ng EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF INDIA OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 142 INDIAN SHIPPING INDUSTRY: A CATALYST FOR GROWTH Exim Bank’s Occasional Paper Series is an attempt to disseminate the findings of research studies carried out in the Bank. The results of research studies can interest exporters‚ policy makers‚ industrialists‚ export promotion agencies as well as researchers. However‚ views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank. While reasonable care has been taken to ensure authenticity
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United States: Burlington Northern acquired Santa Fe Pacific in 1995 and Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific in 1996. CSX wants to buy Conrail in order to better position itself in the market as Conrail was well diversified and offered intermodal service which included truck trailer‚ rail cars‚ container shipping and barging as well as sea-land services. Conrail was also a viable acquisition target because it was undervalued in the market and had the potential to increase its net income
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Cassio Martingo Filho. November‚ 2013 Research Paper The impact of the expansion of Panama Canal In a competitive world‚ companies are always looking for new opportunities to reduce their operation costs‚ and transportation cost is responsible for a portion of the total costs it is one of fields that is most studied to get this reduction. Because of that‚ the expansion of Panama Canal will change world trade‚ and it will change many aspects of the transportation system. So the focus of
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www.hbr.org The Threat of Global Gridlock by George Stalk‚ Jr. Reprint R0907T This article is made available to you with compliments of BCG. Further posting‚ copying or distributing is copyright infringement. The Threat of Global Gridlock COPYRIGHT © 2009 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by George Stalk‚ Jr. As our worldwide transportation network becomes less and less able to support the demands of a global economy‚ we’re heading straight into a crisis
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Air Transport: A stronger partner for the European Economy European Aviation Summit Salzburg‚ 4-5 May 2006 Mr. Wolfgang MAYRHUBER CEO of Lufthansa and President of AEA “Enhancing European Air Transport Competitiveness” High Level Conference‚ Salzburg‚ 4 May 2006 / Slide - 1 - AEA MEMBRES A TRAVERS Europe’s air transport 30 members’ contribution to L’EUROPE European airlines – a € 100 bn business 580 mio. passengers – 26% of scheduled passengers worldwide 9 mio. tons of cargo – 17%
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Transportation Transport or transportation is the movement of people‚ animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air‚ rail‚ road‚ water‚ cable‚ pipeline‚ and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure‚ vehicles‚ and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between people‚ which in turn establishes civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations necessary for transport‚ including roads‚ railways‚ airways‚ waterways
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Growth in transport demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Infrastructure—a scarce resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 Renaissance in rail transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 Deregulation
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Action funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme for R&D‚ Priority 6.2 Sustainable Surface Transport What is it about? Characteristics Public Bicycles: • are innovative schemes of rental or free bicycles in urban areas; • can be used for daily mobility as one-way-use is possible and they can be seen as part of the public transport system; • • Example: Vélo’v in Lyon How did the French City of Lyon encourage thousands of people to differ
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global logistics‚ focus on integrating product sourcing‚ production and distribution. In order to promote such global logistic networks‚ which are also compatible with sustainability objectives‚ governments need to develop and implement cohesive transport policies both individually and collectively. New strategic uses of logistics will continually alter the nature and culture of operations in companies; governments will have to match these changes. However‚ it is important for governments to fully
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Logistics Operation Contents Executive Summary 3 Company profiles: 3 Tesco Plc: 3 Sainsbury: 4 Analysis of logistic operations of TESCO: 4 Logistics in practice: 4 Logistics replenishment policy: 5 Transportation model for national and global operations: 6 Analysis of logistics of operation of SAINSBURY: 7 Logistics practices: 7 Logistics replenishment policy: 8 Transportation model for national and global operations: 8 Comparative
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