Current issues in shipping, ports and logistics / Theo Notteboom (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Notteboom, Theo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipping--Management--Congresses.

Shipping.

Harbors--Management--Congresses.

Harbors.

Business logistics--Congresses.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brussels, Belgium : University Press Antwerp, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together an international network of leading scholars, this multidisciplinary book unravels some of the most pressing challenges to shipping, ports, and logistics. Divided into five parts--shipping, the analysis of flows and networks, terminal operations and performance, logistics, and port development and governance--this record is an essential read for practitioners in the maritime and logistics world, postgraduate students, policy makers, and professional organizations. As market players expand and improve their services in line with increased requirements on rates, reliability, environmental footprint, and safety and security, this compendium encourages further systematic thinking.

Contents:

""Front ""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART 1""; ""CHAPTER 1""; ""CHAPTER 2""; ""CHAPTER 3""; ""CHAPTER 4""; ""CHAPTER 5""; ""CHAPTER 6""; ""CHAPTER 7""; ""PART 2""; ""CHAPTER 8""; ""CHAPTER 9""; ""CHAPTER 10""; ""CHAPTER 11""; ""CHAPTER 12""; ""CHAPTER 13""; ""CHAPTER 14""; ""PART 3""; ""CHAPTER 15""; ""CHAPTER 16""; ""CHAPTER 17""; ""CHAPTER 18""; ""CHAPTER 19""; ""PART 4""; ""CHAPTER 20""; ""CHAPTER 21""; ""CHAPTER 22""; ""CHAPTER 23""; ""CHAPTER 24""; ""PART 5""; ""CHAPTER 25""; ""CHAPTER 26""; ""CHAPTER 27""; ""CHAPTER 28""; ""CHAPTER 29""; ""CHAPTER 30""; ""CHAPTER 31""

""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 29, 2013).

OCLC:

922966379