The Mobilities of Ships and Shipped Mobilities

In the burgeoning field of mobilities studies, the seas and all that moves in, on, across and through them, have not been embraced with the same enthusiasm as mobilities ashore. While trains (Verstraete 2002), planes (Adey 2010) and automobiles (Merriman 2007) have received sustained attention, alongside walking subjects (Middleton 2009), wired networks (Graham 2002) and mobile ideas (Law 1986)…

The containerships of 1999

Ports are the next candidates for radical change. A jumbo containership can move boxes at sea for less than one cent per ton mile, and fast double-stack trains move them overland for less than three cents. A container can cross the Atlantic for $300, but the terminals consume $500 and too much time. The port of 1999 will work 24 hours and seven days a week. It will be manned by a few well-paid …

Linking ocean container carrier capabilities to shipper–carrier relationshi…

As outsourcing and offshoring continue to expand, the ocean container industry serves a critical and still increasing role in supporting global trade. Yet, perceived commoditization and intense price competition among ocean container carriers limit opportunities for competitive advantage and formation of long-term shipper–carrier relationships. This environment ultimately yields an unhealthy …

Interorganizational Governance Value Creation: Coordinating for Information V…

More thoroughly understanding howinterorganizational governance value can be created by information technology and other governance mechanisms is critical for supply chain management. Based primarily on transaction-cost economics and supplemented by the resource-based view, this study investigates how interorganizational governance (i.e., relational governance and virtual integration) can creat…

Impact of scale increase of container ships on the generalised chain cost

In recent years, an increase in the size of the container ships could be observed. The question is how these larger ships will influence the total generalised costs from a port of loading to a destination in the European hinterland. The second question is whether a scale increase of the container ships on other loops, such as a loop from the United States to Europe, has the same impact on the g…

Hatchcoverless container ships: productivity gains from a new technology

The hatchcoverless container ship is an innovative design which improves cargo handling productivity. The paper develops a methodology for measuring the gains. the value which will accrue to the company over the life of the vessel.

Analyzing the economic benefit of unmanned autonomous ships: An exploratory c…

Unmanned autonomous ships are seen as a key element of a competitive and sustainable European shipping industry in future. But even if the technology to further automate ships will principally be available at some point, this does not imply that autonomous vessels are also the superior choice for the ship owner. In the end the success of autonomous vessels depends on their impact on the profita…

Benchmarking the port services: a customer oriented proposal

In recent years, ports have experienced a period of significant growth and development along with intense inter-port rivalry as a consequence of intermodality and hinterland development. It is therefore vital that port management bodies define and implement suitable strategies. This paper aims to adapt the benchmarking technique to the sphere of ports. Compares the activity of a port with tha…

Benchmarking the port services: a customer oriented proposal

In recent years, ports have experienced a period of significant growth and development along with intense inter-port rivalry as a consequence of intermodality and hinterland development. It is therefore vital that port management bodies define and implement suitable strategies. This paper aims to adapt the benchmarking technique to the sphere of ports. Compares the activity of a port with that …

Benchmarking the port services: A customer oriented proposal

In recent years, ports have experienced a period of significant growth and development along with intense inter-port rivalry as a consequence of intermodality and hinterland development. It is therefore vital that port management bodies define and implement suitable strategies. This paper aims to adapt the benchmarking technique to the sphere of ports. Compares the activity of a port with that …

Advances in berthing and mooring of ships and offshore structures

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Practical ship hydrodynamics

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Navigation systems, equipment and aids

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A new approach for understanding hindrances to collaborative practices in the…

The paper attempts to determine whether decision-makers in the manufacturing and retailing industry really wish to implement cooperative logistical relationships in the long term.

Improving Canada’s marine navigation system through e-navigation

The full application and benefits of e-Navigation, as a whole, cannot yet fully be known. Technological developments will continuously change the course of national and international initiatives in the field, and lead the pace of the evolution. However, how countries govern and support the development of e-Navigation is very much within the realm of control. National-level e-navigation governan…

Improving and assessing the impact of e-navigation applications

The scope of this paper is implementation issues of the e-Navigation concept of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). IMO has adopted the e-Navigation strategic implementation plan (SIP) in 2014. This plan, i.a., bases on estimating the effect of e-Navigation applications on reducing navigational accidents, including collisions and groundings of ships falling under the International Co…

Shipboard cargo handling safety guide

This new publication of “Shipboard Cargo Handling Safety Guide” isbased on the safety guide of the same title issued by this department in 1982, and revised with updated safety and health basic knowledge by the Transport & Physical Distribution Industry Safety & Health Committee of the Occupational Safety & Health Council to finalize the edition. The Occupational Safety & Health Council pub…

