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    1. How much is the Bet Performer worth based on comparable transactions? What ship is the best reference transaction? (the closest comparable)? Comparable transaction is a conventional method of evaluating the value of something that is ready for sale. To value a ship, one had to identify a set of “comparable” ships where comparability was based on four main factors: ship type, size (DWT), age, and condition. The Bet Performer was a 11 year old ship, built in 1997, 172,000 DWT capsize bulk

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    the Early Modern Period advanced. The Ottoman and Spanish maritime empires saw significant changes, whether successes or failures, in their respective empires as the period continued. Both empires held similar political ideologies for success through conquest, possessed different ideologies towards religion and its importance within the empire, and ultimately saw a devastating demise due to their own administrations Both the Spanish maritime empire and the Ottoman empire achieved success through conquests

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    UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 ABOUT SUBJECT: Admiralty Law or Maritime Law is a distinct body of domestic laws that supervene upon the maritime activities (like marine commerce, sailors’ related aspects, marine navigation, marine shipping, marine salvaging and transportation of passengers and goods by sea). It has also been governing questions and offenses related to maritime activities and other sub-heads. Broadly, it is a more of a private international law related subject that governs the relationship

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    Effects Of Ship Pollution

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    since the industrial revolution, which has resulted in increased emissions due to shipping and increased stresses on the environment. Keywords: Ship, Shipping transportation, Environment, Earth’s, Ecosystems, Marine pollution. Maritime industry and International Maritime Organization (IMO) 1. INTRODUCTION: The world’s water plays a very important role in all aspects of our lives, providing food, employment and other benefits. Over two-thirds of the world’s population lives within 400 km of the

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    Identification Credential: Massport has mandated the use of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and Massport Maritime Credentials for all workers entering Conley Terminal and Black Falcon Cruise Terminal. Required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act, TWIC is a threat assessment tool used to vet workers who require unescorted access to secure maritime facilities, vessels and other critical assets (e.g. cyber systems). Types of workers include, but may not be limited to, U

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    The Maritime Silk Road also played an important historical role. The Han Dynasty’s ocean trade routes reached as far as South Asia. There have been records of trade between the Han Dynasty, the Persian and Roman empires. These trade accounts were all achieved using these methods or maritime routes. The imported goods from this route were mainly small ornaments. Later, these sea routes connected coastal cities. This helped make trade flow more smoothly. Some of the routes also went through the Strait

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    Maritime Technology’s Aid in the Age of Exploration The innovation of maritime technology has revolutionized travel throughout history. Prior to ships and sea travel, humans were separated by vast oceans and confined to their homeland for life. Because of these large boundaries, discoveries and inventions were only shared within land masses and trade as a whole was very limited. This uncharted, inaccessible territory caused a major separation of mankind. However, these oceans sparked curiosity

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    There are several resources available to the port FSO to assess the risk of terrorism and other criminal activity that could threaten port maritime operations. The three that I see as vital tools are Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting program, Interpol, and the International Maritime Bureau. The FBI’s role changed after 9/11 making them a vital security force in the fight against terrorism nationally and internationally. Though they are primarily a domestic federal law

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    The Mass Maritime Academy is a college that will put me on track to achieve my ambitions. I am thinking of a future in the United States Armed Forces, and it appears that the Academy will help me to decide how I want to go about this. I also know that attending the Academy will prepare me for an excellent career with whichever major I decide to pursue. When I was 11 years old, I spent a week in Washington, Maryland with a family friend. His name was Colonel Bruce Wescott, who worked at the Pentagon

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    Maritime archaeology has been established over the past two decades, and especially, Australian maritime archaeologists have played global leadership roles. This book, one of the Plenum Series in Underwater Archaeology, summarises significant maritime archaeological investigations and innovative approaches by Australian archaeologists and underwater cultural heritage managers. Staniforth and Nash composed this book with not only a rage of people who work in a variety of organizations in Australia

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