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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Freight forwarders"”.
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An evaluation of the factors that determine carrier selection
The selection of freight transport mode in cities like Hong Kong, with little land, is in some respects obvious. The deciding criterion for mode/carrier selection is based on the selection of either the lowest total transport cost or the shortest transit time for the cargo. The peculiar nature of …
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International trade theory: treatment of distribution services
… shippers, insurance agents, bankers, merchants, freight-forwarders, mail men, telephone operators, lawyers, commission aqents, etc. Such services-- henceforth referred to collectively as distribution services - put a claim on scarce economic resources and therefore deserve to be studied by the …
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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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Multivariate analysis of the effect of source and supply and carrier on processing and shipping times for issue priority group one requisitions
… Inc.®, Air Mobility Command and commercial freight forwarders. This study uses Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) linear models, Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) and nonparametric methods to explore the structure of the historical requisition datasets. OLS linear models were found to be …
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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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Management of logistics service providers: a situational approach
… outsourcer) and cooperating carriers, freight forwarders and third and fourthparty logistics providers. The feasibility of a differentiated situational approach is analysed and the possibility of a situational management approach dependent on internal and external variables, the …
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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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Zukunftssicherung von Logistikunternehmen unter dem Aspekt der Fahrerbindung
… of traffic, which places transport companies and freight forwarders at a great challenge not only to find drivers, but also, above all, to bind their own organization. The binding of drivers is the basic prerequisite for the provision of the service per se and further the prerequisite for a high …
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Northeast Asian containerised maritime logistics: supply chain collaboration, collaborative advantage and performance
… shipping lines, inland transport companies, freight forwarders, ship management companies and third-party logistics providers involved in maritime logistics in the major containers ports of Busan, Gwangyang and Incheon for a comprehensive and balanced view by using structural equation …
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MEASUREMENT, MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF CONTAINER PORT PERFORMANCE
… lines, shippers, logistics service providers and freight forwarders) and administrators (i.e. port authority and government) to assess their own associated PPIs to measure each container port/terminal performance. The empirical results indicate that the hybrid approach attempting to use …
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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 …
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Influencia de las alianzas estratégicas de los agentes de carga sobre su desempeño logístico en Lima Metropolitana y Callao durante el periodo 2022-2024
La presente investigación titulada “Influencia de las alianzas estratégicas en el desempeño logístico de los agentes de carga en Lima Metropolitana y Callao durante el periodo 2022-2024” analiza el papel de las alianzas estratégicas como un factor determinante para mejorar la eficiencia operativa y …