Three hardwall container types, one styroblock container type, and two mesh-covered plugs were used to grow longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seedlings at a nursery in Louisiana. In 2001, these container types, along with bare-root seedlings (from a different seed source), were outplanted on two old-field sites and two cutover sites. There were significant site by treatment interactions. Se...

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,...

The peculiarities of the accumulation polyphenolic compounds and free proline were investigated in leaves Actinidia arguta Shisandra chinensis during their cultivation vegetation containers with different ratios number plants, namely 1 : 1, 2 2. Monocultural (single-species) planting was used as a control. content plant carried out according to method, which is based on interaction ninhydrin re...

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 numerical method called Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) has been used for rational selection of a cotton harvester out of a finite number of cotton harvesters available the world over. In India, efforts are being made to design and develop a commercial cotton harvester to harvest selected cotton varieties sown by adopting common agronomic practices locally for cotton cultivation. Th...

The effect of seeding depth on emergence of red rice (Oryza sativa) ecotypes from Arkansas (AR), Louisiana (LA), and Mississippi (MS) was determined under dry-seeded rice production in clay and silt loam soils in Arkansas. By 21 d after planting (DAP), all red rice ecotypes had emerged from planting depths of 1.3, 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5 cm in both clay and silt loam soils. In silt loam soil, seedlin...

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 ...