Purpose – Real operational data are used to optimise the performance measurement of air cargo capacity demand management at Virgin Atlanticb Cargo by identifying the best KPIs from the range of outcome-based KPIs in current use. Design/methodology/approach – Intelligent fuzzy multi-criteria methods are used to generate a ranking order of key outcome-based performance indicators. More spec…
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate research trends observed in the International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM) during its first 20 years of publication. Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis was conducted of the IJLM’s first 20 years of publication (330 articles in total) to identify changing trends in subject matter, use of theory, type of research methodology, an…
This book gives readers a visual representation of all elements of maritime transport which relate to the handling and movement of cargo. This is particularly for the benefit of shore-based personnel who often do not get the opportunity to see first-hand how the cargoes they are working on are handled and moved. The book covers: • Ship types and the parts of ships relating to the handling and…
Content this book about opening ceremony, kynote speechs, first working session: rool-on/rool-off, second working session: railway and land transport function in an integrated transport system, third working session:bulk carggo, fourth working session: air cargo, fifth working session: barge aboard ship, six working session: perishable cargoes,additional paper and closing ceremony.
Cargo handling itself in the main has changed from a labour intensive operation to a capital intensive one. This new edition of Thomas Stowage, a book which has well stood up to the test of time, has been revised yet again with the paramount object of keeping its users abreast pf present stowage disciplines. Figures have been metricated and a large number of new commodities have been incorporated.
This book is written to guide the student through the various and extensive subjects connected with Shipping, without a deep treatment of the law, and the compilation has been arranged in a progressive order of study and as far as is possible within the scope of the volume, covers the necesssary subjects for the Institute of Charreted Shipbokers. This book contains The Shipping Company, The Sh…
The contents of book consist 9 chapters Chapter 1 Harbours and harbour authorities considered generally Chapter 2 Types of harbour authority Chapter 3 Some comments on basic duties, power and liabilities of harbour authorities Chapter 4 The provision of harbour facilities by harbour authorities and others Chapter 5 The conservancy funtions of harbour authorities Chapter 6 Powers of harbou…
The Indonesia's economic growth has developed in line with world economic growth. This has brought increasing in Indonesia's inter islands seaborne trade. In the purpose to connecting Indonesia's regions (Sumatera, Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and rest of the eastern region), the Indonesia's government brought the concept of Indonesia' Pendulum/Pendulum…
This book presents new insights and successful solutions to the operational problems of automated container terminals and cargo systems. It comprises reports on the state of the art, applications of quantitative methods, as well as case studies and simulation results. Its contributions are written by leading experts from academia and business and address practitioners and researchers in logisti…
This paper proposes to establish a long term shipping freight index for dry cargo transportation and investigates its particulars among the cyclic fluctuations. Many scholars investigated dry cargo shipping markets and some of them attempted to construct a composite index of freight rates. Although, several critiques are indicated about the method of composition, these indices depicted long ter…
The creation of logistical support structures aims to help improve the performance of logistics along supply chains, a context where the Logistics Platforms have been gaining increasing prominence. A frequent difficulty in these ventures is to align strategic planning with the flow of cargo and the ability of the adjacent port areas. Aiming to contribute to the understanding of the importance o…
There have been many e orts to develop a logistics information system in the Korean logistics industry. In spite of these e orts, there are many points which need improvement in the Logistics Information System, of which function is the electronic data communication without added value. This paper aims to describe some of the main problems and the successful factors which are being found in…
The world of cargo operations has changed considerably from the days of the open stowage of merchandise. Unitized cargoes in the form of ‘containers’ or Roll-on, Roll-off cargoes and pallatization have generated a need for alternative handling methods and changing procedures. The work of the stevedore/longshoreman has moved on to a vastly different role to that previously employed in gener…
Di Indonesia Pergerakan barang antar pulau-pulau kecil pada umumnya masih dalam bentuk muatan umum (General Cargo), sedangkan muatan dalam bentuk petikemas lebih banyak untuk jalur-jalur pelayaran “gemuk”. Hal ini dikarenkan penggunaan petikemas dinilai lebih effisien dan efektif. Namun, keunggulan petikemas menjadi tidak berarti jika infrastruktur untuk menunjang sistem tersebut tidak ada.…
This paper attempts to analyse the performance of major ports in India taking into account the absolute cargo handled by them during 1951-52 to 1992-93. A particular focus of the study is the Calcutta-Haldia Port in the same period, with a view to determining the reasons for its deteriorating performance.
