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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Container port"”.
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Game theoretical offshore container port competition
Container ports are indispensable parts of the container transport operations. In terms of container transport operations even better port services are desired to provide viability of reliable liner shipping service. Therefore, port competition to supply better port services is one of the natural …
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MEASUREMENT, MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF CONTAINER PORT PERFORMANCE
This thesis aims to develop a new framework of container port/terminal performance measurement, modelling and analysis. There is a need for a new performance measurement framework not only to meet the need of port stakeholders, but also to develop diagnostic tools capable of supporting …
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Risk Assessment and Decision Making of Security in Container Port Facilities
Ports are exposed to various risks, both in their internal operation as well as external business interactions with other maritime logistics companies. While traditional safety and security policies are able to deal with accidents, theft, and hazard-based risks in ports, a new risk assessment is …
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Decision Making Analysis for an Integrated Risk Management Framework of Maritime Container Port Infrastructure and Transportation Systems
… for Operational Safety Performance (OSP) in container terminals and maritime ports. Three main sections are formulated in this study: Section 1: Risk Assessment, in the first phase, all HEs are identified through a literature review and human knowledge base and expertise. In the second phase, …
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Forecasting earthquake losses in port systems
Ports play a critical role in transportation infrastructure, but are vulnerable to seismic hazards. Downtime and reduced throughput from seismic damage in ports results in significant business interruption losses for port stakeholders. Current risk management practices only focus on the effect of …
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The role of UK container trade flow forecasts in the maritime industry
Containerized cargo growth has underpinned recent seaborne container trade. However published techniques for developing forecasts of containerized throughput at seaports, which are often quantitative, are rarely understood or deployed by practitioners. To fill this research gap, this research aimed …
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Inter-Port Competition and Inland Container Transport: A multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach to Achieve Intermodal Transport System Development Stratergies in Taiwan.
Inland container transport has intensified over the past thirty years in Taiwan. It is closely related to inter-port competition and port selection by container carriers. In the 1980's, large containerships only berthed at Kaohsiung port due to the limit of container terminal operation capacities …
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Mathematical Modelling and an Optimisation Approach to Container Terminal Yard Management Operations.
In container terminals, Yard Cranes (YCs) work at the interface between the storage yard and the internal and external trucks. A delay in the operations of the YCs will affect the overall operations of the container port. There is thus need for a good and reliable planning and scheduling of this …
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Green-LIT: Shipping Containers in Your Backyard
The Port of New Orleans and Governor Jeff Landry are moving forward with plans to build the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) shipping container port facility and yard in Violet, LA (down river from New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish) despite a great deal of local opposition. The Save Our St. …
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Ports, dock workers and labour market conflicts
ABSTRACT Ports, dock workers and labour market conflicts Gothenburg Studies in Economic History 12 (2014) ISBN : 978-91-86217-11-2 http://hdl.handle.net/2077/37421 Author: Jesper Hamark Doctoral Dissertation in Economic History at the Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics …
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Optimización de la unidad de explotación del concesionario operador de terminal de contenedores. Aplicación al sistema portuario español
… mundial medido a través del conjunto de exportaciones de bienes y servicios se estima en unos 17.000 millones de dólares, de los cuales el 81% corresponden a exportaciones de bienes. El 90% del comercio internacional se transporta por vía marítima ascendiendo a un volumen de 7.700 millones …