Transport Essay Examples

Federal Express is an express transportation company, founded in 1973 by Frederick W. Smith. During his college years, he recognized that the United States was becoming a service-oriented economy and needed a reliable, overnight delivery service company designed to solely transport packages and documents. He wrote a Yale term paper on this idea, and received […]

The automobile industry in Germany is one of the largest employers in the country, with a strong labour force of over 866,000 (2005) workers in the industry. In addition, Germany has the largest share of passenger car production in Europe with over 29% market share, followed by France (18%), Spain (13%) and the United Kingdom […]

Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. To the general public, aerobatics are synonymous with stunt flying. This is very untrue however, since aerobatic flying involves precisely defined manoeuvres in specially constructed aircraft, limiting risks to the maximum. Aerobatic championships are always flown above a predetermined height, so […]

Green Cabs case study 1. Green Cabs has many opportunities to grow their business into other locations and also diversify into other services (e. g. courier services, shuttles, vans). They have resisted these opportunities to date. Should Green Cabs be taking these growth opportunities? Why or why not? I believe the decision to expand areas […]

Railroads were once regarded as a reminder of a bygone era, before the advent of modern airplanes and widespread automobile ownership. Today, however, rising energy prices and environmental concerns have encouraged a railroad comeback around the world. Railway transport consumes 20 percent less energy than passenger and cargo ships and 60 percent less than automobiles, […]

Despite Virgin America’s numerous awards, acclamations and recent success, the airline is still not classified as a major carrier by the Department of Transportation (DOT). To be considered a major carrier, an airline must achieve $1 billion dollars in operating revenue and meet the Department of Transportation’s requirements on baggage handling, on-time performance and other […]

 An Enterprise is a business that is available for general public use and one such business was started almost 5 decades ago by a man named John Taylor in the year 1957. It was named the Enterprise Rent-a-car and the founders had no idea when they started it that this would become the world’s most […]

Sporting activities have been internationally recognized as a chief source of income to the players, their country of origins, sponsoring clubs and societies above other various beneficiaries. Currently, the sporting activity is achieving a magnificent outlook with many clubs, societies, individuals’ and countries wanting to invest in these activities. Various sporting activities however require different […]

Southwest Airlines Company began about thirty six years ago. In the year 1971, king and Herb Kelleher got together and came up with a decision to putting up an airline that is cheap, fast and comfortable. According to their website, southwest airlines began as a small airline, presently its one of the largest airlines in […]

I decided to do my coursework in the form of a diary. The person I am portraying is a third-class passenger. Wednesday, April 10, 1912, when I arrived I was so amazed at the size of the ship. It is indescribable. Every so often a loud blast from Titanic’s siren rang for miles that it […]

The growth of car ownership was the most important cause of social change in Britain in the 1960s. Explain why you agree or disagree.There are many reasons for why car ownership was a very important factor for the cause of social change in Britain in the 1960’s. However, as well as this there were many […]

Road accident is a global tragedy with ever-raising trend. In Malaysia, it represents a major public problem because of the high number of victims involved and also the seriousness of the consequences for the victim themselves and to their families as well. Accidents are generally classified as single vehicle accidents in which the vehicle is […]

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is world’s largest free ambulance service covering an area of more than 600 square miles with a population of 7 million people. On any given day, LAS transported more than 5,000 patients and handled more than 2,000 telephone calls. LAS employed over 2,700 people, including an operational staff of roughly […]

Race the Strip, Not the Street. One of the fastest growing worldwide sports right now is racing. There are numerous forms of racing but Street Racing is one that is mainly performed by teenagers. Street racing originated from Drag Racing, on a quarter-mile strip. As the sport of street racing began to spread around the […]

Key Success Factors in the Low Cost Airline Business: Low cost airlines strive to meet the basic demand of airline customers – a safe air transport from one location to another location – at a relatively low price. In order to be successful, they have to carry out their business from a certain value-based perspective […]

Introduction This report gives an overview of the different aspects of Project planning and management in Ananda Shipyard and Slipways Ltd. Ms. Sutapa Bhattacharjee, Lecturer, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, orally instructed the students of MBA 42nd batch to prepare a formal business report on any management topic. The students had to form […]

Indian Railways: Five Year Strategic Plan1 Introduction The Indian Railways has a capital base of about Rs. 100000 crore and is often referred to as the lifeline of the Indian economy because of its predominance in transportation of bulk freight and long distance passenger traffic. The network crisscrosses the nation, binding it together by ferrying […]

DHL Express has teamed up with Malaysian postal operator Pos Malaysia to offer a new international express service for shipments to and from the south-east Asian country. The new service, PosPriority Express, is being offered through PosLaju, the postal group’s courier unit. DHL will provide the international express delivery service and customer service, while PosLaju […]

THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS Introduction Third party logistics is an important and growing development within the transport industry. It can be viewed from two perspectives viz. operational point and strategic point. From an operational view, third-party logistics may include all logistics activities that are outsourced to a logistics service provider. Third party logistics is defined as […]

The Airlines Sector The aviation industry in India has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years in terms of kilometers flown as well as customers serviced. The economy of a country is substantially determined by the quality of air transport. The airlines today have made themselves more popular among its customers by various marketing […]

GENERAL OVERVIEW Merloni Company was created in 1930 by Aristide Merloni. After the Second World War Merloni started to expand their range of products, and in the 60s and 70s Merloni was already the biggest producer of high quality domestic appliances, operating in both, Italy and Europe. At some point in the 70s, the company […]

Introduction In the late 1980s, Ford strategists took a good look at the booming luxury-car market and realized they needed a global luxury brand to rival BMW and Mercedes-Benz. They considered acquiring several luxury brands. First on the list was Alfa Romeo. But Ford lost Alfa Romeo when Fiat intervened, with a little help from […]