Ships

I. Problem Description The Darby Company is re-evaluating its current production and distribution system in order to determine whether it is cost-effective or if a different approach should be considered. The company produces meters that measure the consumption of electrical power. Currently, they produce these meters are two locations – El Paso, Texas and San Bernardino, California. The San Bernardino plant is newer, and therefore the technology is more effective, meaning that their cost per

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 carrier. From the Exhibit 4, there are five ships which are the

stated by Dr. Marcus Rediker “Merchant seamen got a hard, close look at death: disease and accidents were commonplace in their occupation, rations were often meager and discipline was brutal… Some pirates had served in the navy where conditions aboard ship were no less harsh” (Rediker 206-207). These severe conditions were the driving force for revenge at whatever the cost maybe. The previous experience of being at sea made these pirates very knowledgeable because they also knew that the American colonies

The Hague–Visby Rules were adapted after the Brussels Amendments of 1968 (officially the "Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading") originally from " The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading 1924 (Hague Rules)" . International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading 1968 comes out from the model of The Harter Act 1892

Mary Celeste was a ship built in 1861 (“Mary Celeste”). The first time the ship was launched in 1867, it went through a great deal of damage (“Mary Celeste”). For the next several years, the ship was being repaired (“Mary Celeste”). While the ship was under repair, the workers could have damaged the water pumps (“Abandoned Ship”). The ship was found abandoned near the Azores Islands by another ship called the Dei Gratia (“Mystery of the Mary Celeste”). The captain of the ship that found the Mary

for centuries. Historical scholars have debated the events that lead to her crews’ mysterious disappearance. Many books both non-fiction and fiction have been written about her. Did an explosion caused by her precious cargo cause her crew to abandon ship? Was there a violent sea quake that made her immobile? Maybe the captain thought her hull was filling with water and sinking after days of violent weather? Looking at each theory gives clues as to what really happened to the Mary Celeste. The Mary

hire rates are determined according to supply and demand of the shipping capacity. According to the article, the supply of ships available equals the number of ships currently in the fleet plus any new ships added, minus any scrapings and sinking. According to Exhibit 2, there are a limited number of ships older than 24 years which are likely to be scraped. For those ships under the age group from 15 to 19, they will continue to provide supply and are not likely to be scrapped because a lot of them

Therefore for ship owners to survive in this era of declining trend in freight rate and the strict requirements of international conventions on safety, attention must be turned towards developing countries for cheap but qualified and experienced seafarers by assisting

look at what other factors may have influenced the decisions of each of the pilots during while the overtaking manoeuvre was being performed and also up to the point the two ships collided. The four models of human behaviour identified throughout the incident. The two people that shall be studied in the report are the two ships pilots from the Houston Pilots Association. The deputy pilot aboard the Chembulk Houston and the pilot whom was aboard the Monte Alegre. The first pilot to review will be

better ships, weather gauging tools, and any form of communication. Therefore, if Christopher Columbus had the resources available today, perhaps he would have landed in his desired destination and the decimation of native civilizations may have been prevented. Christopher Columbus crossed the oceans in three ships that were ill-suited for the voyage across the Atlantic. For example, these explorers were archaic compared to the technology of new ships of the 20th century. In fact, the ships Columbus