Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains

Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains
Author: Hans-Joachim Schramm
Publisher: Physica
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-01-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783790827767

In this book, the business of international freight forwarding is examined from both a theoretical and empirical point of view with a special emphasis on multimodal transport chains, including sea or air transport operations. In such contexts, the freight forwarder is always considered "The Architect of Transport", but this intermediary role seems to be largely neglected in research to date. Therefore, relevant concepts from economic theory and economic sociology are employed to produce both an intermediary and a network perspective of freight forwarding in order to provide a better understanding of this kind of transportation business. Furthermore, its intermediary role in such inherent network structures is explored by mapping relationship patterns in a stylized model framework applied to a questionnaire-based sample collected among freight forwarders engaged in such multimodal transport chains in Germany (especially from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven) as well as in Austria in 2003.

Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains

Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains
Author: Hans-Joachim Schramm
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790827746

In this book, the business of international freight forwarding is examined from both a theoretical and empirical point of view with a special emphasis on multimodal transport chains, including sea or air transport operations. In such contexts, the freight forwarder is always considered "The Architect of Transport", but this intermediary role seems to be largely neglected in research to date. Therefore, relevant concepts from economic theory and economic sociology are employed to produce both an intermediary and a network perspective of freight forwarding in order to provide a better understanding of this kind of transportation business. Furthermore, its intermediary role in such inherent network structures is explored by mapping relationship patterns in a stylized model framework applied to a questionnaire-based sample collected among freight forwarders engaged in such multimodal transport chains in Germany (especially from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven) as well as in Austria in 2003.

Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains

Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains
Author: Hans-Joachim Schramm
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790827754

In this book, the business of international freight forwarding is examined from both a theoretical and empirical point of view with a special emphasis on multimodal transport chains, including sea or air transport operations. In such contexts, the freight forwarder is always considered "The Architect of Transport", but this intermediary role seems to be largely neglected in research to date. Therefore, relevant concepts from economic theory and economic sociology are employed to produce both an intermediary and a network perspective of freight forwarding in order to provide a better understanding of this kind of transportation business. Furthermore, its intermediary role in such inherent network structures is explored by mapping relationship patterns in a stylized model framework applied to a questionnaire-based sample collected among freight forwarders engaged in such multimodal transport chains in Germany (especially from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven) as well as in Austria in 2003.

Maritime Supply Chains

Maritime Supply Chains
Author: Thierry Vanelslander
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2020-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0128189320

Maritime Supply Chains breaks the maritime chain into components, consistently relating them to the overall integrated supply chain. The book not only analyzes and provides solutions to frequently encountered problems and key operational issues, it also applies cutting-edge scientific techniques on the maritime supply chain. Sections consider shipping, ports and terminals, hinterland and the issues that intersect different parts of the chain. Readers will find discussions of the various actors at play and how they relate to the overall function of the supply chain. Finally, the book offers solutions to the most pressing problems, thus providing a unique, well-balanced account. - Provides a comprehensive and integrative account of the maritime supply chain, from shipping, to port, to hinterland - Cuts through the maritime supply chain to offer a transversal picture on how the chain functions - Applies rigorous analytical techniques to give solutions to the most frequent and pressing challenges facing maritime supply chains - Considers advances, such as blockchain, that are set to transform maritime supply chains

Procurement Compliance Behaviour

Procurement Compliance Behaviour
Author: Abdalla Fahad Mohamed
Publisher: IPR Journals and Book Publishers
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2023-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9914752977

TOPICS IN THE BOOK Effects of Selected Lean Management Practices on Financial Performance of Private Hospitals in Mombasa County, Kenya Role of Third-Party Logistics Services on Supply Chain Performance in Distribution Sector in Kenya: A Case of Bollore Transport & Logistics Kenya Limited Public Procurement Compliance Behavior and Its Effect on Quality Service Delivery: A Case Study of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) The Effect of Procurement Compliance Behavior on Quality of Service Delivery: A Case Study of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Influence of Collaborative Planning on Performance of Pharmaceutical Firms in Kenya

