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The port of Los Angeles faces increased competition from expanding ports elsewhere. To maintain its position, the port, businesses, and labor must work together. Recent disruptions showed how vital the port is to the regional economy. The port is investing $1.2 billion to upgrade infrastructure to handle larger ships. It also aims to improve operations and relationships. Cooperation across sectors is needed to ensure the port remains competitive and the major economic driver it currently is for Southern California.
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Team Britannia is attempting to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat. They have designed and built a semi wave-slicing powerboat called Excalibur, which incorporates an efficient hull to reduce fuel consumption by 30%. The boat will be skippered by ocean racing legend Alan Priddy and carry up to five wounded or injured military veterans on each leg of the voyage. Their goal is to break the existing record of 60 days, 23 hours, and 49 minutes by up to 10 days, while showcasing British marine innovation and supporting veterans.
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This document discusses load testing web applications. It defines load testing as simulating multiple users using an application simultaneously to check performance. It describes types of load testing including performance, capacity, stress, volume, endurance, and regression testing. It also lists some common load testing tools like Apache JMeter, HP LoadRunner, Load Impact, and Siege and provides instructions for preparing to load test applications, specifying pages to test, and interpreting results. It highlights some potential pitfalls to avoid like not overloading the load testing host.
The document provides information on investment opportunities in Jamaica, including both government and private projects. Some key points:
- The Caymanas ICT Park project involves developing 40 acres in the Caymanas Economic Zone into an integrated technology park with 1.2 million square feet of production space hosting up to 21,000 jobs.
- The Naggo Head ICT Park in Portmore aims to develop a technology hub to attract ICT and BPO companies, leveraging the large, educated workforce in the area.
- Various tourism and real estate development projects across Jamaica seek investment, such as resort developments in Negril, Laughlands, and Mosquito Cove.
- Divestment
The document provides an overview of the maritime market in Canada. It notes that the shipbuilding industry in Canada is experiencing rapid expansion and demand is high. Industry players are busy building, modifying, converting, and repairing various vessels including warships, icebreakers, ferries, and offshore platforms. There is particular demand for the latest technology in icebreaking ships and ferries across many regions of Canada. The document outlines some of the leading shipyards across Canada and big projects they are currently working on.
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The port of Los Angeles faces increased competition from expanding ports elsewhere. To maintain its position, the port, businesses, and labor must work together. Recent disruptions showed how vital the port is to the regional economy. The port is investing $1.2 billion to upgrade infrastructure to handle larger ships. It also aims to improve operations and relationships. Cooperation across sectors is needed to ensure the port remains competitive and the major economic driver it currently is for Southern California.
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Lincoln, already known for its Honda manufacturing plant and nearby Talladega Superspeedway, is building a $6 million fishing park that local leaders hope will inject more tourism dollars into the small town off Interstate 20.
About 75 people attended the groundbreaking today for a 38-acre site off Travis Drive, not far from the Honda plant, on the banks of Logan Martin Lake. Officials said they hope the park will be completed by the end of the year, depending on the weather.
The park was designed to host bass fishing tournaments, and will be built to accommodate about 300 truck and boat combinations. It can also be used by recreational fishers, and leaders hope the park will be a catalyst for hotels, restaurants, and other development.
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Professor of Economics and Researcher
adiazbau@gmail.com
1) U.S. seaports on both coasts are experiencing major expansions to accommodate increasing international trade and address infrastructure challenges, which will have significant economic impacts both domestically and abroad.
2) The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach face capacity constraints by 2014, forcing supply chain organizations to rely more on alternative West Coast ports in Oakland, Seattle, and Mexican ports. Several East Coast ports are expanding to handle larger ships unable to dock in shallow New York/New Jersey.
3) Inland ports provide additional logistical support and may shorten lead times as coastal ports face ongoing congestion issues. Maintaining port capacity and infrastructure is crucial for supply chain efficiencies.
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This document provides an overview of the US shipbuilding industry, including major shipyards, ship types, and key players. It discusses the major US shipbuilding regions and states, total industry economic impact, and types of vessels delivered annually. It also profiles major US shipbuilders and shipyard locations. Finally, it summarizes the US cruise ship industry, major cruise ship owners, and Florida's dominance as a cruise embarkation point.
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Lincoln, already known for its Honda manufacturing plant and nearby Talladega Superspeedway, is building a $6 million fishing park that local leaders hope will inject more tourism dollars into the small town off Interstate 20.
