Abstract: Following the financial tsunami many organisations are facing greater risks to their sustainability. Strategic collaborations in logistics networks, of which ports are a significant node, reduce risks for all organisations in the network, increase an organisation's ability to access...

Abstract:The discussion of this paper is based on an empirical study conducted in February 2010 as the first stage of a comprehensive study on the understanding and management of intangible resources by senior managers of international container lines and their agents based in Sri Lanka....

Abstract: Bulk shipping is a highly competitive market that is subject to volatile freightrates caused by imbalance between demand and supply as well as changes in input costs.As such companies constantly face challenges of being competitive in the market andmaking profit. This highlights...

Maritime operations have global interface functions connecting supply chain networks on a transportation and distribution platform of international, regional, and domestic trade. These maritime operations have the potential capability to generate wide-scale disruptive effects to other tiers in...