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Ports are an important asset to a nation. Ports serve the country not only to enhance trade and increase the economy but also a hub for national employment. Ports are also important in point of view of security of the country. Many nations have naval bases in their commercial ports. The recent development with regards to types of ship especially containerisation has drastically changed the way ports operate. Containerisation has increased the need of modern cranes and faster handling equipment to increase turnaround of ships. Hershman (19.., p.99) states that ‘the port is a control point of the modern nation state, a place where national security, trade, immigration and customs are handled. Thus, in virtually every nation of the world port development, administration, and finance are important functions of national government’. Nations recognise the need to develop these ports. They have policies in place to guide and monitor this progress. This essay will look into the various types of ports; also identify the factors which influence the development of national and r...
Trade is the most common form of transferring ownership of a product. The concepts are very simple, I give you something (a good or service) and you give me something (a good or service) in return, everyone is happy. However, trade is not limited to two individuals. There are trades that happen outside national borders and we refer to that as international trading. Before a country does international trading, they do research to understand the opportunity costs and marginal costs of their production versus another countries production. Doing this we can increase profit, decrease costs and improve overall trade efficiency. Currently, there are negotiations going on between 11 countries about making a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific
Empire had been the word of the day. Germany, Italy, and Japan were working to catch up to the British and their two-hundred-year head start. Military theory and technology was changing. It introduced a new view of international geopolitics: the flags and politics of nations followed the economy of a nation, not the other way around, which had long been the accepted European idea (Reeder 29). Control of the sea was considered vital to all national interest: for the sake of communication to territorial possessions and for, most importantly of all, trade. But technology had also advanced. Coaling stations were now required at various intervals all over the world to keep the steam navies of the day going (Chidsey 15).
...ed third amongst all Indian Major Ports of handling container traffic. The dock at Kolkata Dock System is one of the fastest growing in Conatiner Traffic amongst the Major Ports of India.
“A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” A wise quote from John A. Shedd. A boat is secure inside the harbor, but it is useless. Inside a harbor, a boat can’t traverse oceans, set wars in motion, or discover new lands. Figuratively, we, the people, are the ships, and our safe haven is our comfort zone. Without reaching out of your comfort zone, you can’t conquer your world. You can’t make a difference. You need take a risk. Leave your safe haven and explore.
Traversed by the rivers Rhine, Maas and Scheldt as they meander towards the North Sea, the Netherlands is a hub of transport and distribution: a natural gateway to Europe and centre for multinational enterprise. Its advantages include an advanced infrastructure both for transport and telecommunications. Many Asian and North American imports to Europe are transhipped at Rotterdam or Amsterdam, the country’s two transport centres.
had made in the whole 1920's. The president clearly showed the nation that he would try
In conclusion, understanding various states and transnational entities is very important, especially when countries are planning to work together and conduct transnational businesses. There are many cultures, policies, shared values that vary from county to country, from one sovereign state to the other. In 21st century, if these divergent cultures are put together the whole world economy will grow by double digits. The partnership between countries wide apart in transatlantic can form a perfect transatlantic trade that will be beneficial for the economy of many countries such as that of the U.S. and European Union.
Eurasian trade when conditions along the Silk Road were unfavorable. For this reason, the geographical context of the Silk Road must be thought of in the broadest possible terms, including sea rout...
Throughout the history of the earth we have seen many countries leave their homeland. Most of these countries however, are those that are not landlocked. Countries which were not landlocked organized themselves and set sail for new territories to explore. Boat technology allowed for travel, resulting in the whole world becoming more accessible and allowing people to overcome what was thought to be indestructible geography. Obviously access to the sea lowers transport costs and aids economic growth. Yet this mattered less in earlier centuries. Even in some ancient civilizations, they learned to overcome the problem of not having technology. The original silk route from China to Europe used the camel rather than the ship. Only when ship design became advanced from the 15th century onwards did sea-borne trade gain centre-stage.
There are many studies in the past about the port development such as The Anyport Model. Anyport is described as the way port infrastructures evolve in time and space by Bird (1963). Bird proposed a five stage model to demonstrate how facilities in a typical port develop based on his research into the evolution of British ports which are setting, expansion and specialization.
The authors try to emphasize the importance of new growth dynamics for containerization not just for being a transport unit but also as a supply or commodity chain unit as well. The group of authors also briefly explain that Containerized freight is commonly characterized by the movement of manufactured goods and parts from manufacturing facilities to retail activities with the whole range of distribution activities in between, such as terminals and distribution centers. The way containerized freight is used is a benefit in multiple ways from the space flexibility to movement of goods shown in terms of distribution efficiency. Containerization dynamics has for some time relied on a variety of factors that are noted as being derived volume linked with globalization, the substitution of break-bulk traffic into
The Horn of Africa is one of the most important hubs for maritime traffic in the world today. Raw goods, including oil, that are departing the nations of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East must pass through this area in route to Europe and the West. Three-fourths of the Earth is covered in water and roughly eighty percent of global economic goods are transported via commercial maritime shippers. The volume of maritime trade is highly congested in this region. Ships must pass through either the Gulf of Aden and ultimately to the Mediterranean or proceed south from the Arabian Sea towards the southern trip of Africa via the Indian Ocean. Piracy in the region has increasing dramatically in the last decade, largely because Somalia and Yemen can be considered failed states. The lack of government involvement in suppressing pirate activities has indirectly allowed them to flourish. The sheer size of the area, roughly two and a half billion square miles, goes predominantly unpatrolled. The scope of the problem piracy poses pales in comparison to the size of the ocean in which they successfully operate.
The world's largest trading block, and a global competitor, a growing trade volume and speed of all the controversial success of the EU Customs Union of the EU can be considered as indicators of continued success. This is supported trade and economic growth, and safety, security, health and environmental protection. Last 500 million EU citizens four years, the customs union always new tasks, adapt to new geographical sizes, and changing global conditions, enforced. Last responsibilities successfully in ten years, but also successful co-operation and EU-wide coordination of IT systems and processes that require applied to each other. Today, 27 national governments to share the burden of managing the customs union, and they are really a single 'entity' to apply its own rules, it is expected by stakeholders. The other one is that Customs therefore increasing public health, consumer protection, environment and agriculture, for example, the implementation of the relevant legislation, including a comprehensive "guardian of the internal market as" serving.
Similarities exist between a global city’s CBD and an airport city in terms of transportation and infrastructure. Firstly, both types of cities are in close proximity to sea and air ports. A global city and an airport city’s propinquity to the two ports mentioned, correlates with the level of logistic activities that both cities experience. Logistic activities serve to increase production of intermodal freight activities in special purpose zones such as sea and air ports for the ease of transferring goods and s...
The factors that directly affect the outcome of regional economic and political integration are accomplished through a common culture, a shared history, regional proximity, and a similar level of economic development. A common culture is achieved when countries that are in close proximately of one another share the same language, as stated by the textbook, “in North Africa and the middle East, the preponderant language is Arabic, and the environment of business, as well as everyday life, is structured in accordance with Islamic law,” this statement leads to another factor that is involved with common culture and that is common religion. Furthermore, common culture consists