"This book provides a coherent and systematic view of the key concepts, principles and techniques in maritime container transport and logistics chains including all the main segments: international maritime trade and logistics, freight logistics, container logistics, vessel logistics, port and...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Overview of container logistics and maritime transport -- 1.1 Maritime transport and maritime logistics -- 1.2 Container shipping...

Placing special emphasis on the significant security issues associated with modern container international transport, this book provides in-depth exploration on both the US and European Union port and shipping policy, and that of wider international trade. The authors take an original and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyse the risks in container shipping operations from a logistics perspective. In the paper, risks associated with the three flows in logistics − information, physical, and payment flow are identified and analysed....

This paper considers the problem of joint cargo routing and empty container repositioning at the operational level for a shipping network with multiple service routes, multiple deployed vessels and multiple regular voyages. The objective is to minimize the total relevant costs in the planning...