...CCDR's concept of operation. Force closure is that point which the combatant commander determines that an adequate combat-ready force is available. Force closure requires well-defined criteria by which unit commanders can measure their readiness. Assessment of combat power begins with established standards for readiness and is based on unit capability, rather than simple tallies of vehicles and weapon systems on hand. Readiness and reporting are inherently operational matters, normally handled through operations channels. Segments of RSOI 4-2. RSOI operations are necessary for commanders to build combat power. The four segments of RSOI are— Reception. Unloading personnel and equipment from strategic transport assets, managing port marshalling areas, transporting personnel, equipment, and materiel to staging areas, and providing logistics support services to units transiting the PODs. Staging. Organizing personnel, equipment, and basic loads into movement units; preparing the units for onward movement; and providing logistics support for units transiting the staging area. Onward movement. Moving units from reception facilities and staging areas to the tactical assembly areas (TAAs) or other theater destinations; moving non-unit personnel to gaining commands; and moving sustainment supplies to distribution sites. Integration. The synchronized transfer of capabilities into an operational...
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...Short and Medium Term Development for Umm Qasr Robert C. Haywood, SEDA-MND(SE) April 9, 2008 Basra Summary and Conclusion: The Port of Umm Qasr is an outdated, badly operated, insecure small port in Southern Iraq, which will increasingly limit the economic potential of the country. Access to the port is naturally limited by its shallow river location, high silt deposit rates, long approach and international boundaries. Umm Qasr activities are also limited by man-made obstacles such as wrecks, UXOs and minefields encroaching on its single, narrow channel. Despite these limitations, for the next 10 to 15 years Umm Qasr is clearly Iraq's most viable international port and one that is struggling to achieve a small fraction of its potential traffic. Numerous surveys of the port have stated that the currently operating equipment for cargo handling is inadequate for a vibrant, functioning port. However, the capacity of the port with its current equipment is substantially greater than what is being achieved, and additional equipment alone would have little impact on the port’s overall throughput or employment because the current operating systems and procedures are already incapable of productively utilizing and maintaining the port’s quite substantial current assets. In a port suffering from organizational chaos, even manual systems will permit substantially improved port efficiency. Training in systems to minimize cargo handling, documentation management...
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...Port Pricing & Port Tariff Analysis THE PORT PRODUCT A chain of consecutive links, while the port as a whole may itself be seen as a link in a global logistics chain Port costs account for only a fraction of the total costs associated with the logistics chain The prototypical port does not exist. Ports inevitably have an heterogeneous quality, e.g. the large number of possible market players involved (government, port management, shippers, forwarders, agents, shipping companies, trade unions, etc), each of which has specific objectives. Generalized Port Price Port Price per unit of throughput represents prices charged by the port for various port services, e.g. wharfage, berthing and cargo handling charges Ocean Carrier Port Time Price per unit of throughput represents the time-related costs incurred by ocean carriers while their ships are in port, e.g. ship depreciation, fuel and labor costs Inland Carrier Port Time Price per unit of throughput represents the time-related costs incurred by inland (rail and truck) carriers while their vehicles are in port, e.g., vehicle depreciation, fuel and labor costs Shipper Port Time Price per unit of throughput represents the time-related costs incurred by shippers while their shipments are in port, e.g., inventory costs such as insurance and depreciation costs. Port Profit Profit = Port Price*Port Throughput – Minimum Port Costs Port operating objectives of the port operator will differ depending...
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...I. INTRODUCTION. At the top of the corporate structure will be a Board of Directors headed by a chairman or President and a Managing Director. It is their task to determine the overall policy of the business and future direction that the company will take. Policy areas which will be decided the by top management might include. The philosophy of the company’s logistics strategy. The routes that the company will serve. The type and size of vessels used. Fleet replacement policy (owning and chartering). Flag policy. Membership of alliances and conferences. In house ship management or contracted out. Marketing and pricing strategies, in house or independent agency. Financial performance. Having established the policy the board will delegate the management of these functions to various operating departments. An agent is a person who acts for or behave of another in such manner that the principle is legally liable for all acts under agency. An agent function is to bring his principle into contractual relationship with third parties. Under the English law an agency relationship arise when one person, who is called the agent is authorized or considered by law as authorized to represent another person called the Principal in such a way to be able to affect the principal’s legal position. This is the general principle of any agency agreement. However, this situation can be extended by agreement and terms of the appointment can sometimes give the agent rights of lien also...
