Maritime Business Review

The concept of the cruise supply chain and its characteristics: an empirical study of China's cruise industry

Jingen Zhou, Shu-Ling (Peggy) Chen, Wenming (Wendy) Shi

The cruise industry has witnessed steady growth, with passenger volume increasing from 17.8 million in 2009 to 30 million in 2019. In the context of global competition and…

System-based barriers for seaports in contributing to Sustainable Development Goals

Hansini Charupraba Katuwawala, Yapa Mahinda Bandara

The main purpose of this paper is to identify the reasons for the stagnant behaviour of seaports contributing towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

A hierarchical cluster analysis of port performance in Malaysia

Norlinda Mohd Rozar, Mohd Hazeem Sidik, Muhammad Ashlyzan Razik, Saadi Ahmad Kamaruddin, Mohd Kholil Ashari Mohd Rozar, Indrianawati Usman, Bandar Ersan Alown

The term competitive has always been used as a comparison to provide a distinction between two or more things. Southeast Asia handles billions of tonnes of global seaborne…

A methodological framework for quantitative risk analysis in container shipping operations

Son Nguyen, Peggy Shu-Ling Chen, Yuquan Du

Container shipping is a crucial component of the global supply chain that is affected by a large range of operational risks with high uncertainty, threatening the…

Marine energy transition with LNG and electric batteries: a technological adoption analysis of Norwegian ferries

Sofiane Laribi, Emmanuel Guy

The article investigates factors associated with the relative success in adopting two specific alternative marine energies (liquefied natural gas, LNG and electric…

Optimization of fleet structure and investment evaluation – the cargo owner's fleet perspective

Zhihong Jin, Xiaohan Wang, Jiaqing Sun, Qi Xu

Energy groups are cargo owners with large amounts of energy sources (such as coal) to transport. To achieve a satisfactory tradeoff between the reliability requirements of…

Influencing factors of crude oil maritime shipping freight fluctuations: a case of Suezmax tankers in Europe-Africa routes

Jihong Chen, Renjie Zhao, Wenjing Xiong, Zheng Wan, Lang Xu, Weipan Zhang

The paper aims to identify the contributors to freight rate fluctuations in the Suezmax tanker market; this study selected the refinery output, crude oil price, one-year…

Predicting African trade considering uncertainty by scenario planning

Ryuichi Shibasaki, Masahiro Abe, Wataru Sato, Naoki Otani, Atsushi Nakagawa, Hitoshi Onodera

This study predicts the growth of Africa's international trade from 2011 to 2040 by accounting for the uncertainties in the continent.

Planning decision alterations and container terminal efficiency

Buddhi A. Weerasinghe, H. Niles Perera, Phillip Kießner

This paper examines how the altering nature of planning decisions affects operational efficiency in seaport container terminals. The uncertainty and the role of the…

Revisiting the marketing approach between seaports and dry ports in Malaysia: current trend and strategy for improvement

Jagan Jeevan, Raden Aswin Rahadi, Monizaihasra Mohamed, Nurul Haqimin Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Rosni Othman, Siti Marsila Mhd Ruslan

This paper aims to explore the comparative analysis of marketing strategies between seaports and dry ports. Second, this paper proposes a recommendation to improve…

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of the stranded seafarers

Chun Pong Wong

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being and mental health of the seafarers who had to overstay on ships after their contracts expired…

Managing disruptions in the maritime industry – a systematic literature review

Thanh-Thuy Nguyen, Dung Thi My Tran, Truong Ton Hien Duc, Vinh V. Thai

This paper presents a systematic review of the literature in the domain of maritime disruption management, upon which future research framework and agenda are proposed…

Monopoly in the container shipping market: an econometric approach

Takuma Matsuda, Enna Hirata, Tomoya Kawasaki

Since the 2010s, market conditions for container shipping companies have been deteriorating owing to decreasing container cargo trade and increasing supply capacity. This…

A study of univariate forecasting methods for crude oil price

Mei-Ling Cheng, Ching-Wu Chu, Hsiu-Li Hsu

This paper aims to compare different univariate forecasting methods to provide a more accurate short-term forecasting model on the crude oil price for rendering a…

Optimising truck arrival management and number of service gates at container terminals

Chu Cong Minh, Nguyen Van Noi

Truck appointment systems have been applied in critical container ports in the United States due to their potential to improve handling operations. This paper aims to…

Uncovering the impact of COVID-19 on shipping and logistics

Enna Hirata, Takuma Matsuda

This research aims to uncover coronavirus disease 2019’s (COVID-19's) impact on shipping and logistics using Internet articles as the source.

Spectral analysis of the dry bulk shipping market by utilizing the system dynamics approach

Junwoo Jeon, Emrah Gulay, Okan Duru

This research analyzes the cycle of the dry bulk shipping market (DBSM) as a representative of spot and period charter rates in dry bulk shipping to develop strategies for…

Enhancing productivity of ship chandlers’ trucks at the port for sustainability

Muhammad Syafiq Essi, Yingsi Chen, Hui Shan Loh, Yimiao Gu

Ship chandlers’ trucks are now facing challenges owing to their job characteristics, which will lead to low productivity of trucks, congestions and pollutions at the port…

Investigating the factors influencing Australian logistics companies toward environmental activity adoption

Sonia Sadeghian Esfahani, Stephen Cahoon, Shu-Ling Chen, Hilary Pateman, Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi

This paper aims to examine 12 factors influencing environmental activity adoption by Australian logistics companies.

The durability of economic indicators in container shipping demand: a case study of East Asia–US container transport

Tomoya Kawasaki, Takuma Matsuda, Yui-yip Lau, Xiaowen Fu

In the maritime industry, it is vital to have a reliable forecast of container shipping demand. Although indicators of economic conditions have been used in modeling…