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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"seaports"”.
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Truck Queuing At Seaports Using Terminal Webcam
<p>Truck queuing at marine terminal gates has long been recognized as a source of emissions problem due to the large number of trucks idling. For this reason, there is a great deal of interest among the different stakeholders to lessen the severity of this problem. In order to assist these …
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Berth Scheduling at Seaports: Meta-Heuristics and Simulation
… literature review on logistic problems at seaports, some important gaps have been identified for the first time. The following contributions are made in order to close some of the existing gaps. Firstly, this thesis identifies important realistic features which have not been well-studied in …
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The Perceived Effectiveness of Container Security at Seaports Along the Gulf Coast
… given the volume of containers transiting U.S. seaports, the task of providing complete security is complicated and, arguably, impossible. Nevertheless, the data analyzed throughout this study indicates that the current container security paradigm can be enhanced to accommodate the significant …
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Assessment of the factors influencing seaports congestion in Tanzania; a case study of Dar es Salaam
… study aimed at assessing the factors influencing seaports congestion in Dar es Salaam port, using a case of documentation, equipments and other associated factors. Specifically the study was to analyze the level of seaport congestion in port of Dar es Salaam, to examine speed in cargo deliveries …
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In Land Container Depots and Container Freight Services Decongestion Strategies: The Case Study of Tanzania Ports Authority
… to the increased congestion of Tanzanian seaports; to assess the effects of congestion at Tanzania seaports; to identify some of the decongestion strategies implemented by Tanzania seaports managements and to investigate factors hindering implementation of the decongestion strategies. The …
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Evaluating the need for and choice of a seaport hub in the eastern Mediterranean region based on the merits of international logistics - supply chain
… Limassol, Port Said, Haifa and Alexandria, and 3 seaports in the Central Mediterranean, namely, Gioia Tauro, Marsaxlokk and Taranto. A description of these seaports characteristics and facilities was the first step undertaken in order to describe the infrastructure and operational status. This was …
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Anglo-Dutch trade flows 1955-75 : their effects on, and consequences for, Dutch port development and planning
… in the Netherlands that development of other seaports in the national range should cease, as all future trade could be adequately accommodated by the main port.Anglo-Dutch trade flows passing through the Dutch seaports over the twenty years during which the main growth in total trade took …
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RISK MANAGEMENT FOR SEAPORT INVESTMENT
… with uncertainties relating to investment in seaports. This has been demonstrated with Jurong Port in Singapore as the case study. A critical constraint to the realisation of high growth potential of developing countries is the inadequacy of physical infrastructural capacity to support desired …
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Sistema de informações para subsidiar a gestão de efluentes líquidos em portos marítimos no Brasil
… the management of wastewater in brazilian public seaports, and its format for insertion and data query; also analyses the information that was registered in it. Data on water supply, sewage, oil residues and rainwater drainage were obtained from 22 public seaports, within the Conformity Program …
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Seaport Vulnerability to Criminal Networks: A Mixed Method Approach to Measuring Criminological Vulnerability in the Top 30 U.S. Container Ports
<p>Seaports form a unique space for criminological examination. As the locus points for the majority of international and domestic trade criminal network access to a port can provide outsized benefits. While ports are physical spaces they are underlined by complex systems incorporating public and …
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Análise da eficiência da geração de resíduos sólidos no âmbito da gestão portuária : um estudo dos portos marítimos brasileiros
… it is extremely important that Brazilian seaports are efficient in the management of cargo handling operations, otherwise the Brazilian productive sector will have a competitive disadvantage in the international market. One of the results of inefficiency in port operations is the …
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Analysis on the Role of Seaport in facilitating growth of trade in Tanzania. “Case Study of Dar es Salaam Port
… country. Despite the great important played by Seaports in Tanzania to facilitate growth trade, but still there is low rate of growth of trade due to inadequate roles employed of the ports, and this hinder the growth of trade. Such a situation has a direct impact to traders as well as to the …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta empaquetadora y exportadora de aguaymanto (Physalis peruviana) fresco y en pulpa congelada a Canadá
… proximity to raw materials, operating cost of seaports, closeness to the seaport, among others. About the project engineering, the production process of fresh and frozen pulp of Physalis Peruviana was investigated, looking for machinery and equipment according to the production capacity …
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100% container scanning : security policy implications for global supply chains
… 100% scanning of US-bound containers at foreign seaports by 2012 through the use of non-intrusive (NII) and radiation detection equipment. Maritime stakeholders and the government community have actively debated the feasibility of this plan, citing economic impacts, barriers to global trade and …
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Supply chain risk management and the role of organisation culture : evidence from Libyan ports
Seaports are one of the main facilitators of economic growth as they create trade and jobs globally. Particularly in African countries, where they are considered as focal points for oil and gas exportation with both neighbouring and developed countries. As a result, Supply Chain Risk Management or …
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The role of UK container trade flow forecasts in the maritime industry
… forecasts of containerized throughput at seaports, which are often quantitative, are rarely understood or deployed by practitioners. To fill this research gap, this research aimed to identify how UK practitioners make forecasts and to evaluate the role of forecasts in port management. The …
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Inhabiting cycles of maritime obsolescence : redirecting the National Defense Reserve Fleet
… as a strategic urban model for phasing resilient seaports in highly vulnerable coastal regions. They invert the "hard," land-borne conduits of power and water in favor of multiplied and thus redundant, "soft," distributed, waterborne infrastructure delivering power, water, and food to support …
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The Sea on the Other Side: The Making of Hamburg and Rostock through the Cold War: 1945-1986
… dissertation compares and contrasts the role of seaports in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) between the end of the Second World War and the reunification of Germany. It does so by analyzing how the ports of Hamburg and Rostock were used to legitimize …
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Mediating Chana: Seeding Synergies between Doves and Development
… plan to build an industrial metropolis and deep seaports in the area. If realized, this project will transform the pristine beaches and agricultural landscapes of Chana into special economic zones and the largest industrial complex in the south of Thailand. This process would inevitably hinder …
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Public-Private Partnership (PPPs) in the development and operation of airport passenger terminal in Lagos, Nigeria
… infrastructure such as roads; railways; and seaports have provided the impetus for countries to begin to adopt PPP in airport infrastructure. However, it has been observed that despite this development, there is a limited research and understanding of how best to improve the efficiency and …
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