land fright...
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...Proposed Sonadia Deep Sea Port – A Future Communication Hub of South-East Asia Introduction 1. Sea ports all over the world act as economic and communicational hubs. The leading sector of a country like Singapore is its deep sea port. Theoretically, deep sea ports can be defined as economic infrastructures at sea having enough space to accommodate and harbor large container vessels with adequate draft. 2. Bangladesh stands on the vertex of the Bay of Bengal, blocking sea access to the entire region lying north, north-east and north-west. This geostrategic advantage could offer Bangladesh real opportunities to play a major role in regional seaborne trade. 3. Sonadia, a small island near Maheshkhali, possesses enormous geographical potentials for developing a deep sea port. Proper utilization of this potential might turn Bangladesh into a communication hub of south-east Asia. With this backdrop, this paper would focus on the requirements of a deep sea port at Sonadia, its prospects as a regional communication hub and challenges on its way. Aim 4. To discuss the prospects of ‘Sonadia Deep Sea Port’ as the future communication hub of south-east Asia. Requirement of Sonadia Deep Sea Port 5. Chittagong and Mongla ports are unable to handle larger container vessels having more than 9.2 meters draft and 1500 TEU capacity. On the other hand, the annual growth trend indicates that in 2020, the total seaborne trade in Bangladesh may rise up to 70 to 80 million tons, which...
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...to go back again and again. I. Mazatlan History & Living A. Mazatlan Mexico is known as the “Pearl of the Pacific.” 1. The beautiful beaches and the rich flora and fauna of Mazatlan is what earned the well-deserved nickname. a. Mazatlan has 16 miles of beautiful golden sandy beaches. b. Mazatlan displays native plants that are creative and distinct. 2. Mazatlan’s signature bird is the Humming Bird. a. The Humming Bird lives there all year long. b. It is known for its significant melodious clicking sound. B. Mazatlan’s native livelihood consists of mostly fishing, hunting, and agriculture. 1. Mazatlan is known to be the largest commercial sea port in Mexico. a. This sea port makes for one of the greatest fish traps in the world. b. The large size of the port makes it possible for many cruise ships to travel around the world. 2. The agriculture itself brings about $8,000,000 a year to the country. a. Mazatlan is known for its growth of cereal and sugar cane products. b. Import and export trades also take place in the ports to move the agriculture. II. Mazatlan Weather, Food & Drink A. Mazatlan’s weather is usually in the range of 68 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit 1. Mazatlan is a warm vacation and retirement location. a. Europeans, Canadians and Americans often relocate to Mazatlan...
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... Submitted in Partial fulfillment of: Business Policy and Strategic Management UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF: Dr. Arvind Sudarshan Department of Management [pic] BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY&SCIENCE PILANI, RAJASTHAN-333031 Submitted by: Neha Vij 2011H149203 Bharat Seaports Authority EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India is endowed with an extensive coastline of 7,517 km. There are 12 major ports under the jurisdiction of the union government and 187 non major ports spread across nine coastal states regulated by the respective State Government. However, only 48 non-major ports are handling cargo. While major ports handle approx 73% of total cargo traffic, non-major ports account for the balance 27 %( in 1996-97, the share was around 10%). Container service provides seems to be the safest and most economic mode of seaway transportation. Hence is also became the fast growing mode of cargo. Container traffic in India is mainly handled by the major ports at Calcutta, Madras, Cochin, Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)*. Trans-Shipment Procedure: A berth for the ship container is allocated 2 or 3 days before its arrival, based on the ship’s characteristics, berth characteristics, marine considerations etc. As soon as a ship is berthed, the quay cranes are lowered to lift imported cargo and place them on the chassis/trailers of trucks, which carry the containers to their designated stack yards. Here yard cranes pick them and stack...
