Introduction Ocean Carriers Inc. is a shipping company specializing in the operation of capsizes bulk dry carriers. In January 2001‚ the vice president of finance for Ocean Carriers was evaluating a contract proposal. In the proposed contract‚ Ocean Carriers would lease one ship to a client for a three year time frame. The customer would begin utilizing the ship in 2003. In 2001‚ Ocean Carriers did not have a ship that would meet the needs of this customer‚ and thus was considering purchasing a
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Operating Theatre Operating Theatre Introduction Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second to third most common site of health care associated infections (HAIs). These complications of surgical procedures cause considerable morbidity and‚ when these occur deep at the site of the procedure‚ can carry mortality as high as 77%. As illustrated below there are several key steps or “chains” that have to be connected to result in infection. However‚ for SSIs‚ the initial introduction of microbial
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Although we expect the iron ore exports to take off in the next few years‚ our expectation as to next year`s spot rate is rather pessimistic. This is mainly due to the decrease of the demand in iron ore vessel shipments highlighted in exhibit 5. Meanwhile there will be a delivery of 63 new vessels next year‚ which are bigger and more efficient‚ leading to lower costs generated from the perspective of the shipping company as fewer ships are needed to deliver the same amount of cargo. 2. What factors
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http://www.studymode.com/essays/Ocean-Carriers-133412.html Average daily hire rates are determined by market supply and demand. Factors such as the number of operating vessels‚ number of scrapped vessels per year‚ the age of the ships‚ the efficiency of ships‚ and market expectations of supply and demand; consequently‚ these factors drive average daily hire rates. Market conditions also drive rates since demand is dependent on the world economy. When the economy is strong‚ the demand increases‚
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Valuation Case Analysis Ocean Carriers March 23‚ 2011 Executive Summary Industry Overview Capesize dry bulk carriers provide shipping services worldwide. Due to their size‚ Capesize carriers must sail around Cape Horn in order to travel between the Atlantic and Pacifica Oceans – the ships are too large to utilize the Panama Canal. In January 2001‚ there were 553 capesize vessels in service throughout the world. Demand for dry bulk carriers is determined by the world economy.
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Company Overview Continental Carriers is a general commodity motor carrier and has been since 1952‚ and they recently experienced successful growth since Mr. Evans focused on improving service‚ as well as an extensive marketing effort to boost their revenues in their already existing routes. He also implemented a way to reduce costs through computerization of operations as well as an improvement in terminal facilities to improve the company’s structure. This has since made CCI become a much larger
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Chapter no | Topic | 1 | Introduction‚ Types ‚ Computer System Overview | 2 | Operating System Structure‚ Components and Functions‚ Virtual Machine | 3 | Process Concept‚ Operation‚ Process scheduling‚ symmetric multi -processing‚ Cooperating Processes | 4 | Thread Concept‚ Thread Vs Process‚ IPC ‚kernel ‚microkernel | 5 | Scheduling‚ Types‚ Scheduling in batch‚ interactive and real-time systems (SJN‚ SJF‚ FIFO‚ LJN‚ round-robin‚ priority scheduling‚ and hybrid schemes). | 6 | Deadlock:
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Background Issue #1 The company reached a settlement with its insurance carrier related to a claim from a tornado that destroyed one of the company’s manufacturing facilities. During the year‚ the company received proceeds of $20 million from its insurance carrier in connection with its claim for reimbursement for the destroyed building. The company plans to use the insurance proceeds to fund its defined-benefit pension plan‚ rather than to rebuild the destroyed facility. How is this transaction
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Operating System UNIT - 1 Roadmap • What is an Operating System? • • • • • • • • Operating System Objectives/Functions The Evolution of Operating Systems Major Achievements Structuring methods Design of API’s Interrupts Device Organization User/System state Transition What is an Operating System? • A program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware. OR • A program that controls the execution of application programs. • Kernel – the one program
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Ocean Carriers Project Analysis Introduction Ocean Carriers receives a lease for a ship over three years starting in 2003. However‚ the company currently does not hold qualified ships that can meet customers’ demand. Our report is not only to assist Ms. Linn to decide whether or not to purchase a new ship but also give a reasonable suggestion on how long to hold on the ship regarding the NPV and long term prospective of dry bulk industry. Upon business operating in U.S or H.K‚ we consider four scenarios
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