This paper presents a dynamic-economic model analyzing the fluctuation of container freight rate due to the interactions between the demand for container transportation services and the container fleet capacity. The demand for container transportation services is derived from international trade and is assumed exogenous. The container fleet capacity increases with new orders made two years ago,...

J. Econ. Entomo!. 75: 492-494·(1982) Studies conducted to determine Thrips tabaci Lindeman damage and contamination in sauerkraut revealed that both occur at detectable levelsin processedcabbage, althoughsuch levelsare much lower than predicted from examination of fresh cabbage. Addition of the chemical preservativessodium benzoate (0.1%) and potassiummetabisulfite (0.05%) had no effect on plan...

in this paper, we are going to investigate the growth of the iranian maritime transport with a focus mainly on the north - south transit corridor, review of dry ports in order to support the iranian container terminals at the south ports in order to increase the volume of container storages at the terminals. for the purpose of assessing the outcome of port operational management, the balanced s...

A model scald tank was constructed to study the mixing pattern of water in a poultry scalding system. Tank dimensions were approximately 6 m long by 10.5 cm wide with a water depth of 18 cm. Water was vigorously agitated with compressed air delivered through a 1.9-cm polyvinyl chloride pipe on the bottom of the tank. Food coloring was added to the tank at a single point, and water samples were ...

This paper presents a description of new global monitoring system for containers, with its layer-modular structure, as a solution for enhance security and efficiency of container transport with particular emphasis on the practical implementation of that system for maritime container terminals. Especially the Smart Container Module (SCM) architecture and its operation as a part of the Self-Organ...

Container terminals play a critical role in international shipping and are under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. The problem of managing container terminals effectively has a number of characteristics that suggest the use of agent technology would be beneficial. This paper describes a joint industry-university project which has explored the applicability of agent technology ...

A freight company in Singapore has developed and implemented the world’s first semi-automated camera-based remote control crane system to pick-up and land freight containers. A centralised computer commands the crane to move a container between locations, while the operator performs the skilled task of vertically landing/picking up the container. However, the 2 dimensional (2D) camerabased syst...

In order to go ahead in fierce competition to be a hub port, many major container companies all over the world are making every effort to improve their productivity through high-tech devices and information technology application. In particular, in case of container terminal gate, state-of-the-art technologies such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and OCR (Optical Character Reader) are ...

background: sperm preparation is a fundamental step in art and attempt for developing new methods to be continued. objective: to evaluate the efficacy of upstream method for separation of human spermatozoa and its effects on sperm parameters including: motility morphology and concentration. materials and methods: semen samples from 17 men who referred to infertility clinic for evaluating their ...

The dramatic increasing of sea-freight container transportations and the developing trend for using containers in the multimodal handling systems through the sea, rail, road and land in the present market cause some challenges to the general managers of container terminals such as increasing demand, competitive situation, new investments and expansion of new activities and the need to use new m...