Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Maritime Zones under the UNCLOS

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United Nations Convention on the Law Of the Sea (UNCLOS) is recognized as one of the universal legal documents on the seas. UNCLOS (III) ...
Friday, December 8, 2017

The “Floating Metro”: Kochi Water Metro Project

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Kochi Water Metro is an integrated water transport project in Greater Kochi region proposed by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) under  Unifi...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Regulatory role of Port State Control

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Maritime regulations are required to ensure that shipping companies operate within the same standards of safety and environmental respons...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

How to identify the stowage position of a container on board a ship?

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Each container on board a container ship has a stowage position. Bay plan (stowage plan) is a diagram used for stowage planning (ship loa...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

INTEGRATED TRANSPORT MODEL FOR DOMESTIC LCL SHIPMENTS

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1. Introduction One of the challenges Indian coastal shipping faces is the non-availability of return cargo. Cargo consolidation or LCL...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

“Cabotage” – What does it mean ?

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    The word “cabotage” is supposed to be evolved from the French word “ Caboter” meaning  ‘sail along a coast’.  As per records the word...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Hub – and- Spoke Transshipment Model

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Hub and Spoke is a system of distribution of goods, passengers and data, in which  the items to be distributed are routed in to / out...