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adiazbau@gmail.com
1) U.S. seaports on both coasts are experiencing major expansions to accommodate increasing international trade and address infrastructure challenges, which will have significant economic impacts both domestically and abroad.
2) The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach face capacity constraints by 2014, forcing supply chain organizations to rely more on alternative West Coast ports in Oakland, Seattle, and Mexican ports. Several East Coast ports are expanding to handle larger ships unable to dock in shallow New York/New Jersey.
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The Panama Canal Expansion is due to be completed by the end of 2014 / start of 2015. It will massively affect trade between Asia & the US, given the accessibility larger ships will then have directly to US Gulf and East Coast ports. The expansion will allow Post Panamax ships that can carry up to 12,500 TEU (20 foot containers) to transit the Panama Canal, the current limit for Panamax ships is 4,800. This is basically a 160% increase in the capacity of container ships that can transit the Panama Canal. This also applies to bulk ships used to transit ores, grains & coal, as well as to LNG and Oil tankers. It is going to open up significant traffic for East Coast & Gulf ports. In this presentation the impacts of the Panama Canal on the US, its' ports, supply chains are looked at. As well as importantly the impact it could have for investors in various assets.
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This document provides an overview of the PortMiami Tunnel project in Miami, Florida. It describes the decades of planning that went into addressing traffic congestion around the port, and the five years it took to construct the tunnel from 2009 to 2014. Key aspects discussed include the use of a tunnel boring machine to excavate the underground passageways, challenges faced with hard rock and coral, and how waste material was used to create a new park. The public-private partnership model is credited with completing the project on time and under budget.
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― Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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- While some layoffs have occurred in Fort McMurray due to the economic downturn, local officials say the impact has been minimal and signs of the overheated economy remain.
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This presentation discusses Consolidated Water's business providing desalination plants and water distribution systems. It highlights the global need for water and Consolidated Water's competitive advantages in using best available technology. The presentation provides an overview of Consolidated Water's financial performance, existing operations, and growth strategy pursuing new projects in Mexico and Indonesia to expand into new markets.
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Despite financial woes, Jamaica aims to become global port hub and transform economy
1. Despite financial woes, Jamaica aims to become global port
hub and transform economy
In this Jan. 21, 2014
photo, shows the
uninhabited, mangrove-
fringed Goat Islands in
southern Jamaica. A
skirmish has been
brewing between the
Jamiacan government
and the conservation
lobby over a
transshipment port to
be developed by state-run China Harbor Engineering Co. that is planned for the uninhabited Goat
Islands in a swath of the island's biggest protected area. (AP Photo/Jamaica Environment Trust,
Jeremy Francis)The Associated Press
This Jan. 25, 2014 photo, shows a sandy beach with the remains of an old wharf on uninhabited
2. Little Goat Island, Jamaica. The island is one of two outlying cays fringed by mangroves located less
than a mile off the southern Jamaican town of Old Harbor. A skirmish has been brewing between the
Jamaican government and the conservation lobby over a transshipment port to be developed by
state-run China Harbor Engineering Co. that is planned for the uninhabited Goat Islands in a swath
of the island's biggest protected area. (AP Photo/David McFadden)The Associated Press
In this Jan. 25, 2014 photo, a fishing boat rests on a sandy beach of uninhabited Little Goat Island,
Jamaica. The island is one of two outlying cays fringed by mangroves located less than a mile off the
southern Jamaican town of Old Harbor. A skirmish has been brewing between the Jamaican
government and the conservation lobby over a transshipment port to be developed by state-run
China Harbor Engineering Co. that is planned for the uninhabited Goat Islands in a swath of the
island's biggest protected area. (AP Photo/David McFadden)The Associated Press
3. This Feb. 1, 2014 photo shows Kingston Harbor, Kingston, Jamaica, a natural deepwater port that is
roughly 10 miles long and two miles wide. The Caribbean country aims to become a logistics hub
when bigger, deeper-drafting ships start crossing through the expanded Panama Canal. Among
other things, plans call for the creation of special economic zones and an expansion of the island's
airports, roads and existing container terminal. (AP Photo/David McFadden)The Associated Press
OLD HARBOR, Jamaica - Â This hardscrabble harbor town on Jamaica's southern coast seems an
unlikely contender in an emerging regional competition over the shipping routes that fuel global
trade.
But as Jamaica joins a rush to lure the bigger, deeper-drafting boats expected to cross an expanded
Panama Canal by mid-2015, political leaders and civic boosters envision the Old Harbor area as a
cornerstone of what theyenvision as a transformative, dream development for the Caribbean island.
