Essays on Comtois

Transport geography refers to the investigation of the movement of people, goods, and information, and the connection between these factors Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack (2013). As a special branch or specialty in geography, transport geography deals with specification of space on the surface of the earth, particularly the location, substance, form, and effects that transportation ha on processes, land cover, and land use. The aim of transport geography is to detect and describe the transportation of people, goods, and information across the earth (Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack, 2013). Transport geography also seeks to identify and explain the effects of transportation on ...

Abstract

The development of the maritime industry and the related cargo operations in particular, is an extremely important and interesting part of the historical development of business relationships and industrialization. One of the turning points in the history is the development of the shipping container, which, according to many professionals and academics, have turned around the industry and had tremendous effect on the business as a whole along with the automatization of the cargo operations.

There are numerous factors, which influence the development of the containerized cargo and bulk transportation. Both modes of transportation are subject to economic, political, social, technological, ...

Ernest Hemingway's “Soldier’s Home” tells the story of a young soldier, Harold Krebs, recently returns from World War I. Krebs returns to his parents home while he attempts to figure out what he wants to do with his life after the war. The reader first sees that the war has a profound impact on Krebs as he cannot readjust to the middle-class life he once knew. The situation is dramatic at best as his mother and father believe that he can re-integrate into the society as though he does not suffer the hardships of the war. Hemingway does not tell ...

North America and Europe are the two main markets that have several similarities in terms of the freight transportation systems, implications of the policy at global level, and globalized trade. But, there are also many differenced in terms of the implication of the logistical strategies in particular territories. North American and European freight transport systems are similar in way that they are trying to configure the logistics and transport networks through the operational decisions and formation of the regulatory framework, which is paving the way to the emergence of the supply chain management practices at the global level. These ...

Market leaders

The modern cruise industry started to develop in the between 1960 and early 1970 where the establishment of Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International in 1972 and 1968 respectively. This two leading cruise liners have remained the largest cruise line and the market leaders in the industry. Since then, the cruise line services were considered as activities for the elite. It is due to this reason that the two leading companies came up with an idea to establish and enhance mass market. This was achieved through economies of scales where the large ships were developed to hold more ...