Kwai Tsing Container Port / Future Development ------------------------------------------------- Improving Competitiveness The Port of Hong Kong has long been assuming the role as a gateway for South China and as a platform for intermodal transport providing connectivity with the Mainland distribution network. ------------------------------------------------- Challenges The container terminals in Hong Kong have always been competing in productivity and efficiency, but indeed there are challenges
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Federal Express W hen Fred Smith finished that valuable paper which finally got a “C” grade while he was studying at Yale University. An adventure of U.S. air cargo transportation– the story of Federal Express was beginning. Since it was founding at 1971, Federal Express choose a high-cost development way that was really uncommon at that time. After Smith established the “Super Hub” at Memphis International Airport, Tennessee in 1973, Federal Express started overnight operations
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hypersensitive goods because traveling through water has high risk, flying is costly and the road has 16 times more accident rate compared to rail(Rahman, Norton and Portera 2013; Dobruszkes 2011). Even for transporting oversized or heavy weight freight rails
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Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, CSX serves 23 states across the eastern United States and parts of Canada. The 21,000 mile rail network reaches more than 70 water ports throughout the region and operates nearly 4200 locomotives that carry roughly 190,000 freight cars and containers daily. CSX employees over 31,000 people and realized just over $12 billion in revenue in 2013. (Ward, 2012) The railroad industry in America is divided by the Mississippi river. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern & Santa
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DCO21613 Air Freight Logistics Operations Objectives: Project Understand and discuss the insights of the Hong Kong and international business environment in air cargo industry. Details: In March 2012, the Hong Kong Government has approved in principle to adopt, for planning purposes, the three-runway option as the future development direction for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), with the recommendation by Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK). Besides, the third air cargo terminal in Hong
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Paul T. Saindon Student #3062281 American Military University Fundamentals of Intermodal Transportation The Future of Military Intermodalism 21 Sep 2008 The United States military has been a pioneer in the area of transportation and will continue to lead the way for future development of intermodal methods of transportation. The military uses intermodalism to move supplies and equipment throughout the world and in everyday applications and the future of intermodalism in the military
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SWOT Analysis STRENGTHS 1. Private Limited Company – more freedom in investment, always been profitable 2. Britain’s most centrally located deep sea port – most economical location, closest to UK container markets 3. Heritage / history as dominant in Bristol City centre 4. Both docks have good access to main motorway and railway 5. Strong motor vehicles sector (import and export) (p. 8) 6. Critical point for entry of a quarter of UK aviation fuel 7. Cost-effective,
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SURVEY Executive Radar 2011 European Rail Industry WHY PRODUCE AN EXECUTIVE RADAR? As a top strategy consultancy in the rail sector, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants actively supports industry leaders in identifying challenges, uncovering solutions and driving decisive change in their organizations. We have identified a growing need for dialogue amongst senior railway executives regarding the key issues that drive the industry. Therefore, we launched an "Executive Radar" to support executivelevel
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Stuff for SWOT on CSX http://www.bls.gov/cps/industry_age.htm ^Avg. age of rail worker source^ The Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/10/07/rail-stocks-battle-lower-coal-volumes.aspx ^coal production and volumes source^ Daniel Ferry * Coal is the most important commodity to the U.S. railroad industry, but U.S. coal production has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years. * Coal reached its peak in 2008, but it still made up more than 40% of tonnage and
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Mexican trucks to haul freight on U.S. roads The ambitious but controversial North American Free Trade Agreement[->0] between the United States[->1], Canada and Mexico from the 1990s is back, this time as the backdrop to a contentious new cross-border deal allowing Mexican freight trucks onto U.S. highways. The agreement, announced last month by theDepartment of Transportation[->2], is being assailed by critics as a possibly illegal undertaking that will take jobs from U.S. truckers and money from
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