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Shipping Poisons to the Third World, 1994.
An examination of the development of industry dumping toxic products and wastes in poor nations, including the role of the World Bank, economics, environmental and health effects and alternatives.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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"The practice of shifting toxic products and toxic wastes to third world countries is well established.. The question of how this industry developed, can be largely traced to the activities of the World Bank. In fact, according to World Bank chief economist Lawrence Summers, the economic logic behind dumping toxic waste in the lowest wage countries is impeccable and is a growth industry in recessionary times. While Summers claims he made this statement to be ironic and provocative, this has been the position of the World Bank, his employer.
In a memo, which criticized a draft of the bank's World Development Report, Summers was applying cost-benefit analysis, which measures the value of a human life by the stream of wages remaining to it. In an example Summers gave, suppose it may cost Global Megatoxics $1 million to install of a state-of-the-art..."
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Bulk and Liner Shipping, 2002.
A look at the contestability of bulk shipping and liner shipping sectors
2,944 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper examines how the shipping industry is not homogeneous, but consists of several discrete sectors, each of which operates in different commercial and regulatory regimes, whose needs serve different types of purpose-built vessels. The three main sectors are passenger shipping service, liner cargo services and bulk cargo-carrying services. It provides an analysis of bulk shipping and liner shipper sectors through the comparison of their characteristics, discussing their contestability in transportation market. A recommendation for improving both sectors contestability is also given.
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"Since bulk ships usually are designed for particular types of cargoes, they are unsuitable for other commodities. This is quite different from the liner sector, where all kinds of containerised cargoes can be carried on cellular container ships. This causes those containerisable cargoes to be diverted to be transported by liner shipping instead of bulk shipping because of the great efficiency in port of the cellular system and its inter-modal capability. This has given such a competitive advantage that it will in due course dominate the whole sector, leaving only a small volume of physically non- containerable cargo for residual services."
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The Shipping Industry, 2008.
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the state of the shipping industry today and of the forces shaping the course of shipping for the future.
13,491 words (approx. 54.0 pages), 33 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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The paper looks at several studies of the shipping industry that use the Greek shipping industry as a representative of the whole industry. The paper shows how the impetus for major changes today is economic, with a desire to cut costs and improve efficiency at the same time. The paper predicts that this trend will continue so long as charter shipping in all its forms continues to lower costs. The paper discusses the pressure for using third party management and outsourcing and concludes that these strategies may increase in the future as they become vital for a company's competitive advantage. The paper includes tables and diagrams.
Outline:
Introduction
Methodology
Review of Literature
The Greek Shipping Industry
Ship Management
History
Legal Environment
Examples
Information Technology
Summary and Conclusion
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"The shipping industry has a long history, but the nature of the business changes over that history. It has been changing in recent years because of the pressures for change caused by internationalization, globalization, technological advances, economic shifts in different parts of the world, and so on. Where the tradition has been for companies to sail their own ships, carrying cargo for a fee, more and more companies are finding different ways to accomplish the same business, such as by chartering vessels for the job at hand, or having other companies handle the procedures as a form of third-party management, or some other approach to cut costs, reduce risk, and yet increase business all at the same time. The changes in the global marketplace can mean bringing in more and more local players who can handle some of the difficult tasks involved in working through the bureaucracy, while chartering for shipping can involve more experienced people for certain specific runs."
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International Shipping, 2002.
A look at the development and innovation in ship operations in the international shipping industry.
3,554 words (approx. 14.2 pages), 27 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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This paper examines how the latest scientific and technological developments have had a massive impact on the trade and industry in the recent year and how international shipping is no exception. It discusses and analyses the development of international shipping industry and seeks to provide an overview of the liner and bulk shipping in the following three sectors: ship, port and inland transport systems, respectively. It also emphasizes liner shipping (containerships) in the container terminals sector.
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"As trade changes, so do the ports and there is no such thing as a typical port. Each has a mix of facilities designed to meet the trade of the region it serves.(Stopford,M ,1997). However, it is possible to generalize about the type of port facilities which can be found in different areas. Consequently, today the port can be further divided into four types: small local ports, large local ports, large regional ports and regional distribution centres. The last of these has a wide role as a distribution centre for cargo shipped in very large ships, requiring distribution to smaller local ports. These ports such as Rotterdam, Hong Kong and Shanghai, consist of a federation of specialist terminals, each dedicated to a particular cargo."
