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Week 2 - Maritime Logistics PDF
Week 2 - Maritime Logistics PDF
Objectives of Lecture
Understanding of
Concept of maritime logistics
Introduction of maritime transport
Concept
Focusing Point
Effective logistics flow as a systematic
entity
Sea transportation activities:
Contracting, shipping, sea voyage,
moving cargo, loading/ unloading, and
Function
Maritime Transport
Process of carrying and handling
cargoes across the ocean
Shipping
Port operations
Freight forwarding
Transport mode
B/L
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Distribution center
Depot
Warehouse
Port may equip with Container Freight Station (CFS) for shippers and
consignees to consolidate cargoes
Provide value-added services, e.g. repacking, labeling, etc.
Book vessel
Prepare requisite documents for ocean carriage and trade
Inventory management
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Air
Land
Rail
Road
Water (Maritime)
Inland waterway
Short sea
Ocean-going/ deep sea
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High value
Perishable
ULD
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High capacity
Cost effective
Energy efficient
Reduce congestion on road
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Liner shipping
Tramp shipping
Seaborne Trade
Liner Shipping
Tramp Shipping
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Derived Demand
A factor which is not in demand for its own sake but derived from
the demand for the goods
Transport Demand
= 200,000
Singapore
Demand = 200,000
Transport
Demand = 0
Mfg Base in China
Congo
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Demand = 0
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Source: Wikipedia
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Seaborne Trade
GDP
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Asia Europe
Asia North America
Europe North America
Intra Asia
Latin America
Middle East
Australia
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Source: https://www.apl.com/routes/
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Source: https://www.apl.com/routes/
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Source: https://www.apl.com/routes/
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Strait of Malacca
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Strait of Hormuz
Important for oil tankers: ~20% of oil export, ~35% of oil tankers
Linkage between the oil fields of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
~6km wide in navigation channel
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Panama Canal
Lock Chamber
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Suez Canal
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Nicaragua Canal
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Mississippi River
Yangtze River
Pearl River
Nile River
Amazon River
Danube River
Yangtze
Pearl
Mississippi
Danube
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Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
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Q&A
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Logistics Arm
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Intermodalism
VS
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GDP
GDP (nominal)
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Hong Kong
Singapore
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