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*[[What are the effects of the financial crisis on the world trade in 2009?]]
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*[[What developments in Port performance can we observe?]]


21. What developments in Port performance can we observe?
Ports are facing increasing demands for a quick turnaround of vessels from customers with increasing size of ships. The main bottleneck in port performance is crane handling. Ports have not made any significant breakthroughs in container handling, neither does there appear to be any new radical solutions on the horizon.
In the “Review of MaritimeTransport 2007” is was reported that, in Shenzhen, China, a crane capable of lifting 3 FEU’s (forty-foot-equivalents) came into operation. These crane improved the container handling from 60 boxes per hour to 64 boxes an hour. If a ship contains more than 5000 containers, these improvements don’t make much difference.
A concept to further improve container handling efficiency has led one crane manufacturer to design, on paper, a crane capable of handling 4 FEU’s simultaneously.


22. How does the Logistics supply chain look like?
22. How does the Logistics supply chain look like?

Revision as of 15:42, 18 September 2009

Team Members:

  1. Maria Marcos
  2. Mirjam Terhorst
  3. Andreas Schuil
  4. Eduard de Visser
  5. David Verberne

Driving forces:

New Driving forces:

  1. Piracy
  2. Containerization
  3. Maritime Transportation security
  4. Consumer’s responsibility CO2 footprint
  5. Consumer/customer demands regarding speed of service/delivery
  6. Improvement through inventions
  7. Technical Innovation in the supply chain
  8. International Trade of goods
  9. The cost of freight shipping
  10. Building ‘green’
  11. Increase of Marine Pollution


Existing driving forces:

  1. Influence of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
  2. Increasing Use of e-Commerce
  3. Global Warming
  4. The increasing globalization of markets‎

Research Questions:


22. How does the Logistics supply chain look like?



Environmental improvements in maritime shipping The maritime shipping industry is looking for ways to improve their environmental impact and overall cost structure. One major innovation is the use of skysails, see www.skysails.info . Depending on the prevailing wind conditions, a ship’s average annual fuel costs can be reduced by 10 to 35% by using the SkySails-System. Under optimal wind conditions, fuel consumption can temporarily be cut by up to 50%. The first commercial ships are using the SkySails right now and are being rewarded for their environmental improvement .

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