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The Shipping Repair Industry, 2008.
An overview of the shipping repair industry in America and how it deals with the opportunities and threats within the economy.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines how the shipping repair sector is affected by many macroeconomic variables, since it plays a vital role in transportation, which acts as a liaison for international trade and growth sectors. The paper looks at how changes in macroeconomic policies have a direct impact on the activities within the shipping sector and how the interconnectedness of this particular industry makes it important to the overall sustenance and development of the economy.
Outline:
Overview of the Shipping Repair Industry
Macroeconomic Variables that Affect the Shipping Repair Industry
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"Ship repair activities make a substantial contribution to most economies that they are a part of. In fact, the United States (U.S.) ship repair sector in 2001 contributed to the economy by increasing U.S. output by $11 billion, creating over 147,000 jobs, increasing personal income by $9.4 billion, and increasing tax revenues by $3.4 million, (LECG, 2002, p.1). There are some key industry related activities that affect the ship repair industry. These variables in turn are connected to various macroeconomic variables, (Ocean Shipping Consultants, 2002, p.1). "
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Shipping Repair Industry, 2008.
This paper evaluates the shipping repair industry in the United States.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The paper provides an overview of the shipping repair industry and examines the macroeconomic variables that affect the industry. The paper discusses how changes in macroeconomic policies have a direct impact on the activities within the sector. The paper shows how the interconnectedness of this particular industry makes it important to the overall sustenance and development of the economy. The paper includes graphs and tables.
Outline:
Overview of the Shipping Repair Industry
Macroeconomic Variables that Affect the Shipping Repair Industry
A Time-Series & Environmental Analysis
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""The shipbuilding and ship repair sector builds and repairs ships, barges, and other large vessels for military and commercial clients", (EPA, 2006, p. 71). There are active shipyards in over 58% of the states in the United States (LECG, 2002, p. 3), since almost all coastal states have active shipyards. This translates into an active and vibrant shipping repair industry in the United States.
"The sector is affected by many macroeconomic variables, since it plays a vital role with transportation which acts as a liaison for international trade and growth sectors. More importantly, facilities that build ships also repair them, which creates a niche and linkage of ship building and ship repair industries; this usually translates into significant spillover effects within the society, (EPA, 2006, p 71)."
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Greek Shipping IPO, 2007.
This paper discusses the Greek shipping industry and its potential initial public offering (IPO).
2,390 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The paper explains that an IPO is a first-time, public sale of shares in a corporation and is designed to raise needed funds from a range of investors. The paper focuses on the Greek shipping industry that, while extensive, must still compete against rival shippers. The paper discusses how, because Greece does not have the vast financial resources available to other nations, Greek shippers must look to an initial public offering as a vital means to their survival and continued growth. The paper warns that a Greek shipping company that makes an IPO is not raising funds based solely on its established reputation, but rather entering into an international competition with its strengths and weaknesses. The paper emphasizes that a good IPO is the result of a good company.
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"Though an IPO is but one choice for raising funds, it is highly effective, and has the advantage of being based on presumed corporate assets and projected growth - it is not a direct indebtedness such as a corporate bond. Employment an investment banker, such as J.P. Morgan, is an excellent way of avoiding some of the risks inherent in expansion. The issuance of an initial public offering is tantamount to a company's introducing itself to the public marketplace of investors. Calls for capital on the scale required by the Greek shipping firms involve displaying the company's strengths and weaknesses for all to see - it is an entrepreneurial venture on a global stage."
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'Medicine River' and 'The Shipping News', 2006.
An analysis and comparison of the themes of cultural identity in Thomas King's novel, "Medicine River" and Annie Proulx's novel, "The Shipping News".
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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The novels "Medicine River" by Thomas King and "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx are works in which their respective protagonists attempt to rediscover their identities in terms of their cultural roots. From this perspective, our understanding of setting in both novels needs to be much broader than simply the physical or the geographical space within with the characters live and action occurs. Rather, as this essay argues, in both "Medicine River" and "The Shipping News" the main characters discover their identities in terms of not only their physical setting but also their cultural roots which is reflected - in complex ways - in terms of the physical setting of the novels.
