While inter-organizational information integration is believed to benefit supply chain management (SCM), prior studies have shown mixed results. Based on Organizational Information Processing Theory, we question this belief and highlight the importance of information technology (IT)-enabled...

Container shipping and its related service sectors help accelerate globalization of the world economy. This industry has been experiencing rapid growth, prompting container terminal operators to increase their handling capacity in response. Providing container terminal services requires...

As the management of returned products is fast becoming a business trend caused by pressure for compliance, asset recovery is increasingly viewed as a fertile area for firms to reduce cost and improve quality. Environmental management is a viable approach for Chinese manufacturers to respond to...

This article presents a detailed historical overview of the existence of the largest railway in the world, which runs for 5,867 miles and connects Far East with Western Europe. Over the years it gained many names, such as Trans Siberian Land Bridge, Trans Siberian Route, Trans Siberian Line and...

Changes in world trade and the shipping environment have created ever-increasing competition between ports in North-east Asia, especially Korea and China. Following intensive state investment in port developments through large-scale projects, Chinese ports now threaten to oust Busan in Korea as...

Shipping is a highly internationalised industry working in an increasingly globalised environment. Meanwhile, policy-making in shipping continues to be formulated within a traditional nested hierarchy of jurisdictions that pays little attention to new relationships that exist and intensify...

A model is developed to identify the comparative positioning of Turkish ferry operators vis-a-vis their European Union competitors in the Eastern Mediterranean market. Given the nature of the ferry business, the model is based on principles of service marketing. The paper concentrates on the...

This paper presents a normative model for efficient goods movement promoting supply chain integration in developing economies. Supply chains encompass a holistic throughput of goods movements to and from partner organisations including internal and external suppliers. Similarly, multimodal...

This paper provides an analysis of the role of pipelines in urban areas for the distribution of freight -- an idea that has been considered, and even attempted occasionally over the last 150 years. No attempt has been made previously to pull together the relevant literature, and this paper...

This article aims to analyze the potential of Iranian ports for carrying some containerized cargo, from the Far East to the European Union, which is usually transported via traditional shipping routes. The idea of diverting cargo via an ‘Iran route’ emerged from an examination of economic,...