Containerization

Enemies, threats such as anti-ship missiles, speed boats, submarines, shore-based cruise missiles, littoral threats, sea mines, ballistic missiles, or asymmetric threats, missions/operations, technologies alter drastically. They require new capabilities for naval vessels. Modularity provides necessary quality attributes, reduced operational downtime, reduced shipbuilding costs, decreased construction time and many more military benefits that minimize the challenges faced. This study examines…

Introduction The Impacts and effects that Hurricane Katrina had on the United States and how it impacted America socially, economically and politically during this time period it happened until now. Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly category 5 hurricane that cause catastrophic damage along the gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. Much due to the storm surge and levee failure. In addition, severe property damage occurred in coastal areas such as Mississippi beachfront…

and logistics are chosen “agree”. Lastly one respondent from logistics is “strongly agree” with the question statement. In theoretical the cargo on rail transportation is hard to be stealing because it carries a large cargo such as bulk and containerization. The theft could be happen at the stations when the transshipment for consolidation or break-bulk cargo is performing. The rail service provider has a procedure of cargo arrangement at the station to protect the cargo from theft intention so…

Abstract: The Port of Singapore has a multi-pricing structure. The costs are arranged in three categories: port-calling costs, terminal-handling costs and concession pricing. Port-calling costs are the costs of all services offered to the vessel, ranging from access to quay or terminal, to pilotage, to the supply of water and bunkering, i.e. they encompass all ship-handling costs. Terminal-handling costs comprise costs for loading or unloading, storage, customs clearance, repacking and…

50,000 merchant ships, registered in over 150 nations and manned by over a million seafarers of nearly every nationality, transport every kind of cargo internationally. The continuous increase in ship size has been a distinct characteristic of containerization. The first container ship was made from a tanker and on its first voyage had a carrying capacity of 58 35-feet. In 2014, the largest ships currently in operation are the Triple-E class of ships with capacity of 18,000 TEUs. Container…