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With the expansion of maritime and intermodal transportation, older ports with limited real estate must remain possible options to move cargo. There are some ways, in which the older ports like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and others with limited real-estate available for expansion would be able to compete with bigger newer ports. Improvements would be critical in improving the ports productivity to compete with the newer larger ports. The majority of ports and terminals were built for a volume of more than 2 million moves (Konings, Priemus, & Nijkamp, p. 114). Since the ports in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and others cannot expand the land area, they must seek additional ways to transfer cargo. First, the older ports should purchase new equipment…

In Texas, coastal cities are very popular and give insight to what Indianola could have been. Those who lived in Indianola could see the potential and many did not give up after the first hurricane. There was still more for the town of Indianola sadly the devastating hurricane eleven years later took all that away. It is extremely unfortunate that the circumstances or resources that made the town so great are also what destroyed it. Hurricanes are damaging to beach cities in the present day even…

Ports are a key link in the logistics supply chain, and significant economic drivers. The Mombasa Port is the main linkage to East and Central Africa. It is the largest port in the country that connects the Northern Corridor Countries of Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Northern Tanzania, South Sudan and Ethiopia (See map 1 below). The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) mandate is: regulation, development, and operation of all the ports along the Kenya’s coastline. In…

vulnerability assessment and Penetration testing: Organizations should enforce policies that must be strictly adhered by all associated people to make penetration tests successful and maximize the vulnerability detection rate and fix the detected risks. a. Port Scanning Policy: 1. Purpose and Scope: The purpose of this port scan is to get the information about the devices connected in the network and get verified from the security officer so that none of the irrelevant ports are open and to…

is with an organisation’s publics, we will look at a local organisation, the Ports of Auckland and analyse the management, interaction and direct consequences of it’s publics. The Ports of Auckland (PoA) located on the Waitemata harbour, is the largest container seaport in New Zealand, with container volumes representing ‘50.38% of the Upper North Island container trade, 42% of the North Island container trade and 31.3% of New Zealand 's total container trade’ (Ports of Auckland, 2015). Along…

Port Arthur was established in 1830 as a timber station and a prison settlement for repeat offenders. While transportation to the island colony from the mainland ceased in 1853, the prison remained in operation until 1877, by which time some 12,000 men had passed through what was commonly regarded as the harshest institution of its kind in the British Empire. Punishments included incarceration in the Model Prison, a separate building from the main penitentiary, where inmates were subjected to…

Port of Call Port of Call, the French Quarter bar and grill was established in 1963 as a steakhouse. The restaurant is located on the historic and beautiful Esplanade Avenue in the French Quarter. Port of Call started out as a small quiet neighborhood restaurant open only at night. The menu consisted of primarily steaks. The chefs would grind up the steak scraps to make the hamburgers. Due to the chefs using steak scraps hamburgers were not a regular menu item. As time went on, Port of Call has…

CHAPTER-4 THREATS TO GWADAR PORT 4.1 Internal threats. Internal threats to this project have many dimensions and these will be discussed in following sequence:- a. Political dimension b. Internal security dimension c. Issues related to Infrastructure d. Economic Aspects e. Social dimension 4.2 Political Dimension a. Province of Baluchistan has typical demographic and social pattern in which Sardars have been yielding power since long. The local and provincial Sardars are trying their best to…

The life and conditions the convicts of Port Arthur endured can only be described as 'Hell on Earth'. Life at Port Arthur was supported by the laboring backs of second offenders. It was a place feared by all and only the toughest survived. Brutal and inhuman punishments were given without mercy, and the will of many were shattered after a lashing or a week with only their thoughts for company. The months long voyage to Port Arthur was full of cramped spaces, a cacophony of whooping coughs and…

The purpose and need of the new development at the Port of Beaumont (Port) Orange County North Property is to meet the demand of new and existing business by continuing to expand facilities to accommodate additional capacity. The new truck unloading area and tank storage will be used to offload petroleum products from trucks, transferred by pipeline to the Port’s existing facilities, and eventually shipped out by barge to various facilities along the Sabine-Neches corridor and throughout the…