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...Paliouras-Margaritis and my presentation is about the Piraeus Port, which is the largest Greek Seaport. The Port of Piraeus, as the largest Greek seaport, is one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea basin and in the whole world. Also has been the port of Athens since Archaic times. The port plays a crucial role in the development of international trade as well as the local and national economy, with more than three thousand employees who provide services to more than forty thousand ships every year. SOME ANCIENT HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE PORT Piraeus was the ancient port of Athens throughout the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods and in fact consisted of three separate harbors - Kantharos, Zea, and Munichia. The first was the largest and used for commercial activity and the other two smaller harbors were reserved for military use. All three harbors are still used today and archaeological remains include the foundations of several ship sheds, fortifications and a Hellenistic theatre. As the sea level has risen two meters since antiquity many of the ancient installations of Piraeus are now underwater but they continue to be excavated. Notable finds at the site over the years have included several bronze statues, which are hosted in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Piraeus Port today has a range of activities concerning the Commercial and Central Ports, ship services and real estate development. Piraeus Port connects continental Greece with the islands, is an...
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...Proposed Sonadia Deep Sea Port – A Future Communication Hub of South-East Asia Introduction 1. Sea ports all over the world act as economic and communicational hubs. The leading sector of a country like Singapore is its deep sea port. Theoretically, deep sea ports can be defined as economic infrastructures at sea having enough space to accommodate and harbor large container vessels with adequate draft. 2. Bangladesh stands on the vertex of the Bay of Bengal, blocking sea access to the entire region lying north, north-east and north-west. This geostrategic advantage could offer Bangladesh real opportunities to play a major role in regional seaborne trade. 3. Sonadia, a small island near Maheshkhali, possesses enormous geographical potentials for developing a deep sea port. Proper utilization of this potential might turn Bangladesh into a communication hub of south-east Asia. With this backdrop, this paper would focus on the requirements of a deep sea port at Sonadia, its prospects as a regional communication hub and challenges on its way. Aim 4. To discuss the prospects of ‘Sonadia Deep Sea Port’ as the future communication hub of south-east Asia. Requirement of Sonadia Deep Sea Port 5. Chittagong and Mongla ports are unable to handle larger container vessels having more than 9.2 meters draft and 1500 TEU capacity. On the other hand, the annual growth trend indicates that in 2020, the total seaborne trade in Bangladesh may rise up to 70 to 80 million tons, which...
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...IIPDF India Infrastructure Project Development Fund The Union Finance Minister in the Budget Speech for 2007-08 announced in the parliament the setting up of a Revolving Fund with a corpus Rs. 100 Crore to quicken the process of project preparation. Accordingly the corpus fund titled India Infrastructure Project Development Fund (IIPDF) has been created in Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India with an initial corpus of Rs. 100 Crore for supporting the development of credible and bankable Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects that can be offered to the private sector. The IIPDF has been created with initial budgetary outlay by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The procurement costs of PPPs, and particularly the costs of Transaction Advisors, are significant and often pose a burden on the budget of the Sponsoring Authority. Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has identified the IIPDF as a mechanism through which Sponsoring Authority will be able to source funding to cover a portion of the PPP transaction costs, thereby reducing the impact of costs related to procurement on their budgets. From the Government of India’s perspective, the IIPDF must increase the quality and quantity of bankable projectsthat are processed through the Central or States project pipeline. The IIPDF will be available to the Sponsoring Authorities for PPP projects for the purpose of meeting the project development costs which may include the expenses...
