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Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:16
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Supply chain inefficiencies: the causes and costs of dry bulk ships anchored in Vancouver
The paper describes the contracting and logistics conditions contributing to the level of anchorage in the grain, coal and fertiliser export trades of Vancouver. Increases in the level of anchorage in these tr...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:15 -
Autonomous inland navigation: a literature review and extracontractual liability issues
Pilot tests for (semi-)autonomous transport via inland waterways are already taking place in Belgium and other European countries. However, the full commercial implementation of autonomous inland shipping migh...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:14 -
Factors affecting E-HRM practices in Greek shipping management companies: the role of organizational culture, cultural intelligence, and innovation
HRM is forced to adapt and reinvent its practices towards more innovative and creative frameworks and models, due to the impetus technological developments in the modern business environment. The same applies ...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:13 -
A decision-making framework for the funding of shipping decarbonization initiatives in non-EU countries: insights from Türkiye
The decarbonization of the shipping industry is a critical imperative in the global fight against climate change. Non-EU countries, being significant contributors to shipping emissions, play a crucial role in...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:12 -
Potential climate-induced impacts on trade: the case of agricultural commodities and maritime chokepoints
This study assesses the potential macro-economic effects of climate change affecting operations in three maritime chokepoints, i.e., the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, and the Turkish Straits. The analysis focu...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:11 -
Optimizing waste management for green shipping: industry commitment through participatory processes in Cyprus
Every year, up to 0.3 million tonnes of waste from the European shipping industry is not properly delivered at ports. Most of the waste produced by the shipping industry is plastic waste, putting plastics at t...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:10 -
The impact of the belt and road initiative on the Suez Canal cargo trade
The Suez Canal (SC) serves as the shortest maritime transport route from east to west. In the absence of the SC, global trade and transportation costs would increase substantially, impeding the expansion poten...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:9 -
Estimating the impact of container port throughput on employment: an analysis for African countries with seaports
Ports play a significant role in facilitating international trade and economic development, serving as vital gateways for the movement of goods across the continent and beyond. As global trade volumes continue...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:8 -
Efficiency analysis and benchmarking of container ports operating in lower-middle-income countries: a DEA approach
Container ports play a pivotal role in international trade, facilitating the movement of goods and fostering economic development. While much attention has been given to the efficiency of ports in high-income ...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:7 -
Challenges of maritime human resource management for the transition to shipping digitalization
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges that appear in maritime human resource management, in the face of the digitalized environment in maritime business, due to the diffusion of new technologi...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:6 -
Effects of free trade on export efficiency of COMESA member-states
Regional integration in Africa is deepening, and the existing regional groupings are making frantic efforts to remove barriers to trade. One way in which trade among countries can be promoted is through the es...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:5 -
The role of shipping and logistics MNCs in economic development: a case study of how Maersk contributed to Vietnam’s ascendence to an export oriented economy
This paper assesses the role shipping and logistics foreign direct investment (FDI) plays in developing country export performance, exemplified by the case of the large multinational corporation (MNC) Maersk’s...
