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Posted in: Vol 3, Issue 2
Wayne K. Talley foreword Guest Editor
Vol3, Issue 2 - June 2004, pp 83 - 85
Ninety percent of world trade is transported by ocean transportation. World trade is transported as liquid-bulk (petroleum products), dry-bulk (coal and grains), break-bulk (dry non-bulk cargo on pallets), neo-bulk (loose cargo of common size as automobiles) and container cargo. During the first half of the twentieth century, the ocean transportation of bulk commodities advanced; ships were designed to transport coal, grain and petroleum products. However, the transport methods for dry non-bulk cargo changed little. All of this began to change in 1955 when Malcom McLean recognized that individual pieces of cargo needed to be handled only twice - at their origin when stored in a standardized container box, and at their destination when unloaded...
What else can I help you with?
What bodies of water could abbasid merchant's use to trade with the outside world?
black sea and the red sea
If you work at sea world what percentage off do you get on day admission?
You don't get a percentage of the take-it's a set wage.
What bodies of water could Abbasid merchants use trade with the outside world?
black sea and the red sea
What accounts for most of the total value of world trade transported by sea?
Oil.
What percentage of all the sea creatures have been discovered in the world?
About 3 percent from what i know
What is the percentage of dissolved salt in the world's ocean?
The salinity of sea waters is approx. 3,5 %.
What is the percentage of the world's ocean is dissolved salt?
The salinity of sea waters is approx. 3,5 %.
How does light travel under sea?
Light travels under the sea through rays of sunshine that hit the water. Light only travels a few feet under the sea.
What is sea- trade?
there probaly is no such thing as a sea trade.... who ever told you that is a LIAR!!!!
What do you call a ship that travels to the surface of the sea?
A submarine is a ship that can travel underwater.
What has the author Chuyang Liu written?
Chuyang Liu has written: 'Maritime transport services in the law of the sea and the World Trade Organization' -- subject(s): Maritime law, Foreign trade regulation, Law of the sea
The Russian trade route extended from the Baltic Sea to the?
The Russian trade route ran from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