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...A Port is a geographical area where ships are bought alongside land to load and unload cargo – usually a sheltered deep water area such as a bay, or river mouth. The Port Authority is the organization responsible for providing the various maritime services required to bring ships alongside land. Terminal is a section of the port consisting of one or more berths devoted to a particular type of cargo handling. • Infrastructure for ship berth; • Sea/ river and land access; - Road/Rail/IWT access • Industrial area. [pic] Ports - nodes to link with other inland transport modes such as highways, railways, and inland waterway systems. Ports not only act as gateways for trade, but also attract agents of commercial infrastructure such as banks and insurance agents, as well as industrial activities. Ideal port or harbor ← Adequate Depth Of Water within the harbour, the approaches, and the entrance channels to accommodate safely the largest vessels expected to use the harbour, at the same time providing adequate protection from the open sea; ← Minimum Interference from tides and currents or, alternatively, structures and facilities designed to compensate for or overcome disadvantageous tides and currents; ← Freedom from fog and ice, or adaptation, such as ice-breaking technology; ← Bottom Characteristics that provide suitable anchorage for vessels within the harbour; ← Adequate Adjacent Land with physical characteristics...
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...Ping Sweeps and Port Scans in Development In this paper we will be going through all the processes which will show how dealing with security. An example would be the ping sweeps and port scans recently. This will show a complete example to how certain techniques can affect our work environment. To start with, it should be known that either of these two methods could have malicious issues in order to also achieve certain goals. They can be used in order for a hacker to take advantage of our system or the host within it, but on the same page, network administrators also use these methods in order to make certain checks. I will explain first what each of these methods are and could do and also then have a simple option of how it can be dealt with if you would prefer. Ping sweeps are when is a manner to see if you can establish the IP addresses in order to map out to a live host (our computers). There are different tools that can be used for them depending on the OS that is being used. We have the option if using Mac, Windows, or Unix. There are many reasons why an administrator would use this technique though. One of the reasons would be to see what is being active on the network and what is not. This can be of help if we are in the process of figuring out if there is a network issue and being able to diagnose it. When we ping it has a packet being sent out to a certain IP address and if that address is being used in an active manner, we will then receive a...
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...possibilities. Large land resources. Existence of a powerful technical basis and building firms. Ecologically clean environment. 100 km of virgin beach. Historical diligence. Initiative of local municipal authorities, arranged cultural-educational network and possibilities of development. Tradition in industry and an availability of labour force. Superior product performance vs. competitors. Right product, quality and reliability. Expanded IT Sector. Highly skilled workforce. High budget and enough money for business. Less integrated than other big groups like Daimler or Smiths Industries so higher flexibility. WEAKNESSES Too loose supervision Sluggish communication Lack of a strategy for development of ports Bad transport communication with the port Bad organisation of intermodality (connections between transport systems) Inherited nature damages made by industrialisation. Inventory of environmental conditions is never made Demographical situation becomes worse Pessimistic attitude toward changes No positive motivation for self-development of the inhabitants and labours. Poorly developed real estate market. Not yet gone public fully. Out of date plant and machinery. OPPORTUNITIES Can establish themselves in a monopolistic or oligopolistic situation with the help of huge advertising budgets. Could expand...
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...Title: Supply Chain Analysis of Binagol in selected main ports in Leyte Methodology This study was conducted in three major ports in Leyte: Ormoc Sea port Terminal/Landport and, Tacloban Air Port and Terminal/Landport involving 100 key informant (KI) Binagol retailers, processors and main producers from Binagol-producing municipalities of Leyte. This was operationalized by the Supply Chain approach, where its activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into finished product that is delivered to the end customer. The primary and secondary data was gathered for this study. The primary data was gathered through personal interviews with the Key Informant (KI) respondents, observation of their entire chain or the “Observation Technique” that can get information including the production costs, the sales of the Binagol in their respective main ports in Leyte, the information of the Talyan plantation as well as the farmers involved, and other key players (distributors, suppliers, manufacturers, logistics etc.) who involved in the flow of supply chain in Binagol. The other data which were the secondary one was gathered through Cluster Sampling. This type is more cost-effective to select respondents in groups or “clusters” based on the main ports they belonged. The statistical data will be computed and analyzed through SPSS Statistics, is a software package used for statistical analysis. It is now officially named "IBM SPSS Statistics". Companion products...
