Transport industries

With the growth of just-in-time delivery and e-commerce, fast and efficient cargo delivery remains in high demand around the globe.

The unique challenges associated with understanding network industries requires insights from a range of disciplinary perspectives, namely economics, engineering, law, and political science.

The importance of the international maritime transport industry is difficult to overstate.

The academic and scholarly interest in the subject of branding in both the consumer and industrial markets has grown substantially in the dynamic post-pandemic environment.

This handbook provides a wide-ranging, coherent, and systematic analysis of maritime management, policy, and strategy development.

The environmental and human costs of marine accidents are high, and risks are considerable.

Flying High traces the incredible career of the founder and chairman of JetBlue, David Neeleman, from his teenage ventures and beginnings in the travel industry.

El sector del transporte se enfrenta en la actualidad a retos de gran calado, entre ellos, el de seguir avanzando en el proceso de liberalización, con la consiguiente sujeción plena al Derecho de la Competencia, y de asimilar la profunda transformación a consecuencia de la irrupción de la innovación tecnológica y de la automatización en este ámbito.

Advances in Maritime Technology and Engineering comprises a collection of the papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2024) held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 14-16 May 2024.

Tides: A Primer for Deck Officers and Officer of the Watch Exams prepares the reader for the Officer of the Watch and Master/Mate certificates required by all officers on commercial seagoing vessels.

Women play an essential role in the transport workforce worldwide, working in formal and informal jobs in public transport, road freight and logistics, rail, maritime and aviation sectors, in ports and in active travel.

Metaheuristic Algorithms in Maritime Operations Optimization focuses on the seaside and port side problems regarding the maritime transportation.

This title was first published in 2002.

Shipping is the world's oldest sharing economy and is conducted in a self-organizing manner.

Remedies are vital in commercial litigation.

The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North.

Public and private institutions are committing resources and making important long-term decisions concerning the collection, management, and use of spatial data.

Completely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject.

The airline industry is one of the most fascinating in the world, with roots going back to the earliest years of the 20th century.

Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain - and between 1946 and 1974 as such it exclusively operated all long-haul British flights.

The on-going globalisation and the increasing demand for flexibility in modern businesses have made transport, together with business logistics, a major functional domain.

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies.

Whirl Flutter of Turboprop Aircraft Structures, Second Edition explores the whirl flutter phenomenon, including theoretical, practical, analytical and experimental aspects of the matter.

Containerization provides optimization of handling processes in terms of intermodality and efficient cargo handling, and maritime transport, in particular, it provides further optimization of shipping processes in terms of volume and distance.

Shipping expert Lorange explains his strategic framework for modern shipping firms, for shipping executives and those preparing to enter the industry.

Principles of the Carriage of Goods by Sea offers students studying this topic as part of their LLM or LLB course an accessible, comprehensive overview of the subject from a leading expert in the field.

This book opens up the debate on the interrelations between space and mobilities with regard to different dimensions of social inequality.

The report describes potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research for understanding housing needs, addressing broader issues of urban poverty and community development, and improving access to information and services by the many users of HUD's data.

Anyone interested in the rise of American corporate capitalism should look to the streets of Baltimore.

This book provides a general introduction into aviation operations, covering all the relevant elements of this field and the interrelations between them.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

This first book on Maritime Informatics describes the potential for Maritime Informatics to enhance the shipping industry.

Managing the nation's air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources.

Railway expansion was the great industrial project of the late 19th century, and the Great Powers built railways at speed and reaped great commercial benefits.

This title was first published in 2002.

First published in 1938, A History of Transportation in Canada is regarded as the standard work on the subject.

The ways in which we travel have a huge impact on sustainability.

Foreign Object Debris and Damage in Aviation discusses both biological and non-biological Foreign Object Debris (FOD) and associated Foreign Object Damage (FOD) in aviation.

Covering cost structures and cost problems as well as costing methodologies, this book, first published in 1988, aims to enhance understanding of the economics of all types of transportation: freight and passenger, by truck, rail, bus and air.

Over the last several years, the value of stocks in both the airline and the telecommunications industries have dropped catastrophically.

The seventh of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Transportation Protection and Homeland Security is a valuable reference source.

This book considers gender perspectives on the 'smart' turn in urban and transport planning to effect-ively provide 'mobility for all' while simultaneously attending to the goal of creating green and inclusive cities.

This book presents the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development.