This paper revisits the classical issue of port-city relationships by applying
for the first time network analytical methods to maritime flows connecting
cities of the world, over the period 1950–1990. A global matrix of interurban
vessel flows was elaborated for about 600 cities using data from the Geopolis
and Lloyd’s Shipping Index databases and the rigorous assignment of ports to
both coastal ... hiện toàn bộ
Gregory William Whitten, Xiaoyi Dai, C. Simon Fan, Yu Pang
AbstractChina’s growing influence on the world has generated profound effects on
the political and economic decisions of her partner nations. Recent conflict
escalation between China and western countries gives rise to widespread concern
over the possibility of delinking China from global trade and supply chain. By
drawing on utility theory, we suggest that the political relationship is a key
dete... hiện toàn bộ
Abstract Purpose Seaports are regarded as significant actors in global logistics
and supply chains since a large part of the cargoes carried over the globe are
being processed there. When the cold chain broken down during transport and
storage in the ports, the humidity, nutrition, temperature and time conditions
to be required for the growth of the bacteria occur, and rapid reproduction
occurs an... hiện toàn bộ
Konstantinos Poulis, Gregorios C. Galanakis, Gregory T. Triantafillou, Efthimios Poulis
AbstractIn this conceptual paper, we review latest developments related to
unmanned vessels and sketch potential scenarios that implicate with the existing
maritime industry structure. On the one hand, we isolate a range of challenges
that make the imminent realization of unmanned vessels seem like a rather
utopian pursuit. On the other hand, we explain the reasons that may catalyse
their emergenc... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractDecision-making is a prolific research area in the internet era, which
has propelled globalization and the virtual elimination of many country border
barriers. However, effective decision-making in the shipping industry is a time
consuming and often complicated process. Digital evolution has provided new
innovative organizational operation methods. Blockchain technology—a basic
component o... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractAs distributing centres of trade and transportation network, ports play
an important role in the development of the national economy. With the changing
of the global business environment, the port enterprise operation environment is
continuously changing, and growing problems are becoming increasingly complex.
Since challenges, uncertainties, risks, and crisis exist side by side, it is
ind... hiện toàn bộ