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... 2. What is the rule-of-thumb for determining the storage capacity required at a crude-oil terminal? a. b. c. d. 3. using bucket elevators by port tower cranes in bags through a flexible spout twice the capacity of the largest ship four times the capacity of the largest ship six times the capacity of the largest ship eight times the capacity of the largest ship What is done with oil slops and oil-contaminated ballast? a. b. c. d. it is buried and allowed to decompose naturally using biological agents it is burnt off in very high-temperature furnaces that have very tight emission controls the oil is recovered and returned to the storage tanks the oil is recovered and used as a low-grade fuel 4. Whose responsibility is it to see that passengers have a favorable impression of a terminal? a. b. c. d. the marketing department terminal management customer service personnel all of the above Page 1 of 6 5. Approximately how many years ago did containerization become the primary method of transporting commercial cargoes? a. b. c. d. 6. Who has the primary responsibility to ensure that the company provides the services the customer requires? a. b. c. d. 7. row tier bay cell A port’s hinterland is the industrial districts in and around the port city. True or false? a. b. 9. line management marketing sales higher management Containers under deck are usually unloaded one ____ at a time....
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...Erik H. Shirreffs Professor Harris IHR 380 17 March 2015 Effect of West Coast Port Gridlock From May 12, 2014 until February 20, 2015, the Pacific Maritime Association was in negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in an attempt to come to an agreement on a new contract, which will keep the west coast port facilities in operation. The Pacific Maritime Association represents 72 cargo carriers, terminal operators and stevedores that operate 29 major U.S. ports spanning the west coast from Washington to Southern California (Pacific). The International Longshore and Warehouse Union represents approximately 42,000 members, which includes the 20,000 West Coast dockworkers that process over 340 million tons of cargo per year. This cargo represents over 12.5 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product. The contract in dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union expired on July 1, 2014. Since that time, the port facilities had continued to operate without a contract, but as time passed, pressure from both sides increased in order to reach an agreement. The Pacific Maritime Association claimed that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union had been engaged in a work slow-down that had increased the congestion at west coast port facilities. Although other factors such as increased holiday shipping demands and a shortage of trucks and trailers contributed to the congestion, according...
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...It might be chilly outside, but this snowy snap of a penguin couple holding hands is enough to melt even the coldest of hearts. The perfect pair enjoyed a romantic clinch, opting for a moment of solitude while dozens of other penguins gathered nearby. In fact, as one interloper approached the penguins, who looked almost like humans holding hands, appeared to give the freezing cold shoulder - and he continued trudging by. The heart-warming display of affection took place in Port Lockroy, a natural harbour in the Antarctic Peninsula. It was captured on camera by professional photographer Silviu Ghetie. What's going on here then? Oh, not you two again Get over yourselves! 'What are you two up to? Oh, holding hands again': Lonely heart approaches the couple and seeing they are only interested in themselves, moves switfly on The pair stand hand in hand appearing to stare out at the dramatic vista of the frozen Antarctic landscape. Their heads tilted slightly toward one-and-other, they look as if they are feeling the quiet drama that love brings to inner life. Then, still holding each other, they wander down to the icy waters and the rest of their friends. Photographer Mr Ghetie, 43, from Baia Mare in Romania, usually takes pictures of people but he couldn't resist snapping this magic moment while on a polar expedition. More... Nature plays games on top of the world: Rare white 'rainbow' spotted in land of midnight sun To growl or not to growl...
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...In the beginning of the lab I started by exploring both the tcpClient.c and tcpServer.c code. When I had a rough understanding of how it worked, I tried running it. This caused an error to occur. The problem was I was using Winsock sockets instead of BSD sockets. One, Winsock, is a socket creator for windows, the other BSD socket is an application programming interface for Unix. So, in order to get the application running, I simply had to change WIN to BSD sockets. Next I ran both files again and this time I got back a message from the server saying that it had received a message. Then I opened Wireshark to view what was going on between the client and server. In the top frame, I could see the handshake occurring between the client and server, the client was sending a SYN(Synchronize) and the Server was replying with a SYN-ACK, which means Synchronize acknowledgment. I also noted there was a push function occurring, and when I clicked on the psh function and viewed its output in the bottom frame of Wireshark, I could see the message that has been sent. Next I learnt about how to run the server I had created infinitely, to do this I put the entire code, starting at the #endif underneath “WSAStartup”, in a while loop. This would cause an issue later on in the lab, which I’ll discuss shortly. After putting in the code, I had to compile it again, and then when I ran it, I was able to continuously create a connection via the client. After that I wanted to have one of my classmates...
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