Call for contribution: Supply Chain Forum special issue on new business models in container shipping and intermodal services
Container shipping companies are struggling to restore margins since the financial crisis of 2008. There are many reasons for this situation, in particular related to the general overcapacity due to a slowdown in demand and to investment in larger vessels, combined with the end of shipping conference systems in Europe…
MPM Special Issue: Arctic Shipping, Transportation, and Regional Development
Circumpolar nations face both challenges and opportunities as climate change opens access to the Arctic, bringing increased traffic - passengers and cargoes - into the region. This special issue sets aside the question of mitigation of climate change, and takes as its starting point that climate change is occurring, that…