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Autonomous ferries in light of labor regulations—A passenger perspective

Maritime Transport Research
We study the potential effects of introducing autonomous ferries in a transportation system of water buses. We develop two integer linear programming models and a heuristic to find weekly passenger transportation plans.
Christian Braathen, Julio C. Goez, Mario Guajardo   +2 more
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Spatial planning of the circular economy in uncertain times

Maritime Transport Research
The circular economy (CE) brings many opportunities, but also many challenges for ports, cities, and their hinterland. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, we embrace the inherent uncertainty of the spatial impact of the CE on ports and cities.
Karel Van den Berghe, Tanya Tsui, Merten Nefs, Giorgos Iliopoulos, Chrysanthi Papadimitriou, Tom Fitzgerald, Thomas Bonte, Aryzo Arrindell   +7 more
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Goods Arriving at Dock for Shipment, Valparaiso, Chile.

, 1905
Lantern slide of Goods Arriving at Dock for Shipment, Valparaiso, Chile, circa 1905.https://research.library.kutztown.edu/lanternslideseducation/1974/thumbnail ...
Keystone View Company
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Transshipment Hub Port Competitiveness of the Port of Colombo against the Major Southeast Asian Hub Ports*

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2018
The hub port competition has intensified beyond regional boundaries, resulting in the port of Colombo competing with the Southeast Asian hub ports of Singapore, Klang, and Tanjung Pelepas in the transshipment market.
Chathumi Ayanthi Kavirathna, Tomoya Kawasaki, Shinya Hanaoka   +2 more
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY LOSSES, IMPAIRMENT OR DELAY OF GOODS IN ROAD TRANSPORT

Pravo, 2008
In the work are displayed national and international regulations, different opinions on legal theory, as well as different attitudes responsibility of a transporter for losses, impairment and delay of goods in road transport.
Zdravko Petrović, Vladimir Kozar
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Service quality evaluation and ranking of container terminal operators through hybrid multi-criteria decision making methods

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2018
In today's competitive business environment, evaluation and analysis of service quality of service organizations is vital to further improve quality of providing service by the organizations. The present study focuses on the evaluation of service quality
S. Hemalatha, Lingaraju Dumpala, B. Balakrishna   +2 more
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Labour market frictions, monetary policy and durable goods [PDF]

, 2013
The standard two-sector monetary business cycle model suffers from an important deficiency. Since durable good prices are more flexible than non-durable good prices, optimising households build up the stock of durable goods at low cost after a monetary ...
Di Pace, Federico Nicolas, Hertweck, Matthias   +1 more
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The Selection of Dry Port Location by a Hybrid CFA-MACBETH-PROMETHEE Method: A Case Study of Southern Thailand

Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2017
An intermodal transport could be the potential solution for reduction of logistics cost, including an acceleration of product flow, by way of dry port, where is regarded as a key component of combined transport. To promote a dry port in southern Thailand,
Kraisee Komchornrit
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Customary international law and public goods [PDF]

, 2015
The paper examines the potential of customary international law to protect global public goods. In particular, it focuses on the question whether customary law can contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Petersen, N., Petersen, Niels
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Lean management in a non-manufacturing organization

Ekonomski Vjesnik, 2013
This paper examines the possibilities of a lean approach to non-manufacturing functions, i.e. a market-oriented organization. This refers to purchasing, shipment, storage, sale and delivery of goods; marketing, etc.
Mladen Žvorc
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