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CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL CONCENTRATION IN THE CONTAINER SHIPPING

Contemporary Economy, 2016
This paper deals with an analysis of the processes of concentration in the liner, con-tainer shipping. In the first part it focuses on the capital concentration as a result of organic growth and/or consolidation among container shipping operators ...
Jerzy Kujawa
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Swedish shippers’ strategies for coping with slow-steaming in deep sea container shipping

Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2018
When container shipping lines experience over-capacity and high fuel costs, they typically respond by decreasing sailing speeds and, consequently, increasing transport time.
Christian Finnsgård, Joakim Kalantari, Zeeshan Raza, Violeta Roso, Johan Woxenius   +4 more
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The fuzzy MCDM for container terminal choice in Vietnam from shipping lines’ perspective based on cumulative prospect theory

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
This study aims to assess the container terminal choice from the perspective of shipping lines. The method incorporates the technique for order of preference by similarity to the ideal solution (TOPSIS) under fuzzy environmental conditions, the analytic ...
Thi Yen Pham, Ngoc Cuong Truong, Phung Hung Nguyen, Hwan-Seong Kim   +3 more
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Developing liner service networks in container shipping

, 2012
After a brief background about the development of containerization in recent decades, this chapter reviews the current characteristics of liner shipping networks under three main themes. First, it provides an overview of the different service types of shipping lines and dynamics in liner service configuration and design.
Ducruet, César, Notteboom, Theo
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Investigating temperature fluctuations in the wine and liquor maritime supply chain from South Africa to the United Kingdom: A case study

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
This study explored temperature fluctuations in dry shipping containers transporting wine and liquor along maritime supply chains. It also examined how these variations affect product quality, and evaluated the effectiveness of thermal foil container ...
Leila Louise Goedhals-Gerber, Esbeth van Dyk, Roland Yawo Getor, Barrie Louw   +3 more
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Structural changes in the container liner shipping influencing shipping agent’s role

Pomorstvo, 2016
The article presents structural changes in liner shipping sector, as many global Container shipping lines are opening their own agencies and many independent shipping agents are consecutively closing down their activities, either via takeovers or by going out of business completely.
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INTERNATIONAL LINER SHIPPING: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND THREATS [PDF]

Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport
The article considers modern challenges and threats to the operation of ships in the liner form of traffic organization. Taking into account the dynamics of liner shipping development and its exceptional importance in ensuring international trade, it is ...
Oleksii DROZHZHYN
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Decision-Making for Shipping Networks Based on Adaptive Cumulative Prospect Theory: A Case Study in Vietnam

Journal of Eta Maritime Science
This paper proposes an optimal method designed for use in a real-life situation to deal with port route choice decisions for evaluating and aggregating the daily net profit for liner shipping services to assist shipping lines in making optimal decisions ...
Yen Thi Pham, Ngoc Cuong Truong, Phung Hung Nguyen, Hwanseong Kim   +3 more
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Optimal Container Routing in Liner Shipping Networks Considering Repacking 20 ft Containers into 40 ft Containers

Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017
The volume of a 40 ft container is twice as large as that of a 20 ft container. However, the handling cost (loading, unloading, and transshipment) of a 40 ft container is much lower than twice the corresponding handling cost of two 20 ft containers ...
Shuaian Wang, Xiaobo Qu, Tingsong Wang, Wen Yi   +3 more
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Processes Adopted to Integrate Intangible Resources in Global Acquisitions among Container Lines: Perceptions of Acquirer and Acquired

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2018
The spectrum of strategic co-operations among container lines varies from loose-knitted slot charters, liner conferences, shipping alliances, joint services and consortia, through to mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
Indika Sigera, Stephen Cahoon
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