Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics Making Global Supply Chains Effective

This book focuses on the impact of ocean transport logistics on global supply chains. It is the first book solely dedicated to the topic, linking the interaction of parties along this chain, including shippers, terminal operators and line carriers. While ocean container transport logistics has been...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lee, Chung-Yee (Editor), Meng, Qiang (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Container Terminal Operation: Innovation, Trend, Competition and Business
  • Model
  • Innovative Container Terminals to Improve Global Container Transport Chains
  • Container Terminal Operation: Current Trends and Future Challenges
  • Container port competition in Europe
  • Container Port Competition and Competitiveness Analysis: Asian Major Ports
  • Choosing a Business Model of Container Terminal Operations
  • Part II: Shipping Liners: Tactical and Operational Management
  • Empty Container Repositioning
  • Robust Optimization Approach to Empty Container Repositioning in Liner Shipping
  • Disruption Management for Liner Shipping
  • Bunker Purchasing in Liner Shipping
  • Ship Route Schedule based Interactions between Container Shipping Lines and Port Operators
  • Slow Steaming in Maritime Transportation: Fundamentals, Trade-offers and Decision models
  • Efficient Global Container Chain port Network Design
  • Part III:  Shippers and Global Supply Chain Management
  • Purchasing Transportation Services from Ocean Carriers
  • Ocean transport and the facilitation of trade
  • Modelling Global Container Freight Transport Demand
  • Competition and Co-operation in Maritime Logistics Operations
  • Hinterland transportation in container supply chains
  • Green corridors and their possible impact on the European supply chain