Abstract: Economic Analysis of Port Operations and Development The Port Planning Process Port Development Port Design and Equipment Selection Models and Analytical Techniques for Port Development Port Project Management Port Operations and Management Future Port Development Appendixes Index.

Abstract: This paper attempts to identify and adjust for several shortcomings of previous port impact studies in the estimation of primary port economic impact. These shortcomings are found to create the potential for both positive and negative bias. Also presented in this paper is a technique for circumventing several practical problems in the estimation of secondary economic impact. These adjustments are applied to estimate the economic impact of the Port of Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Abstract: A port simulation model (Monte Carlo type) is presented to simulate the future economic port capacity to meet projected cargo demand. The first part of the model determines the effects caused by the port capacity expansion. The second part evaluates the port economics due to changes in the port capacity. The simulation model was tested by applying it to the actual port expansion followed at the Port of Mobile in Alabama.

Abstract: Services that link buyer and seller across nations and continents have long been a part of city and port development, but have not attracted much research interest, perhaps because they remain (like their statistical record) ‘invisible’. Technical and structural change in the organisation of shipping, reflected largely in containerisation, have changed the context for these services and they have responded in a variety of ways. Data in this paper trace the location of a selection of these services in the USA and Australia, indicating a separation between services and negotiations on aspects of trade services, and new patterns of physical activity in trade. It is suggested that this separation may be facilitated by the standardisation that has come with containerisation, the importance of intercorporate linkages, the role of official markets, and the application of modern communication technology. These aspects account for the clustering of services in large cities and their separation from day-to-day trad...

Abstract: A communication system includes station ports for connecting station sets to the system. A port circuit includes a number of conference registers which are not dedicated to particular station ports but rather are assigned as needed to port circuits. When a request is made to form an N party conference call, N-2 available ones of the conference registers are then assigned to each port of the port circuit which is involved in the resulting conference call connection.

Abstract: A double solenoid valve especially for anti-lock braking (ABS) applications has a normally open conduit for connection to a first port fluidically in series with a normally closed conduit between second and third ports. A slow two-way path continuously connects the second port. The double valve when used in ABS can handle incipient locking, actual locking, quick releasing to normal after emergency anti-lock action, and purge modes.

Abstract: A multi-port valve assembly for controlling the flow of fluid through a plurality of outlet ports. A valve housing defines a common inlet and a plurality of outlet ports. A valve member corresponds to each outlet port for controlling fluid flow through the respective port. Each valve member is independently adjustable for separately adjusting fluid flow characteristics through its respective port. All of the valve members are conjointly movable for controlling fluid flow through all the outlet ports simultaneously.

Abstract: A system for interconnecting an intelligent controller to a plurality of terminal devices includes a software module, a microprocessor and a device adapter having a plurality of output ports The system operates under the control of said software module When the system is powered up, a status for the output ports is assumed and tested under control of a configuration register If the test is successful, the terminal port remains in that state; if unsuccessful, the state of the terminal port is reversed The system permits an exchange of operating modes in the terminal devices associated with one port without adversely affecting operation of the remaining ports in the system

Abstract: A high speed M-stack fall-through FIFO memory system is disclosed which reduces fall-through delay and which permits at least a doubling of the maximum shift rates at input and output ports. Input port data may be entered in one of M physical memory locations and output port data may be read from one of M physical memory locations.

Abstract: This training manual deals with the main operating and maintenance features of container-handling equipment. They have been developed for World Bank staff involved in the preparation and appraisal of port projects which include investment in container-handling systems. The materials will also be valuable to those senior policy makers and managers in the governments and port authorities of developing countries who are involved in the selection of equipment and the preparation and appraisal of projects submitted to the World Bank and other international lending agencies. The desired outcomes of the training are a more informed and productive communication between the principals involved in port container investment projects and an improvement in the equipment selection process. The materials will also focus attention on the equipment management function and assist port authorities and terminal operators to select the most appropriate equipment for the operating conditions and maintenance capabilities of their ports.

Abstract: PURPOSE:To attain the automatic processing of a vehicle entering into a reserved parking zone by reading out number plate information and deciding whether the vehicle is a reserved vehicle or an unreserved one. CONSTITUTION:Parking zone information is supplied from a display part 10 through a terminal equipment 8 set up on a place such as a telephone box other than the parking zone and park reserving information is inputted from a card insertion port 9 or a key operation part 11 to receive a parking request. Information such as the number plate of the vehicle is recorded in a portable card 12 of a user by a key operation part 11 in the terminal equipment 8. Number plate readers 4 are set up on the inlet 1 and outlet 5 of the parking zone, the number plate of the entered vehicle is read out and collated with that of the reserved vehicle, and when the number plate read out at the outlet coincides with the number read out at the inlet, entrance/exit processing such as the calculation of the parking time and parking fee of the vehicle concerned and the adjustment of the parking fee is automatically executed.

Abstract: This book describes the circumstances in which the choice of development projects is made, defining the roles of the promoter, the professional and the financier. It contains chapters on the following transport related subjects: roads, railways, ports, airports and tourism. (TRRL)

Abstract: The board game apparatus is intended primarily to provide a game involving trading, negotiating, and sailing. In order that the principle of the invention can be readily understood, a single embodiment thereof is discussed. The object of the game is to accumulate wealth through transporting goods on a cargo sloop and trading with other players. The game apparatus allows the sloops to be realistically sailed from port to port purchasing and trading cargo. Movement of the sloop is governed by wind, tide, current and the skill of the player. An array of playing spaces arranged in a grid allows a plurality of paths between any two ports. Value of the cargo changes as it is transported from port to port increasing as the distance from the port of origin increases, which reflects the added cost of transportation. A doubling of cargo value occurs if the market for that commodity is cornered. Unforeseen events during the game may resupply cargo at ports. Thus, trading of cargo is stimulated. Eventually, cargo at the ports is depleted, sloops are removed from service, and the player with the greatest accumulated wealth wins the game.

Abstract: A flow-control valve has a valve housing defining a chamber formed with ally offset source, sump, and user ports A valve body in the chamber has first and second coaxial but axially independently movable parts, the first part having a mainly axial throughgoing passage having one end exposed continuously to one of the source and sump ports and an opposite axially open end axially sealingly engageable with the second valve part A central seat between the source and sump ports is axially sealingly engageable with one of the valve parts to isolate one of the source and sump ports from the other of the source and sump ports The parts are displaceable between one end position permitting flow in the chamber between the user and the other port while blocking flow between same and the one port with the valve parts in sealing engagement with each other and the one valve part out of engagement with the central seat, an intermediate position blocking flow in the chamber between the ports with the valve parts in sealing engagement with each other with the one valve part in sealing engagement with the central seat, and a drain end position permitting flow in the chamber between the user and one port while blocking flow between same and the other port

Abstract: LAND USE (PUBLIC, PRIVATE, NON-PORT), SERVICES (LONGSHORE, PILOTS, CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS, FUMIGATION), PORT AUTHORITIES

Abstract: A convertible high or low pressure pilot valve adapted to selectively control fluid flow between a common port and a supply port or exhaust port by moving a band of orifices in a plunger that is slidably disposed within the valve past an O-ring seal disposed between the supply port and the exhaust port so as to establish fluid communication between the common port and the supply port whenever the band is aligned with the supply port through a unitary axial bore in the plunger that maintains fluid communication with the common port or between the common port and the exhaust port through the same axial bore, whenever the band is aligned with the exhaust port or to block fluid communication between the common port, the supply port, and the exhaust port whenever the band is disposed between the supply port and the exhaust port in such manner that the O-ring bridges the orifices in such band.