
Maritime Logistics
A Guide to Contemporary Shipping and Port Management
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Maritime Logistics
A Guide to Contemporary Shipping and Port Management
About this book
Sea freight remains overwhelmingly the most common form of transport for goods globally. Grasp the core theories and understand the latest research in maritime logistics, along with how this field operates and contributes to global supply chains, with this key textbook. Maritime Logistics provides a complete overview of the core concepts within this discipline from a range of international expert contributors. This textbook examines the recent developments in the ports and shipping industries including supply chain strategies and emerging, innovative practices. Designed for maritime students and professionals, the structure offers a complete approach with an emphasis on developing a well-rounded knowledge and understanding of the field.The third edition is fully updated with new content on maintenance optimization, supply chain integration, economies of scale within liner shipping and port performance and management. In addition, this edition examines new technologies, considers new and existing risks to the maritime supply chain as well as generally how maritime logistics will continue to evolve. For those seeking to become maritime logistics specialists, this is the authoritative companion.
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Table of contents
- List of figures and tables
- About the editors
- Preface
- Notes on the contributors
- PART ONE Introduction
- 01 Introduction to maritime logistics Dong-Wook Song, Photis M Panayides
- 02 Maritime transport and logistics as a trade facilitatorAlbert Veenstra
- 03 International maritime trade and logistics Funda Yercan, Turkay Yildiz
- 04 Defining maritime logistics and its value Eon-Seong Lee, Hyung-Sik Nam, Dong-Wook Song
- 05 Hinterland logistics and global supply chains Rickard Bergqvist
- 06 Human elements in maritime logistics Cecilia Österman, Anna-Lisa Osvalder
- PART TWO Shipping logistics
- 07 Intermodal freight transport and logistics Katsuhiko Hayashi, Toshinori Nemoto
- 08 Global maritime networks in container shipping César Ducruet, Theo Notteboom
- 09 Supply chain integration of shipping companies Photis M Panayides, Robert Wiedmer, Panayiotis C Andreou, Christodoulos Louca
- 10 Logistics strategy in container shipping Alfred J Baird
- 11 Tanker shipping logistics Robert Desrosiers
- 12 Dry bulk shipping logistics Claude Comtois, Romuald Lacoste
- PART THREE Port logistics
- 13 Dry ports in concept and practice Violeta Roso, Andrea Rosa
- 14 Port-centric logistics in concept and practice Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos, Dong-Wook Song
- 15 Container hub ports in concept and practice Hyung-Sik Nam, Dong-Wook Song
- 16 Multinationalizing container ports: business models and strategies Francesco Parola
- 17 Public-private partnerships and port logistics performance Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, Francesco Parola, Photis M Panayides
- 18 Port and logistics chains: changes in organizational effectiveness Cimen Karatas-Cetin
- 19 Logistics performance of supply chain-oriented ports Su-Han Woo, Stephen Pettit, Anthony Beresford
- PART FOUR Conclusion
- 20 Looking ahead Photis M Panayides, Dong-Wook Song
- Index