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Maritime Logistics : A Guide To Contemporary Shipping And Port Management

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"Internationa' trade is growing faster than the global economy - and most trade continues to be seaborne. Orders may be placed electronically, but the actual movement of the goods still requires ports and ships. Maritime logistics is thus evermore important for any country's development. Understanding contemporary shipping and port management is vital for businesses and policy-makers in leading their companies and countries. Written and edited by some of the world's most renowned maritime economists, this new edition of Maritime Logistics is both timely and important."
Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Facilitation Section, UNCTAD, and President,
International Association of Maritime Economists

It is only occasionally that a book of this quality becomes available.
Essential reading for all those with an interest in logistics.
Comprehensive, up to date and perceptive."
Professor Michael Roe, Chair in Maritime and Logistics Policy,
Plymouth Business School

"A real tour de force in its comprehensive coverage of the shipping and port industries."
Professor Kevin Cullinane, Professor of Logistics and Transport Economics,
University of Gothenburg

At the cutting edge in its assessment of the industry, Maritime Logistics covers the whole scope of the subject and examines the latest logistical developments within the port and shipping industries. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with a range of new international contributors and new chapters on portcentric logistics, hinterland logistics, global supply chains, maritime transport and future trends.and developments.

Written by a team of experienced international experts, Maritime Logistics provides a fully global perspective. The book covers everything that students and those working within the industry need to know about maritime logistics.
As well as providing comprehensive guidance on shipping lines, containers, tankers, dry bulk and portcentric logistics, this edition examines the latest logistical developments within the port and shipping industry.

DONG-WOOK SONG is Professor of Transport and Logistics, Transport Research Institute, at Edinburgh Napier University.

PHOTISM PANAYIDES is Professor in Shipping Economics, Department of Commerce, Finance and Shipping at Cyprus University of Technology.

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Call Number

387.0687 SON m

Publisher

London : Kogan Page Limited., 2015

Collation

xxvii, 446 p. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-7494-7268-9

Classification

387.0687

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Edition

2nd ed.

Subject(s)

Shipping--Management
Business logistics
Globalization
Harbors--Management

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Dong-Wook Song

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