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Sustainable development of inland waterways transport: a review
Over the years, the demand for transportation has experienced a consistent rise, which has exacerbated a multitude of issues including environmental, visual, and noise pollution, congestion, land use conflicts...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:3 -
Regulatory scoping exercise for the future adoption of autonomous inland ships in Europe
Shipping is a heavily regulated sector, and autonomous ships will by no means be able to escape the public regulator’s agenda. Furthermore, regulatory adaptation is necessary because current laws oppose the in...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:2 -
4400 TEU cargo ship dynamic analysis by Gaidai reliability method
Modern cargo vessel transport constitutes an important part of global economy; hence it is of paramount importance to develop novel, more efficient reliability methods for cargo ships, especially if onboard re...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2024 9:1 -
COVID-19 and the financial resilience of Finland’s seaports
This research quantifies the impacts that COVID-19 had on the financial performance of Finnish seaports. The data comprises annual financial statement information from 18 seaports. The ports are different in t...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:29 -
The implications of Chinese investments on Mediterranean trade and maritime hubs
By improving the connectivity between China and Europe, Chinese investments aim to redefine China’s position within global transport networks and logistics flows. This article explores the evolution of port ac...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:28 -
Contemporary challenges and AI solutions in port operations: applying Gale–Shapley algorithm to find best matches
Artificial intelligence (AI) developments enable human capability to deliver the same outcome at a lower cost. This research performs a high-level matching between AI solutions and challenges within the port a...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:27 -
Appraising the impact of COVID-19 on trading volume of selected vessel types in sub-Saharan Africa
The emergence and diffusion of coronavirus (COVID-19) have brought a lot of impacts on various spheres of human endeavours including maritime trading. This paper explores the effect of the lockdown on maritime...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:26 -
Circular developments of maritime industrial ports in Europe: a semi-systematic review of the current situation
Our current approaches to resource management are not sustainable. Businesses typically follow a linear approach where resources are not well utilized. Maritime ports are part of the problem, as they need to o...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:25 -
Changes in external costs and infrastructure costs due to modal shift in freight transport in North-western Europe
Modal shift in freight transport entails moving freight from road to rail, inland waterways, and short sea shipping. In current Dutch and European freight transport policy, modal shift is foreseen to play an i...
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Designing a survey framework to collect port stakeholders’ insight regarding AI implementation: results from the Flemish context
Today, several research/initiatives exist in AI technology at the port operation. They mainly focus on solution development in a particular port and shipping industry domain. This scattered implementation lead...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:23 -
Drivers of railway container transports between China and Finland
On the China–Europe route, the sea used to dominate entirely continental transports, but in the last decade the railways started to gain some ground. However, it took number of years that railway volumes grew ...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:22 -
Uniqueness, complexities, and research issues of logistics and trade facilitation in Greater Bay Area of China
The Greater Bay Area (GBA) is to become a major innovation and technology hub of global impact. Such a transformation is to take place in the midst of a policy-driven economy in GBA’s Mainland region and a mar...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:21 -
Automation in cargo loading/unloading processes: do unmanned loading technologies bring benefits when both purchase and operational cost are considered?
The use of technologies that automate handling goods and loading units in warehouses and depots is not new. Yet, the purchase process of these technologies issues troubles and the estimation of the economic ad...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:20 -
Global shipping and climate change impacts in Africa: the role of international trade
This paper examines the interacting effect of global shipping and trade on climate change in Africa using data on 31 countries for the period 2006–2016. We employ the system generalized method of moments estim...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:19 -
Innovation ecosystems in ports: a comparative analysis of Rotterdam and Valencia
The term ‘innovation ecosystem’ has become popular among stakeholders involved in innovation. The core idea is that innovation does not thrive through isolated actions of individual companies, but rather depen...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:18 -
An evaluation of the governance structure of marine services in South Africa’s ports system
Port governance structures are a vital factor impacting port investments, efficiencies, effectiveness and productivity. An important determining factor is the port management and whether it is centralized unde...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:17 -
An AHP enabled port selection multi-source decision support system and validation: insights from the ENIRISST project
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a robust procedure for ranking options and supporting multi-criteria decision making that determine the port that a shipping operator will select, while designing the most...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:16 -
Effect of shipping trade on economic growth in Nigeria: the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach
The maritime industry is significant to the growth and development of nations. The relationship between shipping trade and economic growth in Nigeria is acknowledged in the literature. Still, the need to empha...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:15 -
Sustainable small ports: performance assessment tool for management, responsibility, impact, and self-monitoring
This paper proposes a conceptual performance assessment tool for evaluating the environmental performance in small seaports. The developed tool is based and built based on a literature review. Ports, depending...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:14 -
