Introduction

This course covers many topics including shipping lines, container tankers, dry bulk, and port-centric logistics; it is a helpful, up-to-date resource for students of logistics and logistics professionals.

On completion of this course you should be able to: 

• Examine the latest developments, knowledge and practices taking place in logistics and supply chains within the shipping and port industry
• Define maritime logistics value and its strategic significance
• Provide a global perspective on the increasingly key area of logistics
• Understand all the aspects of logistics including container shipping, dry and wet bulk shipping, and port-centric logistics
• Define logistics hub and its applications for container ports and improve Supply chain accessibility and efficiency

Course Outline

Defining Maritime Logistics And Its Value

• Maritime logistics in concept
• Maritime logistics value defined
• Strategic significance of maritime logistics value
• Concluding remarks

International Maritime Trade And Logistics

• Logistics and supply chain management
• Logistics and transport
• Global trade and international maritime trade
• Global trade and international trade

Intermodal Freight Transport And Logistics

• Characteristics of intermodal transport
• Containerisation of intermodal transport
• Advantages of intermodal transport
• Containerisation and intermodal transport
• Development of intermodal transport
• Combined transport operators and their services
• Towards innovative intermodal transport

The Human Element In Maritime Logistics

• The human element in science and theory
• Effects on system performance and wellbeing

Developing Liner Service Networks In Container Shipping

• Background on container shipping
• Configuration and design of liner shipping services
• Shipping routes, network patterns and port centrality

Supply Chain Integration Of Shipping Companies

• Supply chain integration in the maritime shipping industry
• The impact of supply chain integration on shipping firm performance

Logistics Strategy In Container Shipping

• Literature review
• Container line logistics activities
• Liner operator case studies
• Strategic groups

Tanker Shipping Logistics

• Transfer components
• Marine terminals
• Contractual relationships
• Cargo transfer procedures
• Cargo losses

Dry Bulk Shipping Logistics

• Dry bulk trade
• Dry bulk fleet
• Economies of dry bulk trade
• Principles of dry bulk shipping logistics

Dry Port In Concept And Practice

• Intermodality and seaport inland access
• Intermodal terminal facilities
• The dry port concept
• Dry port examples in Europe

Defining Logistics Hub And Its Applications For Container Ports

• Logistics hub in perspective
• Application of logistics hub to container port
• Economics and social network theories for container hub port evolution

Hinterland Logistics And Global Supply Chains

• Supply chain accessibility and efficiency
• System design
• Strategy
• Management
• Hinterland logistics and its influence on global supply chains

Port And Logistics Chains: Changes In Organizational Effectiveness

• Ports and logistics chains
• Port authorities in logistics chains

Logistics Performance Of Supply Chain-Oriented Ports

• Review of relevant literature
• Evolution of port research
• Supply chains and seaports
• Integration of ports in supply chains
• Research model and data collection
• Empirical analysis and results