The Ultimate Guide to Personal Safety On board Ships

While writing this e-book, we have considered that safe practices are not only for engine or deck crew but also for each and every person who boards the ship or sails with the same. It doesn’t matter if you belong to deck, engine, or galley department, when safety of the crew and the ship is at stake, a well planned team effort is what helps to overcome or fight an emergency situation. For a…

Increased collaborative relationships in international logistics: Canadian an…

This article argues that the increased competition and uncertainties faced by corporations and countries as a result of the globalisation and volatility of world trade in the first decade of this century have resulted in new collaborative relationships in international logistics. Evidence, largely from Canada, identifies shifts in corporate relationships. The changes are consistent with expecta…

Total system JIT outcomes: inventory, organization and financial effects

Despite anecdotal evidence of the performance implications of just‐in‐time (JIT) implementation, little empirical research has been conducted. Examines total system JIT’s empirical relationships with a variety of performance outcomes. Total system JIT encompasses JIT purchasing, JIT production, and JIT selling. In a mail survey of 200 logistics executives, total system JIT was found to be…

Determinants of the probability of ship injuries

This study investigates determinants of the probability that an individual on board a ship of a given shipping line will be injured (given that the ship is not involved in an accident). A Probit regression statistical model is used to investigate such determinants when ships are in port and on given types of containerships. Probit estimation results suggest that an individual is less likely to …

Carrier involvement in buyer-supplier strategic partnerships

Refers to the recent trend to utilize strategic alliances and partnerships for securing both goods and services. Additionally, the supply chain management concept is gaining more acceptance as a method of sustaining a competitive advantage in global markets. Although the literatur explores strategic partnerships within both the buyer and supplier context and the shipper and logistics context, t…

Pitfalls in logistics partnerships

In 1973, Distribution magazine published an article by a public warehousing executive which stated the opinion that the relationship between the public warehouse operator and the customer should be one of partnership. An angry response was later published as a letter to the editor. The writer was a food industry logistics executive who also was former editor of the magazine. His attack on the a…

Carrier involvement in buyer-supplier strategic partnerships

Refers to the recent trend to utilize strategic alliances and partnerships for securing both goods and services. Additionally, the supply chain management concept is gaining more acceptance as a method of sustaining a competitive advantage in global markets. Although the literature explores strategic partnerships within both the buyer and supplier context and the shipper and logistics context, …

Partnerships in UK defense procurement

Since the 1998 Strategic Defense Review, the UK Government reversed its competition policy and now seeks to improve defense procurement relationships with industry through partnering. However, at a time when the defense industries are concentrating and globalizing and more and more of the large contracts are being managed under monopoly conditions, substantive relationship improvements are hard…

Supplier relationship management as a macro business process

Increasingly, supplier relationship management (SRM) is being viewed as strategic, process-oriented, cross-functional, and value-creating for buyer and seller, and a means of achieving superior financial performance. This paper seeks to describe a macro level cross-functional view of SRM and to provide a structure for managing business-to-business relationships to co-create value and increase …

Strategic responses to power dominance in buyer-supplier relationships

The purpose of this paper is to identify the strategic options available to a weaker actor to counteract the dominance of a stronger actor in a buyer-supplier relationship, and identifies those factors that influence the choice of individual options.

Developing a scale for proactive improvement within logistics outsourcing rel…

The purpose of this paper is to establish a scale for the measurement of proactive improvement, in general, and then more specifically in terms of cost- and service-focused improvement in logistics outsourcing arrangements.

A supply chain diagnostic tool

How can a third-party logistics (3PL) provider decide whether or not there is a viable opportunity to serve the needs and desires of potential clients? To answer this question, a tool is needed that can help determine if there are problems, inefficiencies, or needed improvements in a client’s, or a potential client’s, supply chain that the 3PL can effectively address. Most diagnostic tools …

A review of the transportation mode choice and carrier selection literature

The purpose of this paper is to categorize transportation choice research (mode choice and carrier selection) leading to insight on themes in the literature and directions for future research

Rigor in qualitative supply chain management research: Lessons from applying …

The purpose of this paper is to share the authors’ experiences of using the repertory grid technique in two supply chain management studies. The paper aims to demonstrate how the two studies provided insights into how qualitative techniques such as the repertory grid can be made more rigorous than in the past, and how results can be generated that are inaccessible using quantitative methods.

Organization-environment relationships : theory for management practice in hu…

The article discusses lessons for executive directors in human service organizations, for managing organization-environment relationships. The first section reviews the three main theories of organizationenvironment relations: ecological theories, institutional theories, and adaptation theories (with emphasis on the political-economy and resource-dependency perspectives). Following this present…

Piracy and shipowners' ethical dilemmas

The purpose of this paper is to use virtue ethics to explore the dilemmas arising for shipowners facing the piracy threat off the coast of Somalia.

