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-nationality crews grows at current rates, this would lower shipping subsidies - in 2015 the savings would amount to over 10 million …
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strengthening the international governance system for shipping, based on the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO). Although … the Arctic Council is not well positioned to regulate regional shipping activities, it may facilitate regulatory advances … spills, and search and rescue operations. Should binding region-specific international rules on Arctic shipping be adopted …
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Efficiency in modern shipping must not come at the expense of undertaking avoidable risks. The complexity of most … activities in shipping requires a cooperative effort made by specialists to comprehend the uncertainties of risk and to seek …
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This paper is a summary of: Rafael de Farias Costa, C. Parr Rosson, III, and Flynn J. Adcock, Transportation Infrastructure in Brazil: Impacts and Implications for Global Cotton Trade, Texas A&M, CNAS 2012-0. May 2012. Web. <http://cnas.tamu.edu/ Publications/Brazil Cotton Transportation Report June 2012.pdf> Brazil is the third largest cotton exporter after the United States and...</http://cnas.tamu.edu/>
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This study, conducted at the request of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California, was made to determine the best way to improve the present system of distributing perishable commodities and to find alternatives for obtaining truck trailers to be used in possible rail...
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Economically, Ireland depends heavily upon its shipping sector. However, structural changes arising from the … globalisation of shipping fleets and the recent global recession has resulted in a decline in Europe’s shipping sector …
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The Panama Canal expansion is expected to affect global transportation trade routes. The Panama Canal’s main competitors for shipments from Asia to the U.S. East Coast are the U.S. Intermodal System and the Suez Canal. The Panama Canal is an efficient route, but is reaching its maximum...
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The PDF is very large (29MB). To download one chapter at a time, go to http://dx.doi.org/10.9752/TS041.04-2010.
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In the challenging domain of seafaring, when crewing agencies choose the right seafarers for their clients, the agency has to consider that the recruited seafarers not only have to produce good results in order to satisfy the ship management and the ship owner, but also they have to improve the...
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Shipping by dependence on the world economy has felt increases and decreases of world trade, which led to the gradual … transformation into a global industry. Currently, shipping is crystallized by a community worldwide, with technologically advanced … recorded a total of 636,543 officers and 747,000 of ratings. Latest statistics on the labor market in shipping suggests a …
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