This study is motivated by the practice of large iron and steel companies, which have steady and heavy demands for bulk raw materials such as iron ore, coal, limestone and so on. These materials are usually transported to a bulk cargo terminal by ships (or to a station by trains). Once discharged, they are moved to and stored in bulk material stock yard, waiting for retrieval for production use...

Use of the ship maneuvering simulator (SMS) is at the core of pilot trainees education and training, so it is desirable to have an evaluation method that can be completed shortly after each berthing training session. There are basically two methods of docking maneuvering that pilot trainees learn: one in which the ship enters from outside the port and is...

This paper proposes an estimation method for ships on collision courses taking crash astern maneuvers based on a new potential area of water (PAW) for maneuvering. A crash astern maneuver is an emergency option a ship can take when exposed to the risk of a collision with other ships that have lost control. However, lateral forces and yaw moments exerted by the reversing propelle...

A statistical model is constructed describing spot freight rates in terms of the operating costs of the marginal ship, the size of the various vessels relative to the marginal ship, the proportion of the tanker fleet operating in the spot market and the proportion of the fleet which is laid up for more than two months. The model is tested over the entire period from September 1971 to December 1...

Hong Kong was widely regarded as a colonial enclave in which the lash and the rattan were usedfar more frequently than in any other part of the world. This article shows that the custodialsentence never entirely superseded corporal punishment: the idea that legal sanctions shoulddeter rather than reform was widespread among both European and Chinese communities inHong Kong, and ...

determining the responses of floating structures at sea are the most important concerns in shipbuilding industry. in physical and dynamical principles a ship can be analyzed as a free elastic beam floating in sea without any supports. the analysis of corresponding dynamic equations are difficult and time- consuming, thus investigation on the behavior of floating structures can be done numerical...

Terrestial Navigation is a harmonious union between science and art that teaches us how to sail ship from one place another safely, quickly, efficiently, economically safely the destination. Passage Planning planning of voyages quickly economically, Shipping port must be coordinated by all crew members. Politeknik Pelayaran Malahayati, which Technical Implementation Unit under Ministry Transpor...

LPS stimulates monocytes/macrophages through TLR4, resulting in the activation of a series of signaling events that potentiate the production of inflammatory mediators. Recent reports indicated that the inflammatory response to LPS is diminished by PI3K, through the activation of the serine/threonine kinase Akt. SHIP is an inositol phosphatase that can reverse the activation events initiated by...

SHIP-2 is a phosphoinositidylinositol 3,4,5 trisphosphate (PtdIns[3,4,5]P3) 5-phosphatase that contains an NH2-terminal SH2 domain, a central 5-phosphatase domain, and a COOH-terminal proline-rich domain. SHIP-2 negatively regulates insulin signaling. In unstimulated cells, SHIP-2 localized in a perinuclear cytosolic distribution and at the leading edge of the cell. Endogenous and recombinant S...