LOGISTICS ASPECTS

Logistics Aspects of Transport

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Logistics Aspects of Transport

Introduction

Ship transport is a watercraft that carries passengers and cargo from one place to another. Sea transport is assumed to be the largest carrier for the long distant places. In order to carry out the global manufacturing operations, Australian military and commercial boat builder Austal has selected the Philippines as the future center, taking the benefits of the competitive labor costs without sacrificing the quality of work. It has been observed that the rate of the passengers travelling through ship is decreased because of aviation, it is observed to be very effective for pleasure cruises and short trips. People prefer traveling through ship because travel by ship is much cheaper as compare to the travel by air. Ship travel can be over any distance by sailboat, barge or boat over lakes and oceans. Shipping is done for the purpose of military, recreation and transport. Any material that has to be moved can be moved through ships but it takes long duration to migrate through ships. Australians believed that it seems to be uncompetitive for them to design and build ships in Australia. This is the reason due to which they suggested to transfer the technology progressively and systematically from Australia to the Philippines. This made them centre of quality and excellence for all the things commercially and economically. They selected Philippines because of their efficiency and high level of quality and progress. It is assumed that work ethics and right skills and the location of the country are also found to be a clear take-off point for their Asian-centric expansion.

Discussion

This company was first established in Perth, Australia, a place to make bulk of commercial vessels. The most noticeable deliveries of the company are the passenger ships that were further utilized in the traveling among different cities of Hong Kong, China and Macau. This company also provides the car and passenger vessels operating inter-island routes in Greece. The second location of Austal is established by the Gulf of Mexico and it is operated in Mobile, Alabama. The ships for the purpose of defense are focused by the shipyard of United States. In order to facilitate the US Navy warships have been building by the company since 2006. This company has its specialty in trimarans and catamarans that are comprised of a number of thin hulls in order to cope with the rough tides of the sea. There are almost 200 employees working in Balamban, the company has an effective plan to hire 150 more people to expand its business and increase the progress of the business. Balban has built the first ever kind of Austal in order to facilitate the wind-farm operators in Europe. With the increase in demand the Balamban facility brought by the company from the Aboitiz group for $8 million last year, could employ thousands of workers. This is related the establishment of a long term manufacturing ability in Philippines that will result in sustainable and industry-leading in ...