MARINE TERMINAL OPERATIONS (Resit) – February 2011 Section 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
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16 Common mistakes You are going to look at the text from three emails that contain words which can often be confused. Underline the correct or most appropriate word. EMAIL 1 I am writing with (1) connection/reference/regarding to our telephone conversation this morning about your order 7895LG. I must (2) regret/apologise/sorry for the delay in processing this order. I can now confirm that the goods have been shipped and should (3) arrive/reach/deliver you within 10 working days. We
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Witness of a Road Accident In a city like Bombay, which has more than four hundred thousand vehicles and a few million pedestrians on the roads, many accidents take place every day. But tragic as and accident is, involving loss of life. Things are made worse by the fact that every accident is followed by time-consuming and expensive lawsuits. The polish are handicapped in this matter by the fact that very few people come forward as witnesses. They are either afraid of getting involved
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------------------------------------------------- BALTIC EXCHANGE ------------------------------------------------- The Baltic Exchange is the provider of information on maritime transportation markets, used for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts. It was located at 24-28 St Mary Axe, London until that building was destroyed by a bomb in 1992, and is now located at 38 St Mary Axe, London. It has further offices in Europe and across Asia. -------------------------------------------------
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of income source to Meli Marine in periods when Intra-Asia’s demand is weak. Moreover, in most cases of macroeconomic downturns, countries such as Asia in 1990s will resort to export-push policies to stimulate the economy and a race to affordable transport options; these could enlarge the volume of outgoing freight flows. 2.3 Tit-for-Tat Strategy against Competitors’ Cascading: On a macro level, an expansion move to Asia-NA route will be a strong hit on their competitors “on their profit pool”, and
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Children Left in Hot Car Essay A child has died in Utah after being left in a hot car in the 90 degree weather. It is believed that the mother had to use the restroom after being forced to park away from their home due to construction workers. The mother was under the impression that her daughter had been put down for a nap, but later realized that her daughter had been left in the hot car. April Suwyn was a manicurist who left her daughter in her vehicle for several hours after a change
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Choosing a Car Choosing a car to buy is one of many important choices in life. Most people are very picky when it comes to choosing a car. The three important factors when buying a car are the price, appearance, and the name brand. When buying a car, the price of the vehicle is important. If the customer is a wealthy individual, they would purchase a new car. When buying a new car the buyer is able to test drive the vehicle, and if the car and price meets their demand they are ready to buy the
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Unit three health, safety and security in health and social care assignment three Faith Kendrick ccc140000674 In this piece of work I will be doing a risk assessment of a group of older adult’s visiting the walking centre. There are four older adults between the ages 70-80. Some of them have bad joints and cannot walk at a fast pace and between them one has hearing problems and one has sight problems. They are visiting the walking centre so they are aware of where to go if they ever need
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Netflix has been in DVD rental market distributing movies to consumers located in United States. It continued to grow its streaming service both domestically and internationally. Netflix’s international expansions began with Canada in 2010 and have since launched their service in Latin America and Caribbean by September 2011.UK and Ireland was the third region that Netflix launched in by January 2012.And Scandinavia was the last region to see the introduction of the service including Sweden, Denmark
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train. Land distribution is good for relatively short transport times (short and medium distances). It is also ideal for transporting heavy and bulk goods and is suitable for products with a long shelf life. On the other hand, land transportation doesn’t have very fast delivery times; this can be due to traffic jams, for example. It can also be quite costly because of petrol and maintenance costs and the land distribution will have a limited transport volume. Another traditional distribution method is
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