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Containerisation, Box Logistics and Global Supply Chains: The Integration of Ports and Liner Shipping Networks

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  • Theo Notteboom

    (ITMMA – University of Antwerp, Keizerstraat 64, Antwerp 2000, Belgium.)

  • Jean-Paul Rodrigue

    (Department of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549, USA.)

Abstract

In 2006, container shipping celebrated its 50th anniversary as an innovation that had a tremendous impact on the geography of production and distribution. Production became globalised by a better usage of comparative advantages while distribution systems were able to interact more efficiently. This paper analyses the mounting pressures on box logistics in light of global supply chains. It will be demonstrated that the basic principle of containerisation remained the same notwithstanding scale increases in vessels and terminals and a clear productivity increase in container handling. Although the container was an innovation initially applied for maritime transportation, the emergence of global supply chains has placed intense pressures to implement containerisation over inland freight distribution systems. Box – containerised – logistics is increasingly challenged to deal with the ever-increasing time, reliability and costs requirements of global supply chains. Imbalances in trade flows and accessibility and capacity constraints are among some of the developments that are making it increasingly difficult to reap the full benefits of containerisation. Maritime Economics & Logistics (2008) 10, 152–174. doi:10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100196

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  • Theo Notteboom & Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2008. "Containerisation, Box Logistics and Global Supply Chains: The Integration of Ports and Liner Shipping Networks," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 10(1-2), pages 152-174, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:10:y:2008:i:1:p:152-174
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