2026-09-20T06:47:32Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/321152022-01-13T07:54:52Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131023
John Van Maanen.
Jones, Eric C. (Eric Cooper)
Sloan School of Management.
Sloan School of Management
2006-03-28T19:52:36Z
2006-03-28T19:52:36Z
2005
2005
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32115
63201956
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2005.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92).
On July 31, 2004, the United States Coast Guard stopped the container ship CSAV RIO PUELO off of the Port of New York and New Jersey. The intervention occurred after the United States Department of Agriculture received information that an on board container of Argentine lemons carried a "harmful biological substance." The ship was held at anchor for six days as officials tested containers and weighed options of how to best prevent the release of a hazardous substance. Although the information which triggered the government response later proved to be a hoax, the economic damage to particular businesses was quite real. This thesis explores the broad range of costs - direct, indirect and intangible - incurred by businesses up and down supply chains within the shipping industry. Because the United States government may seek to recover its incident response costs, these intervention expenses have been included as well. The costs reported here were obtained by interviewing representatives of the businesses and government agencies involved in the incident. The case provides decision makers in both business and government a detailed example of the economic costs (real and potential) of Homeland Security interventions leading, presumably, to more informed policy and practice.
by Eric C. Jones.
M.B.A.
92 p.
680913 bytes
680308 bytes
application/pdf
application/pdf
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
Sloan School of Management.
International economic effects of halting the voyage of CSAV RIO PUELO
Thesis
application/pdf
false
Publication
unknown
unknown
<Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="30ab85f2-dbd9-45bf-a5ae-7632f343e476">
<Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type>
<Language>eng</Language>
<Title>International economic effects of halting the voyage of CSAV RIO PUELO</Title>
<PublishedIn>
<Publication>
</Publication>
</PublishedIn>
<PublicationDate>2005</PublicationDate>
<Authors>
<Author>
<DisplayName>Jones, Eric C. (Eric Cooper)</DisplayName>
<Affiliation>
<OrgUnit>
</OrgUnit>
</Affiliation>
</Author>
</Authors>
<Editors>
</Editors>
<Publishers>
<Publisher>
<DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName>
<OrgUnit />
</Publisher>
</Publishers>
<License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License>
<Keyword>Sloan School of Management.</Keyword>
<Abstract>On July 31, 2004, the United States Coast Guard stopped the container ship CSAV RIO PUELO off of the Port of New York and New Jersey. The intervention occurred after the United States Department of Agriculture received information that an on board container of Argentine lemons carried a "harmful biological substance." The ship was held at anchor for six days as officials tested containers and weighed options of how to best prevent the release of a hazardous substance. Although the information which triggered the government response later proved to be a hoax, the economic damage to particular businesses was quite real. This thesis explores the broad range of costs - direct, indirect and intangible - incurred by businesses up and down supply chains within the shipping industry. Because the United States government may seek to recover its incident response costs, these intervention expenses have been included as well. The costs reported here were obtained by interviewing representatives of the businesses and government agencies involved in the incident. The case provides decision makers in both business and government a detailed example of the economic costs (real and potential) of Homeland Security interventions leading, presumably, to more informed policy and practice.</Abstract>
<Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right"
>
</Access>
</Publication>