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"The Shipping News", 2002.
A discussion of the character of Quoyle in the novel "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx.
2,165 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper examines the book "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx which tells the story of Quoyle, a man who begins the book naive, buffeted by life and passive, but by the end has earned his place in a small town in Newfoundland. It provides a brief synopsis of the plot and attempts to analyze Quoyle's story from the point of view of a hero's journey and a theory of mythology developed by Joseph Campbell in his book, "A Hero of a Thousand Faces". Campbell states that there are twelve steps that underlie most of mythical story telling which can be applied to every hero of modern literature. It shows how in " Quoyle does undergo the twelve steps of a hero, although in a modern fashion and how his journey is more of self, an internal voyage of discovery than of one of a hero.
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"At this point, Quoyle has gained self-confidence, his reward for facing himself, his family history, and his unhealthy continued attachment to his dead wife. He must use this new strength to meet the challenges of his life. His aunt moves out of the house, leaving him to raise the children, so he moves in with Dennis and Beety. He must say good-bye to Nutbeem and he lives through a riotous party, to walk to Wavey's house and glimpse her homey warmth through the window."
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"The Shipping News?, 2002.
A review of the novel ?The Shipping News? by E. Annie Proulx, which brings to life a Newfoundland fishing town and its inhabitants.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 46.95
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This paper examines E. Annie Proulx?s novel ?The Shipping News?, which describes a modern family who to returns to their ancestral home of Newfoundland. The paper illustrates both the literal and psychological aspects of their new lifestyle and values. The author is critical of the novel, stating that the story is unoriginal without any twist to the theme of enduring the small tragedies of the human condition.
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"With this novel, Proulx seems to be providing us with a reworking of that axiom we have all heard: You cannot go home again. Home may be the place that has to take you in when you have to go there, but you will have forgotten how to speak the language, and the food will no longer satisfy you and there will be alarming noises in the night. You may be able to overlook these things for a time, but eventually you will realize that the only way we can live our lives is by stepping each day into the future. One of the tragic elements of much of human existence is the fact that we can only face the future if our back is toward home, and so all progress is in some ways a journey away from home and who we once were. "
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Shipping Economics, 2005.
A discussion of the requirements that ports must meet in order to be functional and cost efficient.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper describes the many functional requirements of a port, the basic facilities it must have, and the operational facilities needed so that it can be most effective and cost efficient. The paper also describes some of the major costs associated with running a port and explains the differences between dry bulk carriers and container carriers.
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"A definition of the dry bulk carrier should start from the particular elements forming the concept, dry and bulk. Bulk cargo is "a shipment such as oil, grain, or one which is not packaged, bundled, bottled, or otherwise packed and is loaded without count" or, simply put, "commodities carried in bulk" . In this sense, there are two types of bulk carriers, dry bulk carriers and liquid bulk carriers. The former refer to such goods as grain, ore, minerals, etc., practically anything that is not liquid. The liquid bulk carriers are generally referred to as tankers and are used for crude oil."
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Annie E Proulx's "The Shipping News", 1999.
Analyzes character of Agnis in the context of feminist critique of social & physical oppression & violence, philosophies of Nietzsche & Catharine MacKinnon, sexuality & morality.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, $ 103.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx as an articulation of a narrative strategy that lends legitimacy to the feminist social critique by way of the aesthetic power of representation behind modern female social and psychological experience. The plan of the research will be to set forth the pattern of ideas in The Shipping News in general terms and then to discuss, with reference principally to the character Aunt Agnis Hamm, means by which the novel articulates women's experience and legitimates that experience as feminist social critique.
The action of The Shipping News does not focus mainly on Agnis but rather on her nephew Quoyle, a lumbering hulk of a widower whose faithless wife Petal had done a lot of emotional damage to him and their two daughters before selling the daughter..:
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Ship Management and Logistics, 2007.
A discussion on shipping management and the new international regulations in the shipping industry.
