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...

Container transportation is the predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Since container ships and port terminals involve a huge capital investment and significant daily operating costs, it is of crucial importance to efficiently utilize the internal resources of container terminals...

Placing special emphasis on the significant security issues associated with modern container international transport, this book provides in-depth exploration on both the US and European Union port and shipping policy, and that of wider international trade. The authors take an original and...

Holger Pontow demonstriert, dass interorganisationale Informationssysteme in der arbeitsteiligen maritimen Transportkette zahlreiche Nutzenpotentiale versprechen. Um diese im Vorfeld von Investitionsentscheidungen qualitativ und quantitativ beurteilen zu können, nutzt er im Kern seiner...

Matthias Sure untersucht, wie europäische Unternehmen der Logistikbranche ihr Working Capital Management (WCM) wertorientiert optimal gestalten können und welche Methoden und Steuerungsmechanismen dabei eingesetzt werden. Auf Basis einer empirischen Mehrfachfallstudie mit Experteninterviews...

Legal and Functional Perspective of Freight Forwarding in Multimodal Transport Chains -- New Industrial Economics, Intermediation Theory, and the Intermediary Perspective -- Models of network Structure and the Network Perspective -- A Closer Look on Contemporary Social Network Analysis --...

Verkehrspolitisch und betriebswirtschaftlich ist es wünschenswert, die durch den Güterverkehr entstehenden CO2-Emissionen zu reduzieren. Der Kombinierte Güterverkehr stellt eine vielversprechende Möglichkeit dar, diese stetig steigenden CO2-Emissionen einzudämmen. Ein erheblicher...

The current crisis is emerging as the most severe downturn since the Great Depression. This book examines its cause, the efforts to contain the crisis and proposes a cure that will limit the risk that such crises could recur in the future.

Analysis of the current financial/economic crisis from the Director of the Banking Sector at the FSA (Financial Services Authority). New edition updated to take account of changes in regulation and legislation in the US, EU and UK. Many of these changes were in line with the recommendations made...

Studies the economic impact of the container traffic at one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean: the Port of Algeciras Bay, while analysing the framework of the containerisation business, explaining the physical characteristics of the PAB in relation to this activity, carrying an...