Justification and evaluation of dry port investments in Russia

The hinterland infrastructure (e.g. dry ports that tend to bond railways, seaports, warehouses and roads) is one of the vulnerable points of the national economics. In the deficit of financial resources, the modernisation of the current assets and realisation of the new major projects are possible through public private partnerships (PPPs). Notably, the attention is focussed on the options for …

Battening down the hatches : how should the maritime industries weather the �…

This paper investigates the major impacts of the financial tsunami on the maritime industries, notably port and shipping. The maritime industries are still reeling from market declines, with stakeholders still attempting to weather the storm as best as they can through various strategies. However, such strategies are not uniform, where significant diversifications have been noted between maj…

Public-private partnerships for the provision of port infrastructure: an expl…

Public-private cooperation on the level of project finance, and provision of large-scale infrastructure projects, is increasing on the global level. This paper uses a multi-actor analysis, in order to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) for sound implementation of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the port context, and to determine the diverging opinions of stakeholders with regard …

North American inland port development: international vs domestic shipper pre…

Changes in US transportation policy and changing freight flows influenced by NAFTA have refocused the attention of interior states on their transportation infrastructure. Shippers in the landlocked Midwest of the USA have inquired into the feasibility of inland ports that better facilitate domestic and global commerce by providing shared facilities and services. As such, these inland ports repr…

Obstacles to supply chain integration of the performance management process i…

The purpose of this paper is to explain to what degree supplier relationship obstacles and operational tool obstacles hinder supply chain integration of the performance management (PM) process.

Towards a New Era in Ship Registration

Purpose – In the aftermath of the financial crisis, flagging behaviour exhibits different features than before. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current ship registration situation and particularly the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on flagging behaviour in light of national characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an overview of ship registration…

Benchmarking of marine bunker fuel suppliers: the good, the bad, the ugly

The purpose of this paper is to construct a realistic best practice benchmark and develop a methodology for comparison of individual suppliers of marine bunker fuel. As is well-known in this trade, unfair business behaviors in the bunker fuel market are not uncommon, resulting in financial losses for the buyers

Cargo flow and transit impacts on port development

The article analyses the changes of cargo flow structures, the distribution by overseas regions and their potential impact on port development. The analysis on how the cargo type and transit regions influence on the vessel capacity has been carried out. A view on the general range of ship size employed on the Baltic is given. The potential of the Klaipeda seaport is approached in respect of cer…

Unfruitful cooperative purchasing : A case of humanitarian purchasing power

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of cooperative purchasing on buyers’ purchasing power. Purchasing in the humanitarian sector has traditionally been characterized by a low level of coordination due to inter-agency competition for funding, diverging mandates and other organizational differences. Relationships with commercial suppliers have also remained arm's-length and of…

The Importance of Logistics Efficiency to Customer Service and Firm Performance

Logistics is considered to have a significant impact on a manufacturing organization's performance. This research utilizes a pilot study, a large‐scale survey of manufacturing managers, and linear structural relations (LISREL). The research methods develop measures and test relationships among six constructs: physical supply, physical distribution, logistics spanning processes, customer servi…

Social exchange behavior in logistics relationships: a shipper perspective

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Purchasing social responsibility and firm performance: The key mediating role…

This paper aims to examine how socially responsible supply management activities, a term labeled purchasing social responsibility (PSR) in the extant literature, affect a firm’s costs. There has been much debate, and mixed empirical findings, regarding whether socially responsible behavior on the part of companies improves or reduces firm performance.

Interactive vulnerability in buyer-seller relationships: a dyadic approach

The topic is the construct of interactive vulnerability in buyer-seller relationships based upon mutual time- and relationship-dependencies. The research is based upon a selection of focal dyads between a vehicle manufacturer and its most important suppliers. The principal contribution is a framework of operationalization and analysis of the construct of interactive vulnerability and an empiric…

Implementation of SCM in inter-organizational relationships: a symbolic persp…

The purpose of this paper is to investigate supply chain management (SCM) as a management implement from a symbolic perspective on a dyadic level. So far, no research has investigated SCM from such a perspective, although SCM researchers implicitly have noted that it would be useful to have such a study in order to broaden the understanding of theSCMconcept, as such a study allows for the use o…

Honeymoons in supply chain relationships : The effects of financial capital, …

Cooperation in logistics and supply chain management has most often been studied as a characteristic of a focal firm, rather than as a relationship property, and inter-organisational aspects need to be better understood. The purpose of this paper is to draw on insights from theories on individuals and organisations to study recently formed supply chain relationships (SCRs).

Functional/dysfunctional supply chain exchanges

The purpose of this paper is to propose a means-end value chain framework to understand two supply chain party’s values by presenting a value-matching framework.

Exploring the impact of supply chain counterproductive work behaviors on supp…

The purpose of this research is to investigate the dynamics and dimensions of behaviors .of supply chain employees that may impede the success of supply chain relationships