Description
Book SynopsisThis timely book discusses the recent developments in maritime logistics, an important specialized area for the global economy. It includes issues such as the recent economic crisis, port competition and development, and provides insights and trends relating to these issues. Consisting of renowned researchers worldwide, the primary objective of the book identifies some of the new problems and challenges faced and innovative solutions to address these problems.
Table of ContentsPort Development: Maritime Trade Evolutions and Port City Developments in Asia; Scenario Simulation Analysis for the Port Development of Hong Kong Under Changing Business Environment; Evaluation on Ports and Maritime Logistic Systems: A Framework for Modeling Benchmarking Maritime Clusters; Port Competitiveness and Benchmarking Studies; Is Port Throughput a Port Output; The Challenges of Today's Maritime Logistics: A Proposed Systems Approach to the Understanding of a Complex System; A Novel Performance Evaluation Strategy Towards Dealers in the Automotive Supply Chain; OR Studies on Maritime Logistics: A Linearized Approach for the Liner Containership Fleet Planning with Demand Uncertainty; A Yard Allocation Strategy for Export Containers via Simulation and Optimization; Exploring Tanker Market Elasticity with Respect to Oil Production Using FORESIM; Studies on Container Ships: On the Ongoing Increase of Containership Size; Green Maritime Logistics.
