This book uncovers the mysterious social and political structures of China's "Third Front," the large state-sponsored development of inland China during the late Maoist period. This movement gave birth to a few important industrial bases such as Panzhihua and Liupanshui and had significant...

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...

This two volume book presents an in-depth analysis of many of the most important issues facing today's shipping and port sectors. Volume 2 of Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy focuses on the emerging trends in ports.

This two volume book presents an in-depth analysis of many of the most important issues facing today's shipping and port sectors. Volume 1 of Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy focuses on the application of theory to practice in Maritime Logistics.

This book is a comparative study of the critical factors in berth productivity in Chinese and South Korean container terminals. It first defines the concept of berth productivity, and then establishes a regression model to evaluate the productivity factor. With the results obtained for the...

Grundlagen logistischer Systeme und Prozesse -- Planung in Container-Terminals -- Leistung und Grenzen bestehender CT-Modelle -- Entwicklung eines multiagentenbasierten Modells zur CTProzesskoordination -- Koordination des Planungsprozesses in Container-Terminals -- Schlussbetrachtung.

The growth and increased popularity of cruises is accompanied by a number of sustainability issues concerning the environment, the port economies and societies; on board and at shore. The sustainability imperative ultimately leads to operational, economical as well as image-related challenges...

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...