Different firms in multimodal hinterland networks, such as terminal operators, freight forwarders, information service providers, infrastructure managers, shippers and receivers, aim to contribute to a better performance of the overall supply chain. Terminal operators, for instance, are more and...

Indian dry ports (inland cargo-consolidation and distribution centres) are expected to play a pivotal role in connecting the North Indian heartland with the gateway seaports of Mundra, JNPT and Chennai. However, in this process, dry ports contribute considerably to the vexing problem of...

This article reviews the development paths of dry ports in China. Dry ports have emerged as an integral part of trade facilitation in China in the last decade and have played an important role in regional and economic development. The emergence of dry ports (offshore ports) is driven partly by...

This article investigates the spatial evolution of dry ports in Brazil, focusing on the State of Sao Paulo. We investigate how seaport development has affected the evolutionary pattern of dry port configuration in the State of Sao Paulo; and why dry ports in the State of Sao Paulo have not been...

The use of revenue management methods is still an up and coming topic in the liner shipping industry. In many liner shipping companies, decisions on container bookings are made by skilled employees without, or with little use of, decision support systems. Also in the literature, only a few...

Hong Kong is an international port heavily influenced by the ‘active non-interventionist’ policy and, until very recently, segregated from China's national/regional planning due to its special political and economic status. However, the port is now facing considerable challenges, notably...

Fuzzy time series (FTS) is a method of making educated guesses by using fuzzy intervals, which correspond to time series clusters. It is also useful for data noise reduction and is based on rule-based forecasting. The aim of this article is to develop a vector autoregressive fuzzy integrated...

This research article examines the Australian domestic freight transport market, focusing on the decision-making process by which cargo interests and their agents make mode choice allocation decisions between land-based transport and coastal shipping. It evaluates the willingness to pay (WTP)...

Shipping markets are typically volatile in nature, as manifest in the dynamics of freight rates. According to shipowners’ risk propensity, volatility-related decisions vary from what kind of contract (time/voyage charter) to engage in to whether to enter/exit the business. After a sharp drop...