Intermodal Transportation

Intermodal Transportation
Author: Joseph Tshilomb JK
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2016-10-10
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1524643513

Transportation technologies in the field of unitization of goods, which culminated in the advent of containerization, have led to the subsequent development of intermodal transport featured by the integration of the following modes of carriage of goods: airways carriage, carriage by sea, inlands waterways, railways, and truck services. Whereas the technical, commercial, and economic aspects of the international intermodal transportation have been adequately addressed in scholarly publications, the legal regime related to the liability of the intermodal carrier is still unpredictable, quite unreliable, and does not respond to the requirements of the intermodal transportation for the purpose of the promotion of the global economy. At present, transport in carriage of goods means getting goods delivered from the producer to the consumer. The process would more likely involve an international intermodal carriage. The unpredictable, inadequate, and uncertain liability regime in international carriage of goods, as referred to previously, has a significant impact on the insurance schemes available in intermodal transportation. As a consequence, the insurance industry has been coping with conflicting laws and regulations while settling claims arising from frequent and high capital-intensive risks in the international intermodal carriage of goods.

Codification of Maritime Law

Codification of Maritime Law
Author: Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1000737004

This book is the first of its kind to explore the problems inherent in the unification of maritime law. Featuring contributions from leading experts at European maritime law research centres, it considers international conventions, current maritime practice, standard forms and recently adopted or drafted national codifications of maritime law from the codification point of view. The book is divided into four parts which represent different views on the main topic. Part I gathers chapters dedicated to different aspects and methods of unification of maritime law on a global scale, as well as several specific issues of maritime law from the regulatory point of view. Part II of the book consists of those papers that centre around the issue of transport of goods. Part III is dedicated to codifications of carriage of passengers, cruise law and leisure navigation. Finally, Part IV addresses national codifications of maritime law. Codification of Maritime Law: Challenges, Possibilities and Experience seeks to provide common ground for future unification of maritime law, which makes the book useful both for private and public maritime lawyers and states’ maritime administrations worldwide.

Freight Forwarding and Multi Modal Transport Contracts

Freight Forwarding and Multi Modal Transport Contracts
Author: David Glass
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317995821

Freight Forwarding and Multimodal Transport Contracts, 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive guide to the law in relation to contract forms and terms created by operators, trade associations or international bodies such as the UN and used as a basis for trading conditions by freight forwarders, logistics suppliers, combined or multimodal transport operators and container operators. This second edition examines the latest editions of contract forms and terms, both where their object is the supply or procurement of multimodal carriage, as well as where they are directed to the use of combined transport equipment (ie containers, swap bodies). Of particular prominence will be a detailed examination of the latest versions of conditions used by the principal UK forwarding, logistics, intermodal and container operators such as the British International Freight Association (BIFA) conditions 2005A and the current Freightliner Conditions as well as updates on many of the conditions in use and legal developments relevant to them, eg Road Haulage Association Conditions 2009, Maersk Conditions of Carriage, TT Club Conditions.

The International Air Cargo Industry

The International Air Cargo Industry
Author: James Nolan
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2022-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839092114

The International Air Cargo Industry: A Modal Analysis provides an objective “snapshot” of this fascinating industry from the perspective of those who conduct academic research into its expansion and consolidation covering three broad economic areas: costs, demand, and development.

Training in Logistics and the Freight Transport Industry

Training in Logistics and the Freight Transport Industry
Author: Alfonso Morvillo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1351729713

This title was first published in 2002. In the last few decades, relationships within the transport and logistics industry have become more complex due to the rising importance of information and communication technology, the growth of just-in-time delivery and increasing globalization. Such changes call for new forms of training, both managerial and vocational, for the continued development of the industry. This detailed and enterprising volume focuses on the transnational integrated training FIT Project (Formazione Integrata Transnazionale) set up within the European Programme ADAPT, which brought together academics and professionals to boost transport and logistics in Southern Italy. The project highlights cultural, motivational and training differences among the companies studied and suggests proper strategies for human resource development. Through an original methodology, it advocates an innovative and modular training programme to meet the needs of expertise and flexibility within the sector. The results can be used by the industry in general as best practice operative guidelines.