Maritime Logistics - Dong-Wook Song

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Résumé :
Sea freight remains overwhelmingly the most common form of transport for goods globally. Grasp the core theories and understand the latest research in maritime logistics, along with how this field operates and contributes to global supply chains, with this key textbook. Maritime Logistics provides a complete overview of the core concepts within this discipline from a range of international expert contributors. This textbook examines the recent developments in the ports and shipping industries including supply chain strategies and emerging, innovative practices. Designed for maritime students and professionals, the structure offers a complete approach with an emphasis on developing a well-rounded knowledge and understanding of the field. The third edition is fully updated with new content on maintenance optimization, supply chain integration, economies of scale within liner shipping and port performance and management. In addition, this edition examines new technologies, considers new and existing risks to the maritime supply chain as well as generally how maritime logistics will continue to evolve. For those seeking to become maritime logistics specialists, this is the authoritative companion....

Biographie:
Dr Dong-Wook Song is Professor of Maritime Logistics and Korean Chair in Maritime Affairs at the World Maritime University in Sweden, a postgraduate university founded by the International Maritime Organisation, a specialised UN agency. Previously, he was a professor of Transport and Logistics in the Transport Research Institute at Edinburgh Napier University. Dong-Wook Song's work is well-recognised in the field and he has received a number of The Best Paper Awards from academic associations and communities. He sits on the editorial board of established journals in transport and logistics. Dong has worked as a consultant for a number of private and public organisations including the UN, OECD, ADB and World Bank. He has served IAME as an elected council member since 2012....

Sommaire:
Dong-Wook Song is Korean Chair in Maritime Affairs, Professor of Maritime Economics and Logistics and Head of Shipping Management and Logistics at the World Maritime University, Malm?, Sweden. He is Editor-in-Chief of WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs and has worked as consultant for a number of private and public organizations including the UN, OECD, ADB and World Bank Photis M Panayides is Professor in Shipping Economics, Department of Commerce, Finance and Shipping at Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. He serves on the editorial board of several academic journals and has served as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Ports Authority and as member of the Council of the International Association of Maritime Economists....