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Maritime logistics : contemporary issues / edited by Dong-Wook Song, Photis M. Panayides. - 1 online resource (viii, 289 pages).

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prelims -- Introduction -- MAnagement, operations and strategic issues -- Container liner shipping, port development and competition -- Container flows and empty container repositioning -- Port congestion and implications to maritime logistics -- Port choice model of transhipment cargo using system dynamics -- Maritime logistics and supply chain security -- Risk management in maritime logistics and supply chains -- Information technology in maritime logistics management: a case-based approach from CoA to SLA -- Port value chains and the role of interdependencies -- Overview and gaps in container terminal industry studies -- Green and sustainability issues -- Corporate social responsibility in maritime logistics -- Green maritime logistics and sustainability -- Maritime logistics in EU green ports and short sea shipping -- Assessing the environmental impact of maritime operations in ports: a systems approach -- Concluding remarks.

ISBN: 9781780523415

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shipping--Management.
Business logistics.
Transportation--Ships & Shipbuilding--General.
Shipping industries.

LC Class. No.: HE571 / .M37 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 387.5

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 656.6