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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Freight forwarder"”.
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Analysis of inefficiencies in shipment data handling
… the errors that occur in shipment data for a freight forwarder. In this study, two types of errors are analyzed: system errors, arising from violations of business rules defined in the software system, and operational errors, which violate business rules or requirements defined outside the …
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Multimodal transport in South Africa
… alone. In such a case, one usually finds that a freight forwarder contracts, as agent of the consignor, with a number of carriers for carriage by a number of different modes of transport. The basis of physical multimodal transport has been containerization, which involves inter alia carriage on …
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The Indian Ocean transportation channels--a review of the air logistics information available to the end-user Supply Officer
… an explanation of the use of international air freight forwarding is even more difficult to find. This study reviews various sources of transportation information for the benefit of an end-user Supply Officer onboard a Naval vessel which may be deployed to the Indian Ocean, and who will have …
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Contract designs in the German piggyback transport industry : a transaction cost economics analysis
… to fulfil the transport service required by the freight forwarder, the higher the tendency to vertically integrate piggyback transport services. Put differently, the following question is answered: ‘do the contracts used by freight forwarders to acquire the transport service of rail operators …
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INSTRUMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL HARMONISATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES: How ‘International’ is International Commercial Law?
… Universities; Practitioners; Cargo Owners, Freight Forwarder and Carriers; the Judiciary and Government / Parliament. The interaction of these institutions and groups with international commercial conventions, protocols and practices was analysed and the research has shown that although …
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An integrated framework for freight forwarders:exploitation of dynamic information for multimodal transportation
… are the main forces compelling today's air-freight forwarders to improve their operational decision-making to be more competitive and responsive to needs of customers. This research studies the air-cargo transportation on both road (short-haul) and air (long haul) network from the …
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Opportunities for short-sea shipping in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region: evidence based on discrete choice modelling
… the stated choice preference of shippers and freight forwarders and the stated intentions of maritime carriers for SSS. It is purported the introduction of SSS in SADC could reduce socio-environmental problems currently faced such as road damage, road congestion, pollution and transport …