ASSIGNMENT ON TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT BY ADERIBIGBE OLUBISI GEORGE SUBMITTED IN FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR PROFFESIONAL DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO NIIT‚ ZARIA OCTOBE‚ 2010 Contents Assignment number one • Different types of transport carriers with example of each and companies that engage the carrier. • Economic and service characteristics of different modes of transport. • Physical characteristics of different modes of transport. • What are transport
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cargo from the point of origin to the final destination‚ by using two or more modes of transport. Multimodal transportation describes a shipment that takes several means of transportation – rail‚ road‚ ocean‚ air – from its point of departure to its point of destination. The concept of international multimodal transport covers the door-to-door movement of goods under the responsibility of a single transport operator. It developed with the container revolution‚ initiated in the late 50 ’s by Malcom
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Project Report "Transport System in India" TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT: Transport is a system in which passengers & goods are carried from one place to another. Modes of Transport: Transportation is generally divided into three modes-LAND‚ WATER & AIR. The Land Transport consists of roads and railways. Water Transport is also divided into two types: (a) RIVER OR INLAND TRANSPORT (b) SEA OR OCEANIC TRANSPORT. The latest and the fastest mode of transport is Air Transport. IMPORTANCE
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Transport and the environment The chapter examines how transport affects the environment; how its impact can be quantified in economic terms; and how economic incentives can be used to reduce the environmental cost of transport‚ as well as addressing other externalities associated particularly with car use‚ such as congestion. The environmental impacts of transport “Transportation services are essential component of economic activity‚ and are one key to its growth. Transportation has a number
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Logistics and transport Management 3 2.1 Impacts of environment on logistics and transport systems 3 2.2. Environmental impact of products and packages 4 2.3 Environmental Regulations 4 2.3.1 Control through information 5 2.3.2 Control through financial measures 5 2.3.3 Control through legal measures 5 2.4. Transport 5 2.5. Packages 6 2.6. Material supply system 6 2.7. Production System 6 2.8. Distribution System 6 3. Ethical issues in Logistics and Transport Management
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2. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT a. Meaning b. Advantages of multimodal transport c. Difference between Multi-Modal Transport Contract & Other Contract 2. LAWS RELATING TO MULTI MODAL TRANSPORT International level
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For centuries‚ transport become the necessity for human beings to commute from one place to another. As an example‚ from simply walking followed by using animals as their transportation to the moment when vehicles were created clearly shows that transportation has massively evolved. Although both Brunei and Singapore have the same medium of transportation‚ still a huge difference can be spotted between them both. According to The Brunei Times (2013) “Citing statistics‚ the Ministry of Communications
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------------------------------------------------- Transport in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Mumbai-Pune Expressway‚ India ’s first expressway The Bandra Worli Sea link‚ with Worli skyline Transport in the Republic of India is an important part of the nation ’s economy. Since the economic liberalisation of the 1990s‚ development of infrastructure within the country has progressed at a rapid pace‚ and today there is a wide variety of modes of transport by land‚ water and air. However‚ India
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Agreeing with the statement that public transport is less commonly used in the world than private transport due to some causes which prevent us from the use of public transport frequently.Total number of cars available in UK are increasing dramatically from 1888 and it is estimated that by by200 there will be 29 millions cars on the British road. This tremendous increase in car use causes the reduction in public transport which is now suggested as more efficient than cars because they don’t need more
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Easy to Be Green 6565 W. Johnson Street Chicago‚ IL 60607 June 3‚ 2013 John Hill Construction Manager Greenfield Community College 123 Greenfield Lane Greenfield‚ IL 85236 Dear Mr. Hill: As a valued customer of our company‚ we are delighted that you have accepted our business proposal to design and install energy-efficient heating‚ cooling‚ and insulation systems in your school. At EBG our customer is the most important thing and we work hard to fulfill each and every client’s needs.
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