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Title Maritime logistics : contemporary Issues / edited by Dong-Wook Song, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, Photis M. Panayides, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 289 pages)
Contents Introduction / Dong-Wook Song and Photis M. Panayides -- Part I. Management, Operations and Strategic Issues -- Container Liner Shipping, Port Development and Competition / Adolf K.Y. Ng -- Container Flows and Empty Container Repositioning / Ada Suk Fung Ng -- Port Congestion and Implications to Maritime Logistics / Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander -- Port Choice Model of Transhipment Cargo Using System Dynamics / Nam-Kyu Park, Daniel S.H. Moon and Chae-Kwan Lim -- Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Security / Hokey Min -- Risk Management in Maritime Logistics and Supply Chains / Jasmine Siu Lee Lam -- Information Technology in Maritime Logistics Management : A Case-Based Approach from CoA to SLA / Bjørn E. Asbjørnslett, Haakon Lindstad and Jan Tore Pedersen -- Port Value Chains and the Role of Interdependencies / Thomas K. Vitsounis and Athanasios A. Pallis -- Overview and Gaps in Container Terminal Industry Studies / Ioannis N. Lagoudis -- Part II. Green and Sustainability Issues -- Corporate Social Responsibility in Maritime Logistics / Thomas Pawlik, Philine Gaffron and Patric A. Drewes -- Green Maritime Logistics and Sustainability / Haakon Lindstad, Bjørn E. Asbjørnslett and Jan Tore Pedersen -- Maritime Logistics in EU Green Ports and Short Sea Shipping / Alexandros M. Goulielmos, Venus Y.H. Lun and Kee-Hung Lai -- Assessing the Environmental Impact of Maritime Operations in Ports : A Systems Approach / John Dinwoodie, Sarah Tuck and Harriet Knowles -- Concluding Remarks / Photis M. Panayides and Dong-Wook Song
Summary This book adopts the innovative approach of dealing with the overlap between shipping, ports and logistics and covers current issues having a significant impact on the industry. It brings together leading authorities to consider for the first time maritime logistics, and defines the area, registers its boundaries and contributes to its development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Emerald, viewed December 7, 2020)
Subject Harbors -- Management
Business logistics.
Globalization.
globalism.
Shipping industries.
TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
Harbors -- Management
Globalization
Business logistics
Shipping -- Management
Form Electronic book
Author Song, Dong-Wook, editor
Panayides, Photis M., editor
LC no. 2020303513
ISBN 9781780523415
1780523416
1280120479
9781280120473
1780523408
9781780523408
9786613524331
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