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.

Mindmap — Optimization variables von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heike Flämig, Katharina Beck, Martin Stopford (CC BY-SA)

Congratulations, you finished the topic maritime transport system. If you are interested in other modes of transport too, feel free to check our other topics air transport system, road transport system, rail transport system and inland waterway transport system.

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.