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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"HE Transportation and Communications"”.
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A services operations performance measurement framework for multimodal logistics gateways in emerging megaregions
Gateways in emerging megaregions have the available transport infrastructure that could support modal shift and sustainable development and more could be made of them. A gateway is not a defined administration area but rather a functional economic area. Typically it has some port, airport, rail hub …
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Strategic Logistics Outsourcing:Integrated Models for Evaluating and Selecting Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) Upstream/Downstream Supply Chain Comparison
This research aims to maximize the logistics outsourcing benefits through developing new hybrid models for evaluating and selecting Logistics Service Providers (LSPs). The growing demand for logistics outsourcing and the increase in the number and type of LSPs highlight the increasing importance of …
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Strategic Risk and Reliability Assessment in the Container Liner Shipping Industry Under High Uncertainties
The container liner shipping industry (CLSI) can be defined as one consisting of a fleet of vessels that provides a fixed service at regular intervals between ports of call. It is noteworthy that the CLSI is remarkably acting as an artery in making contributions to the growth of the global economy. …
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The philosophy of safety system changes and the reorganisation of the aviation industry
This thesis concerns aviation safety management. The thesis notes four problems in aviation safety management literature: a) the emphasis on technology as part of the risk management paradigm, serving as a remedy to human error, b) the assumption of an aviation industry being structured in a …
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Smarter cities: socio-technical innovation towards sustainable urban transport futures - the case of re-establishing utility cycling as a mainstream mode in London
… challenges. This is particularly evident in the urban transport sector, where increasing and increasingly frictionless mobility continues to be promoted as a key driver of local economic growth and development. There is, therefore, increasing pressure to mitigate against arising externalities …
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Bringing forward shipping for government service: the indispensable role of the transport service, 1793 to 1815
The Transport Board’s very significant and effective role in the preparation of all the major military expeditions and in the ultimate defeat of Bonaparte has been largely ignored by historians. The Board has hitherto been perceived as a subsidiary board of the Admiralty. However it was responsible …
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Pickfords 1750-1920: a study in the development of transportation
Summary available: p.vi.
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Building a model of national shipping centre
National shipping centres comprise both upstream and downstream firms in the logistics chain to conduct shipping and trade-related activities. Users of national shipping centres include traders, logistics service providers, shipping lines, terminal operators, and other actors. Shipping is the …
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The commercial and technical evolution of the ferry industry 1948-1987
The thesis sets out the political, economic and social forces and the parallel institutional and technical factors that shaped the development of the ferry sector between 1948 and 1987. It provides as full an account as the available record permits of an important shipping industry sector that …
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ADAPTING TO THE IMPACTS POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
With the occurrence of increasingly frequent and severe climate-related events, adapting to the impacts posed by climate change has been a pivotal research topic influencing transport operation, infrastructure, planning and policymaking in recent decades. As most studies on climate change still …
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The General Steam Navigation Company c.1850-1913: a business history
This thesis concerns the history of the General Steam Navigation Company from 1850to 1913, immediately prior to the First World War. Established as a joint-stock company in 1824, this London-based shipowner operated a range of steamship liner services on coastal and near-Continent routes and, from …
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Effects of distribution planning systems on the cost of delivery in unique make-to-order manufacturing
This thesis investigates the effects of simulation through the use of a distribution planning system (DPS) on distribution costs in the setting of unique make-to-order manufacturers (UMTO). In doing so, the German kitchen furniture industry (GKFI) serves as an example and supplier of primary data. …
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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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The maritime economy of north west England in the later eighteenth century
Maritime historians have not followed the trend set by other disciplines towards regional studies which has become an established practice over the past ten years. Some excellent work has been done on individual ports but no one has attempted to establish the relationship between the sea trade and …
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Communication processes in the Hellenic fire corps: a comparative perspective
… management in a front-line, emergency service – the fire brigade – in Greece, Germany and Britain. It is designed to identify the problems in the communication conduct among fire-fighters during emergency responses, to examine the causes of these problems and to suggest ways to overcome them that …
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The cost management and control of inter-organisational relationships: a case from the Greek shipping industry
Inter-organisational cost management and control (IOCM and control) is generally defined as a means whereby independent organisations protect their interests and coordinate resources to create value from their inter-organisational relationships (IORs). While research in IOCM and control has been …
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Freight transport modal choice in North West England's Atlantic Gateway
Overuse of the road network has led to greater levels of congestion, elevated levels of road surface wear and tear and an increase in transport related air pollution. When taken in combination with the failure of attempts to balance modal split the road network’s continuing slide towards breaking …
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Mapping and optimizing an electric vehicle triple supply chain: electric vehicles, energy supply and batteries
… worldwide have set up measures to promote the electric vehicle (EV) as one option to address environmental issues. However, EV sales figures suggest that the EVs have not been widely accepted by consumers due to cost (notably battery cost), the limited range of products, long recharge times …
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Upwardly mobile: private transport, regeneration and environment in the Thames Gateway
The thesis presents case study research into private vehicle use as it relates to the process of regeneration in the Thames Gateway. In doing so, it investigates two key contemporary transport policy issues. The first is the burgeoning debate surrounding the nature and extent of the relationship …
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