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industry. Our solution is to use a collapsible twenty-foot equivalent unit to solve the problem of empty containers shipped back to the origination point. Some of the problems we will address are; the prices of shipping empty non-collapsible containers, the cost of new collapsible containers, what to do with the old

expertise in terminal operations and to diversify their revenue geographically (Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2010). The Hong Kong based Hutchison Port Holdings is the worlds largest container operator, handling in 2014 more than 82 million TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units), a 6% growth rate in volume in comparison with 2013 (Linton Nightingale, 2015). HPH has one of the most technology-intensive commercial operations in the transport industry today, and this is one of the success factors. Currently HPH

1. Introduction Pacific International Lines or PIL as it is commonly known in the market is a container shipping company started by Mr.Y C Chang in 1967. What he started as a 1 ship company is today the 19th biggest container shipping company in terms of TEU capacity & the 8th largest container ship owner. Ambition: Integrated shipping group with a meaningful market share by setting own pace of growth based on the group’s financial strength and human resource capabilities. 2. External Analysis:

estimated 3.8 million TEUS (Twenty-foot equivalent unit) (Port of Long Beach). These units were moved around California and into other states using diesel trucks. These diesel trucks emit high levels of sulfur, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The second significant point source for air pollution is wildfires. In 2017 alone, there were 7,117 fires across the entire state of California which burned a total of 505,956 acres (CAL FIRE, 2018). Twenty nine of these fires took place

The Intermodal Shipping Container is a large steel box that was created to transport goods by train, truck, or ship for around the last 50 years. The pioneer of this revolutionizing box goes is a man by the name of Malcom McLean who began his transportation interest with his trucking company (McLean Trucking) that he built into one of the nation’s largest. From there, he developed the steel container in 1956, which replaced the previous loading and unloading method known as the “Break Bulk Method

It is hard to imagine life in the 1950s. Many things have changed in every aspect of life, not restricted to transportation. One area that is especially interesting related to transportation is the development of containerization and the idea of intermodal transportation. The idea of using containers to transport goods has been around since 1792, when the British and French used wooden containers and transferred them between railcars and horse drawn buggies. Around 1953, Malcolm McLean, a trucking

Recommendation We did found some internal party of problem for TASCO. Firstly, the employee in different branches of office does not bond well together due to weak communication flow. We suggested that TASCO should transfer the employee to another branches of office for a few weeks. The purpose is to let the employee learning from different branches operations as well as getting recognize the employee from different branches. Besides, the employee may explore more to different places culture or

Introduction Canals are human-made and completely subject to the sovereignty of the state in which they are located. Canals are internal waters that have no right of innocent passage through canals. Typically, there are only two canals in the world - Panama Canal and Suez Canal. Panama Canal opened on 15 August 1914 with a total length of 80.5km (50 miles). Panama Canal is the integral link for shipping traffic from the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean in North U.S. (refer Fig. 1). Panama Canal consist

American ports set record volumes as Panama Canal widening approaches first anniversary Ports across the southern US are reporting record trade volumes as the benefits of the huge Panama Canal widening project start to bear fruit almost one year on from its official opening. Furthermore, discussions are ongoing for changes to the Canal’s toll structure, and the conclusions and recommendations will be released later in the year. In a separate development, Panama has cut off diplomatic relations with

& Domestic cargo.  The Container Corporation of India (Concor) operates the country’s largest inland container depot (ICD) at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. Concor is a Railway PSU. The Dadri ICD has been designed to handle 1 million TEUs (twenty feet equivalent units) of containerised cargo. It has the capacity of 4 lakh