While it is certainly too early to make a definitive assessment of the effectiveness of
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), it is not to take stock of what has been achieved and …

Operations research has had a long and distinguished history of work in emergency
preparedness and response, airline security, transportation of hazardous materials, and …

The importance of container security for international trade is well established and has been
the subject of recent research in the follow up of the implementation of global security …

The growth in container volumes and the concentration of container flows on a limited
number of hubs, which derives, among other things, from the increasing vessel size …

A key problem of a container terminal is the design and integration of the security
procedures, such as the containers inspection, in the normal container terminal operations …

Objective The purpose of this paper is to review the developments of the last 15 years in the
field of Freight Transport research and innovation, primarily (but not exclusively) in Europe …

Ports are important nodes in maritime transportation networks. However, port managers face
different types of risks in port operations which may disrupt cargo flows in the logistics chain …

Human Resource Management is getting more important in the business nowadays,
because people and their knowledge are the most important aspects affecting the …

In recent years, Customs and Border Protection has installed radiation sensors to screen
cargo containers entering the United States. They are concerned that terrorists could use …

The current issues and challenges related to the large-scale implementation of intermodal
freight transportation systems in the United States and Europe are addressed, and open …