Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine an organization’s operational alignment in the process of alliance formation. Design/methodology/approach – A literature study was conducted on the strategic importance of assessing and aligning organizations’ operations for alliancing. Furthermore, an instrumental case study was conducted to provide insight in the degree of op…
Purpose This case study maps the perceived collaboration between public, private, and volunteer organizations during maritime crisis work, with a substantive focus on communication, information flow, and distribution of activities. The exercise studied was held in the far north in Norway. It was estimated to be Europe’s most extensive exercise in 2016. Design The data were collected through …
Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend knowledge on service quality and how it is defined and thus, managed, in the context of maritime transport by proposing and testing a new conceptual model of service quality. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a sample of 197 shipping companies, port operators and freight forwarders/logistics service providers, employing t…
Abstract Purpose – In the context of organizational aesthetics, “built environments” remain under-explored. The purpose of this paper is to enter the maritime world of ship architectures to navigate sensory-aesthetic knowledge of a sailor’s place-based memories. Design/methodology/approach – Challenges have been issued to explore the potential for artistic-sensual methodologies to b…
Abstract Purpose –The purpose of this study is to evaluate empirically the impact of intrafirm resources, interfirm relationships, and logistics service capabilities on logistics performance in the container logistics context. Design/methodology/approach –Factor analysis was employed to identify the key intrafirm resources (i.e. tangible assets and intangible assets), interfirm relation…
The New York City Department of Sanitation operates the world's largest refuse marine transport system. Waste trucks unload their cargo at land-based transfer stations where refuse is placed in barges and then towed by tugboats to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island. In the early 1980s, the city commissioned the development of a computer-based model for use in fleet sizing and opera…
Abstract Purpose – As fire doors are passive fire protection parts, the doors have to be certified through standard fire tests. It is usual practice to perform the standard fire testing on the components which require the fire certification. However, some gas turbine enclosure doors are too large to test at the test facility and hence the fire resistance test is practically not possible. The…
Abstract Purpose – The aim of this study is to determine the nature and extent of the threat of global maritime piracy. The cost of global piracy has been estimated at USD15-25 billion, reaching an all-time high in 2011, remaining an ongoing threat to world trade and contributing to high commodity costs.
Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to forecast inbound and outbound container throughput for Bangkok Port to 2041 and uses the results to inform the future planning and management of the port’s container terminal. Design/methodology/approach – The data used cover a period of 16 years (192 months of observations). Data sources include the Bank of Thailand and the Energy Policy and Plannin…
Abstract Purpose – The main goal of this research is to examine the effect of knowledge management capabilities on supply chain management practices and organizational performance in firms, in addition to examining the effect of supply chain management on organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – To demonstrate the effect of knowledge management capabilities on supply chain…
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to report an explicit taxonomy of maritime operations (MO) to guide Harbour Masters (HM)s of smaller ports in planning more sustainable operations. Design/methodology/approach – This research presents strategies for building theory to promote more sustainable port management in a two-stage research design. Starting from a base taxonomy in research stag…
Abstract Purpose – Supply chain resilience (SCR) is essential to the success of firms. However, very few studies have focused on the relationships between different types of integration, SCR and service performance from the perspective of third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The purpose of this paper is to develop and assesses a conceptual model for these relationships. Design/methodolog…
Abstract Purpose – There is a great deal of concern among the Egyptian economy that small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) potentials are not fully used although they dominate it and contribute to its success. The question is what challenges are preventing those SMEs from performing efficiently. This research aims to focus on examining the issues regarding the supply chain of Egypt…
Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to explore the coordination mechanism of cost sharing for green food production and marketing between a food producer and a supplier who both contribute to sales of green food. Design/methodology/approach – This paper first develops demand functions for both a food supplier and a producer, considering their influence on food green degree and associated c…
The major problems with this work centre upon the author's failure to provide it with a coherent conceptual framework, and a concomitant lack of integration between the component parts of the book. The author states his objectives, but the questions posed remain largely unanswered in what is essentially a series of essays about sone aspects of planning in some port cities of early modern Europe…
Selama 5000 tahun pengiriman telah melayani perekonomian dunia dan hari ini menyediakan layanan transportasi canggih untuk setiap bagian dari dunia. Namun meskipun kompleksitas ekonomi, pengiriman mempertahankan banyak dari pemotongan yang kompetitif dan tekanan dari "sempurna" pasar ekonomi klasik. Campuran logistik canggih dan lebih besar dari pengusaha kehidupan membuatnya menjadi studi k…
Elias Karakitsos is Chairman of Global Economic Research (LLC), Director and Partner of Twintop Consultants (trading FFAs in the shipping market); and an Associate Member of the Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK. He was at Imperial College, UK, for nearly 25-years, where he held the chair of economics and was Head of Economics for ten-years. He has act…
For 5000 years shipping has served the world economy and today it provides a sophisticated transport service to every part of the globe. Yet despite its economic complexity, shipping retains much of the competitive cut and thrust of the “perfect” market of classical economics. This blend of sophisticated logistics and larger than life entrepreneurs makes it a…
Singapore, although a city-state of only 2.7 million people, is the world's busiest seaport by every measure: number of vessel arrivals and departures, total tonnage of vessel traffic, and volume of cargo handled. It should not be surprising,then, that the Port of Singapore Authority has taken the lead in maritime-industry human resources development in the Asia Pacific region. The Port of Sing…
This unique new title provides expert, hands-on advice as to the law and practice of the maritime letter of indemnity. Detailing the variety of implications that can arise from each type of letter, the authors bring this important and litigious subject to the fore with a view to reducing the commercial and legal risks involved in this core area of shipping and international trade.