Maritime Transport System
7. Summary
In order to sum up this section, the advantages and disadvantages of the
maritime transport system are presented to you on this page.
Advantages
- ability to carry high capacity of weight at low freight rates
- large loading space
- supply of special ships
Disadvantages
- inflexibility
- dependency on weather conditions (storm, hurricane, ice,...)
- in line dependency on fixed route using container line services
Optimization in maritime transport is possible through the four core variables driving the maritime logistics model: distance, ship size, ship speed and ship type.
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Literature
Literature
Schulte, C. (1991): Logistik. Wege zur Optimierung des Material- und Informationsflusses. Verlag Franz Vahlen, München.
Stopford, M. (2008): Maritime economics. Third edition. London, New York: Routledge.