Jamaica aims to become a global logistical hub when mammoth "post-Panamax" ships start carrying
a growing share of cargo, much of it from China. So far, construction hasn't started, but blueprints
call for an expansion of the island's existing container terminal, airports and roads while a Chinese
engineering company develops a $1.5 billion transshipment port on a couple of mangrove-fringed
islands just off Old Harbor.
"The proposed transformation of Jamaica into a world-class logistics center is unquestionably the
most ambitious and far-reaching project on which this nation has been engaged since we became an
independent state over 50 years ago," said Francis Kennedy, president of the Jamaica Chamber of
Commerce.
All over the Caribbean, the Panama Canal expansion, despite its recent delays, has caused no
shortage of countries to think big. With Brazilian financing, Cuba recently started developing a new
port it hopes can play a major role in global logistic chains. Ports in places like the Bahamas,
Colombia and Miami are also busily strengthening infrastructure.
4. In Jamaica, technical studies to evaluate the dredging of Kingston Harbor to 15.5 meters were
recently completed and bidders have been pre-qualified. Kingston's busy container terminal is
expected to be privatized and turned over to an international operator soon. And the government has
been busily meeting with investors from China, the U.S., Germany and other nations.
The plans have excited many in this country of 2.7 million people known mostly for its beaches,
reggae music and dominant Olympic sprinters. Industry Minister Anthony Hylton said it's such a
high stakes competition that he is "up at nights, frequently in the wee hours of the morning,
cognizant of the fact that the future of our economy depends on us getting this initiative right."
Yet it's far from clear whether debt-shackled Jamaica can realize its ambitious goals, despite its
strategic location by busy sea lanes between North, Central and South American markets. Jamaica
has had one of the world's slowest growing economies over the past four decades and a four-year
loan package with the International Monetary Fund is propping up the island.
Those economic woes severely limit Jamaica's ability to invest in the project, which is estimated to
cost as much as $15 billion. That means the private sector would need to provide almost all of the
financing.
Damien King, head of the economics department at Jamaica's campus of the University of the West
Indies, said the plans are worth pursuing but transforming Jamaica into a logistics center would
require a huge level of public sector organization and management.
"It is far from obvious that the Jamaican government can muster that even with throwing a
disproportionate share of its capacity at the problem," King said.
At the same time, a skirmish has been brewing between the government and the conservation lobby
over the proposed port to be developed by state-run China Harbor Engineering Co. on the
uninhabited Goat Islands in a swath of Portland Bight, the island's biggest protected area.
Environmentalists argue the port would have a devastating impact on a coastal zone that was
shielded in 1999 to safeguard reefs, mangroves and fish nurseries.
Diana McCaulay of the watchdog group Jamaica Environment Trust has called for more public
consultation about the China-financed port but requests for more information have been denied.
Without knowing specifics of the deal, she said it's impossible to assess the benefits.
"I don't understand those who are uncritically accepting that there will be sufficient benefits to
destroy one of our protected areas," she said, adding that her environmental group is not opposed to
a logistics hub in Jamaica but is fighting against a big transshipment port in the Portland Bight area.
To fuel the hoped-for revival, the government plans to cluster global companies into as many as 16
special economic zones and pitch incentive schemes comparable to those offered in logistic centers
like Dubai and Singapore. One of Jamaica's main goals is to convince companies to outsource parts
of their production there and bring the country into the global supply chain.
Officials also hope that warehousing and manufacturing operations will add value to partly finished
products shipped from China that are destined for North America and elsewhere.
"Stockpiling goods in Jamaica will mean that it will take a day or two to be delivered as opposed to
weeks when ordered directly from China," said Eric Deans, chairman of a task force to advance the
hub plans.
5. Paul Bingham, head of economic analysis at consulting firm CDM Smith, which specializes in large
water and transportation infrastructure, said he wouldn't discount the impact of the "post-Panamax"
ships on a country such as Jamaica with a regionally competitive port. But he believes the growth in
regional business will be incremental.
"I don't want to get caught up in hype and say that this will be a revolution for these economies. I
think that's putting too much expectation behind what will likely be netted from the operational
changes," he said.
But in Old Harbor, where badly overfished waters form the spine of the local economy, many say
they're hopeful the island's plans will provide a needed lifeline
"My children, my grandchildren need jobs," said Compton Campbell, a veteran fisherman in his 70s
as he stood by his small battered boat, paint flaking off the sides. "They need opportunities. I believe
this port business will be good for Jamaica."
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