Two-thirds of the surface of the globe is occupied by water, either fresh or salt. Fresh water only accounts for a small percentage of this total, as the vast majority is accounted for by salt water in the form of the world’s seas and oceans. These masses of water separate continents from each other, as well as providing a source of livelihood to a wide variety of people and professions, from…
This report describes the work performed and results developed by the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies of the University of Southern California under a subcontract with the California State Long Beach Foundation for Sub-Task 1.2.3.2 entitled “Select and Evaluate State of the Art Handling Technologies” for the Project entitled “USTRANSCOM/MARAD/Center for Commercial Deploym…
In order to hedge against fluctuation in actual “show” for air freight services, cargo airlines engage in the allocation of more space capacity than they actually have. This practice can lead to overbooking of capacity which can incur costs to the airline when a cargo does show that is larger than predicted. In this study, the authors set out to model an optimised value for air cargo bookin…
In order to hedge against fluctuation in actual “show” for air freight services, cargo airlines engage in the allocation of more space capacity than they actually have. This practice can lead to overbooking of capacity which can incur costs to the airline when a cargo does show that is larger than predicted. In this study, the authors set out to model an optimised value for air cargo bookin…
Conventionally, shipping companies have invested in large ships to achieve economies of scale. More recently, high speed ships have been proposed as a means of achieving timely service for customers and improving shipping performance. Yet another solution offered here is to boost the cargo handling speed at port allowing for a higher number of annual round trips. Both the cost efficiency and ti…
The purpose of this study is to determine the most often preferred charter types by Turkish general cargo and dry bulk shipowners and investigate the criteria which affect and determine the selection of charter types. In the study, the methodology utilized constitutes literature review, in-depth interview and survey. The data gained through the survey was processed, through which the means wer…
Contrary to liner shipping, common shipping network patterns are difficult to organize in tramp shipping as origin and destination ports are irregular and they may change based on shippers’ demands. Unlike liner shipping whereas the choice of ports is strongly related to their geographical locations among other factors and a topic of much research in the contemporary literature, the geographi…
Ever since the 1960s, every 10 to 15 years, the size of ships has been upgraded by 1,000 TEU. This trend of upgrading has been maintained due to advances in ship manufacturer’s technologies, and in the carriers’ strategy. It is likely that this strategy will accelerate the trend for carriers to operate VLCSs far earlier than was previously expected. The main aims of using larger containersh…
Contrary to liner shipping, common shipping network patterns are difficult to organize in tramp shipping as origin and destination ports are irregular and they may change based on shippers’ demands. Unlike liner shipping whereas the choice of ports is strongly related to their geographical locations among other factors and a topic of much research in the contemporary literature, the geographi…
The ocean transportation of automobiles is carried out by specialized Roll-on/Roll-off ships, which are designed to carry a large number of automobiles at a time. Many of these shipping companies have vertically integrated or collaborated with other logistics services providers to offer integrated maritime logistics solution to car manufacturers. The purpose of this study is to develop an optim…
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between marine casualty and dry bulk cargo freight rate according to the existence of spurious accident phenomenon in the dry cargo vessel accidents. According to the conventional expectation, the volume of marine accidents is a random process since it is accidently occurred and not a man-made outcome. Under this circumstance, it is expected …
The influence of different liquid cargo density on flow and drive characteristics of hydraulic submerged cargo pumps applied on modern product and chemical tankers is presented in the paper. Main parts of hydraulic structure of a/m system and cargo pump torque controller functions are described. The equation is given for the dependence of discharge rate at service of liquid cargoes (of the sam…
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…
The principal objective of this study is to analyze the consumption of fuel in the port industry, in order to identify some possible solutions or improvements that might reduce costs. The increment of the total operation costs, and especially fuel, has affected company profits; thus, this study focused on improving the utilization of internal vehicles, reducing transportation time, and changing…
The purpose of this paper is to describe the seasonal patterns of reported cargo theft value and frequency in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) countries with respect to different transport chain locations.
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is one of the largest air freight operators in the world. As part of a wider strategic development initiative, the company has identified forecasting accuracy as of strategic importance to its operational efficiency. This is because accurate forecast enables the company to have the right resources available at the right place and time. The purpose of this paper is to under…
The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the factors that influence a shipper’s decision to choose air cargo as a mode of shipment.
This paper considers a multimodal transportation problem, which is the problem of determining the transportation flow, i.e. volume of container cargoes, and the transportation mode in each trade route, for the objective of minimizing the sum of shipping and inland transportation costs. The problem takes account of two restrictions: maximum cargo volumes capacitated at each seaport and maximum n…