I think that the Mary Celeste was abandoned at sea due to an on board explosion. The cargo, and physical condition the ship was found in, points to this and I believe an explosion is the only reason such an experienced captain would abandon ship. Firstly, the cargo on board being alcohol, could have easily triggered a small explosion, with the result of abandoning ship. Different documents have shown that traces of alcohol were found in the bottom of the ship from barrels that had leaked.…
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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has updated many of their policies to meet the intent of the MTSA. The former 24-hour advance Notice of Arrival (NOA) has been extended to a 96-hour NOA (Frittelli, 2003, 3). This increase provides the USCG, port security, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), and other key players increased time to validate and scrutinize vessel information. Since one criticism of these new mandates can be perceived as the slowdown of commerce due to increase checks and…
“We’ll need to head out through the other end of the cargo bay where we’re going to be decontaminated and have our suits disposed of.” “Yes, of course.” They made their way to the other end of the cargo hold moving cautiously through the rows of body bags. Then, unexpectedly, Commander Brayzack stopped. “Wait!” “What is it, sir?” “I need to see that database again.” Back at the computer, Brayzack began typing one more name into the search box, Enders…
held responsible for handling shipments and cargo, and the general interests of its customers, at ports and harbours worldwide, on behalf of ship owners, managers, and charterers. Specifically, there are two types of port agents. Liner Agent and Tramp Agent. A roles and responsibilities of a Tramp Agent differs from those of a Liner Agent. A Tramp Agent’s responsibilities include attending to Owner’s or Charterer’s matters; arranging for stevedores; cargo work equipment; preparing port…
Electronic communication and internet exposes interoperability to viruses and malicious acts by hackers and insider threats. Each mode of the transportation system must identify Sector Specific Plans (SSP) to protect both passenger and intermodal cargo carrier modes using the system based risk management (SBRM) approach. Strengthening Surface Transportation Security Executive Order 13416, Strengthening Surface Transportation Security, the Transportation Systems Sector Specific Plan (SSP)…
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Introduction: For my intercultural communications field experience paper, I decided to go to a quilt exhibit. An African American Quilt exhibit from the Cargo Collection, the Cargo collection is just a collection bought by Dr. Robert Cargo. Robert Cargo, is a owner of the Folk Art Gallery in Tuscaloosa Alabama. The Cargo collection of African Americans is 156 quilts made by African Americans women from Alabama. More than 32 different quilts made by very different ladies, make up this collection…
agree with you that waterway ports are the busiest at the same time I do not believe that are the hardest to secure. Living here in Jacksonville, FL I have several ports around me. There is Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) that controls three cargo terminals, a cruise terminal and an intermodal rail terminal. Blount Island (controlled by the Marines) is one terminal that I am familiar with because of the military. This facility has some of the tightest security even more than some…
Port Klang, Malaysia Using Statistical Analysis Of AIS Data: A Preliminary Study Introduction Port Klang Malaysia is the major logistic hub of Malaysia and one of the busiest ports in South East Asia region. There are a large number of vessels or cargo ships transporting using the waterway in Port Klang Malaysia. Group [1] reported that in the first half of 2012 Port Klang Malaysia handled 5 million Twenty- Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) of container traffic in total, up to 67% from 4.7 million…