Ocean Carriers Case Ocean Carriers uses a 9% discount rate. 1. Do you expect daily spot rate to increase or decrease next year? Daily spot rates are expected to decrease next year because 63 new vessels are scheduled for delivery over the next year and imports of ore and coal would most likely remain stagnant over the next two years. Imports of iron ore and coal and the number of vessels available are two big factors of spot rates. 2. What factors drive average daily hire rates?
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Guide for Case Analyses “Ocean Carriers” Objectives of case: The key objective is to develop an understanding of how discounted cash flow analysis can be used to make investment and corporate policy decisions. 1. Determine the value and net present value of a real assets; 2. Distinguishing between book value and market value; 3. Identifying and forecasting incremental expected cash flows‚ including initial and ongoing capital expenditures‚ investment in net working capital‚
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Case Study 1 – Ocean Carriers 1. The Capital Budgeting Decision Should Ms. Linn purchase the Capesize vessel? Assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm and is subject to 35% taxation. (Please see excel sheets) From our analysis it appears that Ms. Linn should not buy the Capesize vessel. The Net Present Value on the Ocean Carrier is not a positive number‚ a clear indicator that buying the vessels is not a good idea. The tax rate of 35% makes a lot of difference in determining this NPV
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(a) Statement of Problem. Ocean Carriers is evaluating a proposed three year lease of a ship. Currently‚ no ships in Ocean Carrier’s fleet meet the requirements of the customer. Since the new ship requires an investment of $39 million‚ Mary Linn‚ the Vice President of Finance for Ocean Carriers‚ needs to evaluate the proposal’s NPV and determine whether or not to accept the proposal by considering expected cash flows‚ tax implications‚ and future market conditions. (b) Statement
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Anatomy & Physiology ------------------------------------------------- Determine Blood Group Using Eldon Card ------------------------------------------------- The Experiment Zlata Jasevits Nursing Studies ‘A’ 2nd February 2009 Contents Introduction 3 Blood Structure 3 Blood Group Systems 4 ABO system: 4 Rhesus System: 5 Blood Transfusion 6 ABO Alleles and Genetic Inheritance
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ISSNll1007-0214ll12/18llpp225-233 Volume 14‚ Number 2‚ April 2009 On-Line Fast Motor Fault Diagnostics Based on Fuzzy Neural Networks* DONG Mingchui (董名垂)**‚ CHEANG Takson (郑德信)†‚ CHAN Sileong (陈思亮)† Department of Automation‚ Tsinghua University‚ Beijing 100084‚ China; † Faculty of Science and Technology‚ University of Macau‚ Macau‚ China Abstract: An on-line method was developed to improve diagnostic accuracy and speed for analyzing running motors on site. On-line pre-measured data was used as the basis for constructing
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Using the Cost of Poor Quality to Drive Process Improvement March ‚ 2006 Presented by: Dan Olivier‚ Certified Software Solutions‚ Inc. (dolivier@certifiedsoftware.com) Javad Seyedzadeh‚ Bayer Healthcare Diagnostic Division (javad.seyedzadeh.b@bayer.com) Page - 1 Objectives: To Understand COPQ 1. What is COPQ 2. Elements of the model 3. Calculating COPQ 3. Real World Applications 4. Implementing Improvement actions Page - 2 1. COPQ Introduction 1. COPQ Introduction Page
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1. According to research‚ most respondents aware of a minimum charge of 5 pence on all single-use carrier bags. However‚ most young people were not aware of the charge‚ which is the number of students taking up in these age groups‚ who may only just studying in school and go shopping infrequently. On the contrary‚ a large number of old people were aware of the charge due to often buying groceries and everyday items from shops. 2. This bar chart compares the proportion of respondents of both
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INTRODUCTION Parts Emporium‚ Inc. is a wholesale distributor of automobile parts formed by two disenchanted auto mechanics‚ Dan Block and Ed Spriggs. Originally located in Block’s garage‚ the firm showed slow but steady growth for 7 years before it relocated to an old‚ abandoned meat-packing warehouse on Chicago’s South Side. With increased space for inventory storage‚ the company was able to begin offering an expanded line of auto parts. Fifteen years later‚ Parts Emporium was the largest independent
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WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION TO SENSORS USING MOBILE CARRIER HOSTS NAVIN SRIVASTAVA1‚ ARUSH SAXENA2 & CHETALI TYAGI3 1‚2&3 Dept. of Electronics Engineering‚ Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University‚ Pune‚ India Abstract- Wireless Sensor Networks are equipped with batteries with limited charge‚ and are often deployed in conditions that make their retrieval and replacement infeasible. Wireless Sensors‚ especially used for surveillance at the warfront in defense along with combat equipment and
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