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help protect ships such as fire hoses, flares, and barbed wire along the rails of the boats. They still do not guarantee a safe ride for the cargo and crew onboard. Cargo ships should be allowed to carry weapons to protect from pirates and other intruders. Some say that there is a very slim chance of a ship being attacked by pirates. There are over 50,000 cargo ships all around the world so what are the chances?(Curry n.p.) But, more and more ships are being captured around the world each day and those

due to the variety of purposes for which these ports exist. Some ports focus on passenger cruise vessels or recreational craft, others strictly on goods and cargo, some have military importance or responsibilities, while

increase (Barnard,2015). There was fluctuation in air cargo demand over the last 10 years from 2006 to 2016 which indicates that cargo demand could be changed by some external and internal influences. Some figures were released about worldwide air freight market and presented that air cargo capacity increased 2.2%, comparing to 2014. While this was the 5% growth calculated by The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the growth of cargo volumes in 2015 was much slower than 2014(Barnard, 2015)

The profit of exporters decreased  significantly, because most Chinese exporters relied on the refund of export tax to maintain  their business under such fierce global competition at that time.  To avoid or reduce loss,  exporters rushed to export their cargo before July 1st, which resulted in serious overbooking in  June and incurred a large demand of shipping capacity, accordingly, the price of ocean freight  per container sored to the highest in past ten years and many shipping companies made  additional orders to build new vessels

have always been located near water. This was partly because the fact water enables better travel compared to going over land. Waterways are very important in the transportation of goods and people throughout the world with millions of people and cargo going in and out of ports around the world at any given time. With the complex network of different connections between coastal ports, rail, air, truck, and inland ports form the foundation of economic wealth worldwide. The historical development

Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 1 Corporate Strategy - Meli Marine case study Giovanni Costa Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 2 1) Container shipping industry has consolidated over last years from over 100 carriers to just 15 global players accounting today for roughly 80% of volume, mostly concentrated in Asia-Europe and Asia-North America shipping lanes (see exhibit

liner shipping has become one of the most important transportation modes in international trade. It is growingly penetrated into the share of many conventional shipping modes. Containerized cargo has been the most dynamic cargo group. “About 60% of the value of goods transported by sea is containerized cargo (Stopford 2009). In 2011, container shipping carried some 1.477 million tons of 8,879 million tons of seaborne trade (Unctad 2011). In terms of TEU, world container traffic grew from 13.5 m TEUs

internet technologies have enable many Shipping firms to trade and offer their services online. With just a click of a button, we are able to get information about the routes they serve and for customers a timely updates of the whereabouts of their cargo. ENVIRONMENTAL – Increased awareness on issues of global warming and energy consumption has re-directed world’s attention. As a result many shipping companies are trying to be more environmental friendly. Policies have been passed by Organisations

Beijing city. Colombia: About the Tumaco seaport. This is a good seaport for our plan. Because when we transfer the cargo from Colombia to Hong Kong. It only crosses the Pacific, and then it will arrive the Hong Kong. Without this seaport, the vessel will cross the Panama Canal. If the company do not want cross the Panama Canal, they will have a pretty long trip to transfer the cargo. About the shortest trip, it has 9209.56 mile (17056.10 km) and spent over one month to arrive. And then, it contains

1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this assignment is to study the characteristics affecting the choice of road carriers based on discrete choice. Different road carriers have different economic characteristics and are consistent with its competition, shippers and carriers have different preferences when deciding on the choice of road carrier. Currently, a surplus and scarcity of different transport infrastructures can be seen in South Africa and various other developed and developing countries. Large