Ocean container transport in global supply chains: Overview and research opportunities

CY Lee, DP Song - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper surveys the extant research in the field of ocean container transport. A wide
range of issues is discussed including strategic planning, tactical planning and operations …

Competitive supply chain network design: An overview of classifications, models, solution techniques and applications

RZ Farahani, S Rezapour, T Drezner, S Fallah - Omega, 2014 - Elsevier
Supply chain network design (SCND) determines the structure of a chain and affects its
costs and performance. SCND deals with a variety of decisions such as determining …

Relationships among port competition, cooperation and competitiveness: A literature review

M Luo, F Chen, J Zhang - Transport Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying the relationships among port competition, cooperation and competitiveness is
critical for both port operations and public interests. Although the number of studies on these …

Autonomous ships: a review, innovative applications and future maritime business models

ZH Munim - Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last decade, a few autonomous ship prototypes have been developed. While
Norway is pioneering the technological development of autonomous ships (AS), other …

Hub location problems

I Contreras, M O'Kelly - Location science, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Hub Location Problems (HLPs) lie at the heart of network design planning in
transportation and telecommunication systems. They constitute a challenging class of …

Management innovation for environmental sustainability in seaports: Managerial accounting instruments and training for competitive green ports beyond the …

A Di Vaio, L Varriale - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last 30 years, environmental sustainability has been receiving increasing attention by
scholars and operators. All the seaport stakeholders, including port authorities (PAs), policy …

Sustainability ranking of the UK major ports: Methodology and case study

N Asgari, A Hassani, D Jones, HH Nguye - Transportation Research Part E …, 2015 - Elsevier
Maritime supply chain sustainability has not been widely studied to date. This paper
investigates the sustainability performance of five major UK ports. The UK port system is one …

A differential game model for emission reduction decisions between ports and ship** enterprises considering environmental regulations

L Meng, J Wang, W Yan, C Han - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Ports and ship** enterprises are important subjects of carbon emissions in terms of
achieving carbon peak and neutrality goals. A differential game model is proposed to …

Strategic alliances in container ship**: A review of the literature and future research agenda

M Ghorbani, M Acciaro, S Transchel… - Maritime Economics & …, 2022 - Springer
Strategic alliances are the most common type of collaboration agreement used by ship**
lines to provide worldwide maritime container transport services. Since their first appearance …

Together we stand? Co-opetition for the development of green products

M Hafezi, X Zhao, H Zolfagharinia - European Journal of Operational …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we use the term “co-opetition” to describe situations where competitors
collaborate on value-creating activities to reduce their R&D costs, improve expensive …