CASE STUDY- BUSINESS SIMULATION AT VIETNAM AIR CARGO I. Introduction: Vietnam air cargo is considering if they should invest for a project to carry goods with the route Hanoi-Ho chi Minh city-Rangoon-Bangkok-Hanoi. This is the route except for the leg between Rangoon and Bangkok –where Vietnam Airline has regular passenger flights and Vietnam Cargo often buy the extra space and weights on these flights for their cargo. Mr. Toan is deputy head of the business development unit. He had come to
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Airport Security-Air Cargo Out of all forms of passenger and freight transportation‚ air travel represents the highest levels of logistics complexity. Every day‚ thousands of aircraft leave the ground to service domestic and foreign countries. Since the World Trade Center attacks that took place on September 11‚ 2001‚ the world and especially the United States has been on a heightened state of alert. Although the aviation industries as well as the independent carries are working hard to ensure
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Air Cargo in the Middle East Abstract This paper is a study about the recent development of the Middle Eastern Airlines with a special focus on their air cargo carriers. These Airlines have been establishing a new dynamic on the way passengers and goods are transported around the world. Through a process of creating and developing new demands and new routes‚ these airlines along with the governments of Middle Eastern countries have been developing new infra-structure facilities such as airports
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This paper describes the concept of the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and how they improve the Air Cargo industry. In this paper we will discuss how GPS came to be and how it is used in every day air travel. The paper will also explain how the GPS systems improve the Air Cargo industry in tracking the shipment from one hub to another. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a system of navigation based on the integration of 24 satellites‚ 21 working systems and 3 backups‚ that relay information
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industries including the air cargo industry. Information systems have helped the air cargo industry remain competitive‚ provide customers and other with an efficient and easy to use service‚ and has kept the industry up to date. In 2003‚ Cargo Patrol Services (CPS) opened for business as the air cargo industry’s first full-service Internet portal that provided the industry with an electronic booking and shipment management system. Without this new system‚ the air cargo industry would have suffered
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Unitized Cargo Unitized cargo can be defined as the grouped cargo that is carried aboard a ship in pallets‚ containers‚ wheeled vehicles‚ and barges or lighters. In other words‚ unitization of cargo is the process of grouping products and loading them onto a pallet once the products are properly packed. In other words‚ the whole process starts with packaging of products into individual packages before being put into an outer pack before they’re shrink wrapped and loaded onto a pallet. The advantage
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Dunnage - is any type of material used to protect the ship and the cargo. Generally‚ rough finished‚ low-grade lumber is used‚ but you can also use burlap‚ cardboard‚ heavy paper‚ and metal battens. The main function of dunnage is to make the cargoan integral part of the ship thereby protecting both the ship and the cargo. Dunnage has the following specific uses: PREVENTS CHAFING—Dunnage prevents one article from robbing against another. PREVENTS MOVEMENT—also shows dunnage between
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be divided by the volume of space being loaded. L= Broken Stowage percentage V= Volume of space v= volume of cargo stowed (V − v ) *100 V L= c. To find how many long tons will fit in a space‚ subtract the estimated broken stowage percentage (in decimal form) from one‚ multiply this figure by the Volume of the space in cubic feet and divide the result by the stowage factor of the cargo. V (1 − L ) f T= Longs tons to fill the space V= Volume of the space L= broken stowage percentage T=
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distribution method that uses a container as a way of tranporting the cargo. Is an inter-modal system of transporting the general cargo or product in lots. With containerization goods are moved easier from one place to another with the help of the containers which can be loaded intact onto the container ships‚ trucks‚ railroad cars and planes. Nowadays‚ containerization is the innovative key in the field of logistics that helps to organize cargo in an efficient‚ better and save way. Benefits of containerization
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Unitized Cargo Ship The concept of utilization is not a new one; it was used by the USA army in the second world army war to provide its forces fighting in Europe with weapons and ammunition. Unitization since that time has been used and developed to comprise all modes of maritime transport‚ as well as air and land transport modes. Definition: Utilization is a grouping together of two or more (Usually of a homogeneous nature) and securing with banding‚ glue‚ shrink-wrap‚ slings or permanent
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