Sea port plays an important role of a countries economy and it is related to positive economic growth and development. The economic history showed that it plays major role to growth of any countries economy and development such as Britain, Spain, Portugal have sea ports that played in the development of their economies.Establishment of a deep-sea port has become strategically very critical for Bangladesh considering its potential impact on the development and economic growth of the country. Deep
the Port of Los Angeles is a “massive heart, pumping what the country needs, or wants, through this major rail artery, which separates into thousands of smaller vessels”.(pg29) The Docks by Bill Sharpsteen gives the reader an insider’s look at how important the port is to the United States. Throughout the book Bill interviews with people who work different areas of the port and some that are connected upstream or downstream of the supply chain in some way. He explains the history of the port and
Developments in securing the nation’s ports have occurred since September 11, 2001: According to American Association of Ports Authorities (n. d) the United States is served by some 360 commercial ports that provide approximately 3,200 cargo and passenger handling facilities and there are more than 150 deep draft seaports under the jurisdiction of 126 public seaport agencies located along the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf and Great Lakes coasts, as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the
1.1 Telescopic crane: The present work is carried out on telescopic crane. A telescopic hydraulic crane has a boom that consists of a number of tubes fitted one inside the other. A hydraulic or other powered mechanism extends or retracts the tubes to increase or decrease the total length of the boom. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus moves loads beyond the normal capability of human. These types of booms are often used for short term construction projects
one of the best vacations you can take. During your cruise vacation you will visit several different ports of call. Your cruise ship will dock at exotic islands or new countries almost on a daily basis. Check out the cruise reviews on line for cruise tips before you visit your destinations to find out what fantastic experience each port has to offer. During your cruise vacation you will visit ports to shop, explore, beach, sightsee or hike. There are a wide variety of activities in each cruise destination
& Goodrich, 2013, p. 12). Much like other transportation systems, the Port of Boston has several vulnerabilities that must be adequately addressed in order to properly secure the port. The top three vulnerabilities to the Port of Boston are listed below. Cyber related vulnerabilities present the greatest risk to the Port of Boston. Conley Terminal’s reliance on networked systems to plan, manage and execute daily port operations makes it vulnerable to a number of cyber related threats including
Good day, The undersigned visited the port of Punto Lobitos, the shipment facility for the export of Coper and Zinc Concentrates. The purpose of this visit was to assess the marine safety of the facility and the relevant environmental safety aspects. The facility has been in operation since 2001 and is capable of exporting 1,800,000 t of copper and zinc concentrates annually. The Port Facilities include receiving tanks for the slurry, treatment facilities, storage shed for 160,000 t of concentrate
understand just how negatively this will affect the world, not only now, but in the future as well. For many ports the growing issue of how rising sea levels, both locally and globally, is one that they do not have a plan in place to address it. The ports face a negative impact from damage to both their own facilities and equipment, but also the infrastructure in the areas surrounding the port. Financing any additions or upgrades to a port’s operations will be difficult for many reasons such as that
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
Drafted Today they came back, just like they said they would, just like I knew they would. Today was different though, unlike last time they weren't testing, they were collecting. Every 4 years the kids who are “ lucky ” enough to be ages 10 -18 at the time get to participate in the draft. Lucky, ever since January 4th 1992( my birthday) I have been referred to “lucky”. My mom has always called me her “lucky” duck . “Lucky” because I just barely made the cut off to be born on an Olympic