Positioned strategically between major east–west and north–south trading routes, the Caribbean basin has become a locus of new service configurations in container shipping. Over the last decade global shipping lines have been restructuring their service networks in the region in order to integrate local services with the newly rationalized intercontinental connections. By comparing service …
Containerization was introduced into Nigeria in the late 1960s, not through a deliberate policy but through the unilateral action of shipping companies. In spite of this, the percentage of the country's external trade cargo that is containerized grew from only about 0.03 in 1968-69 to about 8.6 in 1981. Containerization of cargo is more significant in the import than in the export trade. Perhap…
The purpose of this article is to explore the latest trends in logistics in South Africa. In order to enhance the development of logistics, not only in South Africa, but also internationally, it is important to identify the latest trends and do benchmarking against the best practices.
To critically review business trends and drivers affecting the performance of supply chains and build-to-order initiatives.
The paper investigates collaborative and semantic patterns that emerged between 1967 and 2013 about the theme of container shipping based on a corpus of 294 articles published in scholarly journals within the fields of transportation, supply chain, economics, geography, regional planning and development, and operations research. An analysis based on the cooccurrence of title words allows identi…
With a growing population and increasing incomes, investment growth in Indonesia will depend on the country's domestic consumer and its manufacturing industries, thereby providing a stimulus to petrochemicals consumption. Additionally, we expect progress by the government in its efforts to improve the business environment. This should translate into increased investment in petrochemicals plants…