Umfang:
1 online resource (311 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781409404002
,
9781409404019
Serie:
Transport and Mobility
Inhalt:
Seaport gateways and the corridors which connect them to widely dispersed hinterlands are of vital and essential importance to international trade and the world economy. Distributing goods to ultimate land destinations or bringing the goods to seaports from inland origins is organizationally complex involving multiple actors. This book furthers understanding about how this movement is organized, the role of ports acting as gateways and the actions of corridor players. A key question that confronts the shipping and port industries, as well as public authorities, is how to increase the benefits of maritime trade to the companies and institutions directly involved as well as the port city-regions where the transfers take place? This question is being posed in the midst of a global economic recession and trade downturn, and in the context of contemporary policy frameworks whose goals are to generate economic benefits and efficiencies rather than to maximize traffic volumes. This book puts into perspective the reality, opportunities and challenges facing seaport gateways and corridors now and in the future
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Global Economic Change: Implications for Ports, Corridors and Value Chains -- 2 Economic Cycles in Maritime Shipping and Ports -- 3 Organizational and Geographical Ramifications of the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis -- 4 Carriers' Role in Opening Gateways -- 5 Transport and Logistics Hubs -- 6 Port, Corridor, Gateway and Chain -- Part II Measuring and Improving Gateway and Corridor Performance -- 7 Measuring Port Performance -- 8 Key Interactions and Value Drivers towards Port Users' Satisfaction -- 9 Improving Port Performance -- 10 Coordination in Multi-Actor Logistics Operations -- Part III International Case Studies -- 11 Benchmarking the Integration of Corridors in International Value Networks -- 12 Building Value into Transport Chains -- 13 Perspectives on Integrated Container Transport -- 14 Trade Corridors and Gateways -- 15 Hinterlands, Port Regionalisation and Extended Gateways -- 16 Entrepreneurial Region and Gateway-Making in China -- Bibliography -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version McCalla, Robert J. Integrating Seaports and Trade Corridors Farnham : Taylor & Francis Group,c2010 ISBN 9781409404002
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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