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E-commerce and the Container Shipping Industry

In: Transport Developments and Innovations in an Evolving World

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  • Hans Ham

    (Delft University of Technology)

  • Bart Kuipers

    (TNO Inro)

Abstract

The globalization of economies is generating new maritime transport flows. In particular, the container shipping industry has benefited from this development. However, shipping a container from shipper/consignor to consignee sometimes involves over 60 documents. Hence, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has always been important in this sector. Shipping companies have embraced Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and Electronic Data Processing (EDP-)systems have been widely implemented. However, e-commerce, i.e. the marketing, selling and buying of products and services via the Internet, has been far less applied.

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  • Hans Ham & Bart Kuipers, 2004. "E-commerce and the Container Shipping Industry," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Michel Beuthe & Veli Himanen & Aura Reggiani & Luca Zamparini (ed.), Transport Developments and Innovations in an Evolving World, chapter 4, pages 47-68, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-540-24827-9_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24827-9_4
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