In marine collision law, the in extremis doctrine is commonly thought to include three concepts: (1) a definition of the “in extremis situation,” by which is meant a situation where two vessels have approached so closely that collision can no longer be avoided by one ship acting alone; (2) a...

AMW was awarded the CV manufacturer of the year by NDTV Car & Bike awards for the year 2008, beating the heavy weights of the industry like Volvo, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors etc. AMW is located in Bhuj, Gujarat. The main differentiating factor about AMW is its manufacturing...

Key arguments for privatizing public infrastructure range from providing money so cash-strapped governments can fix crumbling infrastructure and build much needed new infrastructure to shifting future financial risk from the public to a private contractor. The reality, though, is far different....

National and transnational mobility is a basic need for today’s citizens. People have an increasing demand for mobility both privately and for work. This is, besides other reasons, due to internationalisation of businesses and jobs, increased cultural exchange, and the related fragmentation of...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the existence and nature of seasonality (deterministic or stochastic) in tanker freight markets and measure and compare it across sub-sectors and under different market conditions (expansionary and contractionary) for the period January 1978 to December...

This paper investigates the nature of seasonality (determistic and/or stochastic) in dry bulk breight rates, and measures and compares it across freight rates of different vessel sizes (Carpesize, Panamax and Handysize), contract duration (spot, 1-year and 3-year time charters) and market...

This note reviews methodologies used in the estimation of externalities generated in transport. The focus is on freight transport by truck, although the methods selected may be extended to other modes. We revisit measurements of externalities caused by air pollution, noise and accidents, and use...

Federal law requires metropolitan planning organizations in urban areas of more than 50,000 people to write long-range (20- to 30-year) metropolitan transportation plans and to revise or update those plans every 4 to 5 years. A review of plans for more than 75 of the nation's largest...

In this paper we assess the impact of both the highways network and the degree of regulation in the road freight sector on industry productivity by estimating a Cobb-Douglas production function on a panel of twenty one manufacturing and service sectors of eleven EU countries observed over the...

The globalization movement has made efforts to create free trade zones through considerable efforts to harmonize international commercial and trade laws. Perhaps as a result of the focus that the globalization movement has put on trade harmonization, commentators and regulators have begun...