Transportation Issues and Port Gridlock

The major reason of railroads abandoning significant number of miles of track (over 260,000) has been the rapid inter-model transportation competition. Since the gradual deregulation of railroad industry, the two major industry segments in motor carrier transportation have been truck load (TL) and less-than truck load (LTL) industries. TL and LTL industry segments have rapidly developed after the US government reregulated the transportation industry. There has been an increasing competition of rail boxcars with trucking industry. The improvement of water ways carried out by the engineering corps of the U.S army has also led to increased competition between inter-modal transportation carriers. The trend is

Since scenario 1 has a negative NPV, we recommend Ocean Carriers to not invest if there is a 35% tax rate in the US. In scenario 2, where the ship is built in HK with a 0% tax rate, then we recommend that Ocean Carrier invest in the ship. This analysis shows that working the ship at a 35% tax rate will not yield a profit on the investment even 25 years into the future, given the increasing costs of survey preparation and the diminishing number of days that the ship is actually able to make money and be commissioned.

Expedient delivery of goods outweighed the cost differential. However, since intermodel transportation pricing is governed by fixed costs, such as terminal expenses, not fuel costs, shipping costs will remain higher in this area. Now, lower fuel costs will further help to increase the use of trucks, rather than rail for transportation. This type of shift has not been seen in the industry since 2010, but it appears the trend will continue for the foreseeable future.

Without the estimated 500 million DWT of dry bulk shipping transported by sea annually, life today would be altered dramatically. Just having breakfast would be a very different event, with the ingredients of bread and cereal coming from dry bulks, as well as coffee and the sugar to sweeten it. Even the metal elements of your toaster and kettle come by sea and the coal to generate the electricity supply to power both appliances is likewise shipped in. Other dry bulk cargo include iron ore, alumina fertilisers, scrap, sulphur and cement, as well as a large number of agricultural products for the human and

The mission of the Texas Ports Association is to propel the improvement of Texas ports, empowering them to contend with ports outside Texas and accordingly fortify the economy of Texas. Perceiving the significance of ports to the Texas economy, the Texas Strategic Economic Development Planning Commission in 1998 suggested that ports be given due thought in its 10-year statewide arrangement. This incorporates:

Our Earth is covered by over 75% water. Every elementary school student in the United States knows that information. But, something that isn’t stated so obviously is that our oceans matter a lot. They play a very pivotal role in the weather, ecosystems, and to even the almighty human. Your average Joe might not see it in his daily life, but up until 1972, individuals and corporations dumped an estimated 100 million tons of petroleum products, 38 million tons of dredged material (34% of that being polluted), and a frightening 89,000 containers of radioactive waste. That is the reason the environmental issue at hand today in this paper is ocean dumping. The reason most of that stopped in 1972 is because of the exact policy that will be discussed. The policy in question is the “Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, or MPRSA for short. While yes, MPRSA did solve many problems in regards to ocean dumping, the policy itself is not perfect. The organization, or roadmap, of this paper will be broken down into three parts: background information of the issue and policy, economic analysis of the policy, and personal recommendations to policy makers on ways to improve the policy.

This research uses novel data to understand the complex operation of transportation system in port Canaveral. it may be stated that, place special emphasis on improving the current condition, this necessitates a mechanism to Identify areas and segments that have the highest level of need based on current conditions or when special event occurs; and the weakest points or segments (a.r.e., bottlenecks) in the network and areas surrounding Port Canaveral.

By the practical knowledge and new perspective that I gain through this post-graduate program, I will proactively apply the planning, technical concepts in analyzing, and the principles underlying port transportation management in my workplace.

Because the economic opportunity of the nation’s populations is dependent upon efficient transport systems; which, in most cases, are dependent upon a publically-funded infrastructure; which, in turn, is dependent upon the economic strength of the populations; there exists a cyclical interdependence not unlike that which exists within most supply chains. In this sense, we can view our country in terms of a large supply chain where the economy represents the finance department, the population represents the labor, and the nation’s infrastructure is representative of the distribution network—inefficiencies in any of these areas ultimately produces inefficiencies within the other areas.

We have carefully reviewed and analyzed the proposal for Ocean Carriers to lease a ship for a three-year period, beginning in early 2003. Our extensive analysis included considering the cash flows over the lifetime of this investment. We concluded that based on the expected future cash flows of this project the opportunity to take on the contract would not be advantageous for Ocean Carriers.

The transportation and logistic industry is greatly affected by political stability, government policies, and regulations in each country. The deregulation and trade agreement has eliminated boundaries between countries such as U.S and Mexico, and hence, encourage transportation and logistic companies to easily

Ports are basically a means of integration into the global economic system. Ports are basically a means of integration into the global economic system. As international barriers to trade have effectively been lifted by the WTO-agreements since the 1980s, global manufacturers have vertically disintegrated their production systems into geographically dispersed and flexibly organized supply chain systems. The development of deep sea ports as associate economic infrastructure assumes that like roads, communications and alternative economic infrastructures, ports have a positive impact on the expansion and development of states. Deep sea port development has positive effects on employment and revenue earnings of a rustic.. The cluster of activities

This essay attempts to describe current air freight market conditions, challenges in air freight demand and generate potential solutions to increase air cargo demand. It is divided into four parts: air freight, current demand for air freight, challenges, and potential

Every firm would love to invest in shipping industry due to large profits involved. However this would seem easy but practically it is lot more difficult and virtually impossible to establish in container line business. The problem pertains to large capital investments in form of vessel and container procurements and risk of operating vessels. Even if we take the examples of biggest companies

According to Waters (2010) water transport has not been used to it’s full potential therefore there has been a decline in sea transport, this is due to the lack of proper terminals. But according to Harrison & Fichtinger (2013) containerised ocean transport has become the lifeline of nearly all global supply chain, because of the increased amount of global processes, outsourcing and offshoring. Mason & Nair (2013) states that today, there are more than 80% of world trade by sea, such as raw materials and manufacturing outputs are carried inter-regionally around the globe.