10,076 words (approx. 40.3 pages), 21 sources, APA, $ 203.95
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The paper examines how shipping continues to go through a period of new international regulations. The paper explores how the strategic view is one of forward planning to identify, by time scale, when new regulations are introduced and to make provisions for them in terms of ship management and ship investments. The paper further examines how outsourcing ship management to professional ship management companies, who use their expertise to interpret these regulations in the most effective and rational manner, has become an inevitable and viable option. The paper concludes that, in these circumstances, outsourcing logistics needs to professional 3rd party logistics providers is a viable solution.
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"Those that own ships often assign a full array of management functions to third parties. Owners who state that they use third parties for their ship management also indicate that they more frequently use these companies for their crewing and technical management and less frequently use them for commercial management. It is also worth mentioning that some ship owners, even those that have never taken on any kind of third party management for their fleets, appear very willing to allow others to control chartering and sale and purchase, while they retain rights toward making any final decisions. Greek ship owners, for example, seem to have a particularly negative attitude when it comes to giving up control over the more technical management of their fleets."
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The Grandest Ship Ever Built, 2006.
A history of the RMS Titanic.
3,285 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper outlines the history of the Titanic steam liner, providing many details about the entire process of the ship's construction. The paper discusses the plans for building the ship, the construction process, and describes the safety features that were built into the ship. Included with the paper is a questionnaire concerning various aspects of the Titanic's construction and history.
Outline
Introduction
History of the Plan to Build the Titanic
Discuss the companies and individuals involved in the
building of the ship.
Describe locations, workers and the overall attitude in
building the ship, inclusive of gantry detail, famous quotes
and competing companies and ships.
Construction of the Ship
When, where and how the ship was constructed
Description of the ship itself, inclusive of tonnage, size, engines,
propellers, unique designs, and materials involved.
Discussion of the ship's dressings, considering such things as
restaurants, lounges, promenade deck, central staircase,
elevators, 1st, 2nd, 3rd class conditions.
Safety Features of the Titanic
Consideration of design features regarding safety of the vessel,
including watertight compartments and hull design.
Other safety features aboard ship, such as lifeboats, floatation
devices, wireless communications systems.
Conclusion
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"Determined to eclipse the appointments of earlier Atlantic steam liners, White Star Lines set out in 1908 to build 3 ships, all of the same design, that would provide the company with a weekly east- and west- bound carrier service. These ships, the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Gigantic (later to become the Brittanic), were to have a passenger and cargo capacity which doubled that of the Cunard Line, White Star's main competitor in North Atlantic crossings. They were to be longer than Cunard's Lusitania and Mauretania by over 120 feet each, and heavier than those vessels by at least 12,000 tons."
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Lead Poisoning, 2007.
An analysis of the the pathophysiological and biochemical basis of lead poisoning in children and adults.
3,066 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper reviews the history of lead poisoning and its various implications in adults and children. It describes the incidence of the problem today and follows with a discussion of the epidemiology of lead poisoning and the pathophysiological and biochemical basis of lead poisoning in children and adults. The paper then provides recommendations for preventing lead poisoning in the United States and abroad.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
History of Lead Poisoning
Incidence of the Problem
Epidemiology of Lead Poisoning
Pathophysiological and Biochemical Basis of Lead Poisoning in Children and Adults
Recommendations to Eliminate Lead Poisoning as a Public Health Hazard
Summary and Conclusions
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"Lead has been used by mankind for centuries, but the dangers associated with its use have only been identified fairly recently. The research showed that in spite of some progress in recent years, lead poisoning represents one of the leading preventable public health threats for young people in the United States and abroad today. The research showed that there are no safe levels of lead exposure for children, and lead levels as low as 10 [micro]g/dL have been shown to affect child development. A host of other health issues are implicated in lead poisoning as well, but most people tend to recover completely if appropriate treatments are provided in a timely manner. Finally, the research was consistent in emphasizing the inherent problems in addressing the problem of lead poisoning among low-income families where the exigencies of daily life preclude concern over this potential threat. Clearly, lead poisoning represents a challenging and ongoing threat to the nation's welfare, and public health officials continue to pursue increasingly aggressive campaigns to address the issue, but the studies to date suggest that these initiatives will remain ineffective unless and until the economic disparities that exist between the world's affluent and poor are addressed first."
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