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...Strategic Management - Internal Analysis Dr. Mohammad Hamsal 1 International Ports Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 2 Port of Singapore (PSA) Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 3 PSA Terminals Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 4 Port Operations Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 5 PSA Vision: The World’s Port of Call Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 6 PSA Vision: The World’s Port of Call Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 7 Brief Recent History of PSA Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 8 17 Ports in 11 Countries in 7 Years Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 9 PSA Vision: The World’s Port of Call Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 10 Operating & Innovating Capabilities Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 11 Managing & Learning Capabilities Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 12 Leading & Engaging Capabilities Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 13 PSA Strategy Word-Class Transhipment Hub Strategic Management - Internal Analysis 14 Minimal Disruption Fast Turnaround Efficient Flexibility 90 Sailing Days, Deal with 200 Shipping Lines, 600 Ports, 123 Countries Good Scheduling, One-Stop Services, Zero Error Integrated Resources Natural Harbor, Convenient Location, Capital Investment, Transportation Infrastructure, IT & Port Operations, Skilled Labors Source: Gordon, Lee & Lucas Jr. (2005) ...
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...A Report on Shanghai (Yangshan) Port Visit 2013 Debarshi Das IIFT Kolkata 7/7/2013 Contents * What is a Port - page 3 * Types of Port - page 3 * Major Ports in China - page 4 * Port’s major functions - page 5 * About Shanghai Port - page 6 * Yangshan deep water container terminal - page 7 * Key points and challenges - page 9 * References - page 9 What is a Port? A “Port” is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo to and from them. They are usually situated at the edge of an ocean or sea, river, or lake. Ports often have cargo-handling equipment such as cranes and forklifts for use in loading/unloading of ships, which may be provided by private interests or public bodies. Often, canneries or other processing facilities will be located very close by. Harbor pilots, barges and tugboats are often used to safely maneuver large ships in tight quarters as they approach and leave the docks. The presence of deep water in channels or berths, the provision of protection from the wind, waves and storm surges and access to intermodal transportation such as trains or trucks are critical to the functioning of seaports and river ports. Types of port: (i) Seaport: The terms "port" and "seaport" are used for ports that handle ocean-going vessels; (ii) River port: used for facilities that handle river traffic; (iii) Inland port: An inland port may be located on a lake or river and have river...
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...A Port is a geographical area where ships are bought alongside land to load and unload cargo – usually a sheltered deep water area such as a bay, or river mouth. The Port Authority is the organization responsible for providing the various maritime services required to bring ships alongside land. Terminal is a section of the port consisting of one or more berths devoted to a particular type of cargo handling. • Infrastructure for ship berth; • Sea/ river and land access; - Road/Rail/IWT access • Industrial area. [pic] Ports - nodes to link with other inland transport modes such as highways, railways, and inland waterway systems. Ports not only act as gateways for trade, but also attract agents of commercial infrastructure such as banks and insurance agents, as well as industrial activities. Ideal port or harbor ← Adequate Depth Of Water within the harbour, the approaches, and the entrance channels to accommodate safely the largest vessels expected to use the harbour, at the same time providing adequate protection from the open sea; ← Minimum Interference from tides and currents or, alternatively, structures and facilities designed to compensate for or overcome disadvantageous tides and currents; ← Freedom from fog and ice, or adaptation, such as ice-breaking technology; ← Bottom Characteristics that provide suitable anchorage for vessels within the harbour; ← Adequate Adjacent Land with physical characteristics...
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...Title: Supply Chain Analysis of Binagol in selected main ports in Leyte Methodology This study was conducted in three major ports in Leyte: Ormoc Sea port Terminal/Landport and, Tacloban Air Port and Terminal/Landport involving 100 key informant (KI) Binagol retailers, processors and main producers from Binagol-producing municipalities of Leyte. This was operationalized by the Supply Chain approach, where its activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into finished product that is delivered to the end customer. The primary and secondary data was gathered for this study. The primary data was gathered through personal interviews with the Key Informant (KI) respondents, observation of their entire chain or the “Observation Technique” that can get information including the production costs, the sales of the Binagol in their respective main ports in Leyte, the information of the Talyan plantation as well as the farmers involved, and other key players (distributors, suppliers, manufacturers, logistics etc.) who involved in the flow of supply chain in Binagol. The other data which were the secondary one was gathered through Cluster Sampling. This type is more cost-effective to select respondents in groups or “clusters” based on the main ports they belonged. The statistical data will be computed and analyzed through SPSS Statistics, is a software package used for statistical analysis. It is now officially named "IBM SPSS Statistics". Companion products...
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