Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1957. / "One of the results of the Admiralty Island Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History"--Pref. Glossary of native words and phrases: leaves 640-650. Includes index of people and agencies. Includes bibliographical references (leaves xiv-xvi).

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 125 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125).

The primary purpose of the thesis is to evaluate the need for a container handling facility in the Port of Vancouver. During the late 1960's, the shipping industry has been urging construction of a container berth to protect its position against losing traffic to nearby ports which already have container facilities in operation. The National Harbours Board, on the other hand, has been reluctant to commit funds to a long-term project for construction and operating of a facility when the need for a facility is still poorly defined. The majority of claims by either the shipping industry or the port authority have been based on observation and in no instance has an in-depth study been presented covering all aspects that would support the contentions of either side. The study reviews the history of containerization in world trade and describes the developments in containerization at major seaports. Criteria for port planning are discussed, followed by a review of containerization taking place in Canadian ports. Recent studies undertaken to forecast potential containerizable cargo were examined to determine the significance of containerization in the intermodal systems and to highlight developments in world trade, fleet expansion, and in port planning. The studies also provided a framework in which to develop the method for determining the potential container traffic in Vancouver. The method, described herein as a Container Calculation Model, determines the potential containerizable tonnage and number of containerloads in major trade routes serving Vancouver. Input data for all import-export commodities on a route-by-route basis were obtained from the National Harbours Board. Each commodity was classified by its suitability to containerization by using both economic and physical criteria. Results of the Container Calculation Model showed the maximum number of loaded containers which would have been handled in the Port of Vancouver during 1967 would have been 87,700 20-foot containers. This includes both inbound and outbound traffic for all classes of containerization. In terms of total potential tonnage, the port would have handled 785,000 tons import, and 381,000 tons export in containers. Total import tons amounted to 1,969,000 tons of which 39.9 per cent was potentially containerizable. Only 3.5 per cent of 12,130,000 tons outbound was suitable for containerization. In the study, only 'Prime' commodities are used as the basis of evaluation of a container facility. During 1967, 43,100 units would have been handled on thirteen major trade routes. Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia account for the majority of traffic. In terms of containerloads, the overall imbalance is almost 5:1 in favour of inbound traffic. On the Orient route, the imbalance is 10:1. Results of the computer analysis for potential containerized cargo was compared with the volume of actual container traffic during 1967, 1968 and early 1969. In 1967, only about two per cent of the potential was being realized. In terms of both container tonnage and number of containerloads, the study concluded that there is a definite potential for increased container traffic in the Port of Vancouver 'Prime' container traffic is sufficient to consider one container berth, served by one container crane, and thirty acres of backup area. One container berth would be sufficient to handle port requirements up until at least the mid 1970's. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

This diploma thesis deals with the logistics and its use in international trade, which is applied to the example of chosen logistics provider- the company ČD Cargo, a leading Czech rail carrier. The aim of the thesis is to characterize the logistics company and the services that provides, to analyze its activity and summarize its operation on the market. The first chapter deals with the logistics and specific types of logistics providers. The second chapter is devoted to mostly provided logistics services in international trade. The next chapter deals with transportation, main modes of transport and transport market in the Czech Republic, because the transportation is the major activity of the chosen company. The fourth chapter is closer focused on ČD Cargo, its foundation and mostly the services that the company provides to its customers. The last part of the thesis analyzes the position of ČD Cargo on the transport market and its activity in individual years of its operation.

The aim of this master's thesis is to analyse the project Zagreb Airport Cargo City. Project Zagreb Airport Cargo City deals with the building of the new cargo terminal at airport Zagreb Pleso. The theoretical part describes the country and characteristics of the transport sectors in the country, which aims mainly to cargo transport and its concern. The next part deals with detailed description of the whole project Zagreb Airport Cargo City. There are also mentioned statistics in this part, that are very important to introduce the whole project in the most comprehensive way, because there is not any similar project like this one. At the end of this part is mentioned the current situation of the project. Last chapter contains the practical part. There is a SWOT analysis of the whole project. Based on this analysis, the project is evaluated. As a part of the practical part are also the analysis of possibility of future development.

This thesis on a topic of "Analysis of insurance in trading and transport company" is about insurance products connected with cargo transport. The thesis analysis current insurance products, that a company should have, while in business. These products should secure the company in case of an unexpected insurance event and consists of several type sof insurance, such as liability motor insurance, car insurance, legal protection insurance and third-party insurance. The thesis main point is to show the importace of insurance in cargo transport and describes a komplex view to all the insurance avers that are suitable, useful, redquired and offered by insurance companies, for a company with such a nature of business.

This paper investigates the Baltic Dry Index; an often misunderstood index, which tracks the cost of shipping dry bulk cargo globally. The research is based on the hypothesis that movements in the Baltic Dry Index price are driven largely by changes in the underlying demand for goods which are consumed globally. Accordingly, this paper aims to investigate whether changes in the Baltic Dry Index price may be used to predict future economic movements in a South African context. In this regard, the paper first conducts a thorough synthesis of the available literature, in order to formulate the conclusion that the Baltic Dry Index price is driven by a multitude of variables, including the global demand for goods, the global supply of ships, the laycan period, bunker prices, global piracy, global winter severity, as well as the inclusion of a cyclical component. The global demand for goods is concluded to be chief among these. Based on these findings, the paper then conducts empirical testing on the usefulness of the BDI in a South African context, and concludes that the Baltic Dry Index is useful when used as a leading economic indicator in South African, especially when used in order to predict long-term economic movements, across a period of 3 – 4.5 years. Finally, strong evidence is found to support the existence of a relationship between the BDI and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Mining Index, although further investigation is required in order to form a definitive conclusion in this regard.

Many situations arise in engineering where it is desired to model a system of complicated input and output variables. However, analytical difficulties arise when these systems exhibit nonlinear behavior. Neural networks have proven useful for such applications because they are able to model complicated nonlinear systems through exposure to a database including input parameters and the desired outputs. One such complicated system consists of the unknown relationships between flight variables and structural loads on helicopters. The development of an accurate neural network based model would allow indirect monitoring of these loads so that fatigue-damaged components could be replaced according to load history. In this thesis, an extensive database of real-time flight records has been effectively used to teach a multilayer feedforward artificial neural network nonlinear relationships between common flight variables and the resulting component loads. The trained network predicts time-varying mean and oscillatory load records corresponding to flight variable histories. Component loads in both the fixed and rotating systems of a military helicopter have been resolved over a variety of standard maneuvers. Predictions under the present conditions are on the order of 90 to 100% accurate. Although the range of maneuvers presently considered is rather limited in comparison to the total helicopter flight spectrum, the present results justify further pursuit of this neural network application. / Master of Science

Thesis. 1979. Ocean E.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Ocean Engineering. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Bibliography: leaves 375-376. / Ocean E.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-42). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.