2022 World of shipping Portugal: an international research conference on maritime affairs
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. It showed the possibility of running economic activities remotely, allowing people to learn how to have a more balanced life. As a result, electronic commerce flour...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:13 -
Just in time vessel arrival system for dry bulk carriers
Cargo conveyance onboard dry bulk carriers is contemporarily often affiliated to preoperational waiting times, which may affect the income situation of stakeholders and the sustainability of the sector. Theref...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:12 -
A holistic view of maritime navigation accidents and risk indicators: examining IMO reports from 2011 to 2021
This paper investigated the risk indicators in maritime accidents and how they are considered within the reporting of maritime accidents, drawing on ten years of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) (2011...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:11 -
The continuous search for new port governance models: experiences from a developing country
This paper bridges port governance and stakeholder theory to contribute to new understandings of changed stakeholder relations due to the building of new container terminals. The case of the newly inaugurated ...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:10 -
Decarbonization technology responsibility to gender equality in the shipping industry: a systematic literature review and new avenues ahead
This study investigates existing literature on decarbonization technology responsibility for sustainable business models in the shipping industry. Specifically, it considers the relationship between responsibl...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:9 -
Market access and seaport efficiency: the case of container handling in Norway
Comprehensive studies on the impact of market access on port efficiency are scarce, and the problem that market access indicators are potentially endogenous lacks treatment in maritime economics. This paper of...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:8 -
New neighborhood, old habits? Delivery preferences of residents in new development areas and their assessment of alternative parcel logistics concepts: a case study of Berlin
Various alternative solutions for sustainable last-mile parcel deliveries have been piloted and partially put into operation in Europe in the past decade. However, these delivery concepts have mainly been cons...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:7 -
Urban freight policy maturity and sustainable logistics: are they related?
Problems associated with urban freight are well known and documented in the academic literature, particularly with regards to the impact on air quality and general intrusion of public space. As a defining prin...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:5 -
Interdependency patterns of potential seaport risk factors in relation to supply chain disruption in Indonesia
As an integral part of the global supply chain network, Indonesian supply chain entities should understand conditional seaport risk factors that could lead to seaport threats that affect supply chain continuit...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:6 -
Economic assessment of transporting refrigerated cargo between West-Africa and Europe: a chain cost analysis approach
Determining which ports to call at in a maritime loop is considered as an important determinant factor for shipping companies which impacts not only on efficiency, and productivity but also on transportation c...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:4 -
Demurrage and detention: from operational challenges towards solutions
Reduced free time and increased fees for demurrage and detention create organizational challenges with respect to intermodal transport. As a result, actors within the maritime supply chains are confronted with...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:3 -
Assessing the macroeconomic and social impacts of slow steaming in shipping: a literature review on small island developing states and least developed countries
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has adopted the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) as short term measures for decarbonisation of the shipping in...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:2 -
Maritime infrastructure and growth: econometric measurement using panel data from Tunisia
This study applied a Cobb–Douglas production function in an attempt to assess the effect of increased maritime sector investment on economic growth. It did this for the Tunisian economy based on panel data for...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2023 8:1 -
The digitalisation in chartering business: special reference to the role of e-bill of lading in the bulk and liner markets
Previous research offering a comprehensive overview of digitalisation in maritime transport is limited. In this paper, the authors use several cases to examine digitalisation’s role in the chartering business....
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2022 7:28 -
An industry-level analysis of the post-Brexit and post-Covid 19 Ro-Ro ferry market and critical maritime freight transport links between the UK and the EU
Evaluating supply chain system improvements and international economic integration patterns to changes in expenditure requires urgent attention from short to long-term supply chain disruption review. Following...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2022 7:27 -
A systems approach to developing a port community system for South Africa
Port community systems (PCS), as electronic platforms enabling the intelligent and secure exchange of information between public and private stakeholders in ports, are central to port supply chains. PCS drive ...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2022 7:26 -
Acute port congestion and emissions exceedances as an impact of COVID-19 outcome: the case of San Pedro Bay ports
In the second half of 2020, the shift in consumer demand and reduction in containership capacity, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, contributed to the disruption of the global supply chains, especiall...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2022 7:25 -
The study of project cargo logistics operation: a general overview
The recent renewable energy infrastructure development trend and modular construction concept surge academic interest in the project logistics sector. The project logistics is the transportation processes for ...
Citation: Journal of Shipping and Trade 2022 7:24
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