With continuous change in the global and domestic markets for TPL services, it becomes
imperative that both users and providers of TPL services equip themselves with the best in …

Purpose Developing strategic relationships with third-party logistics (3PL) providers has
long been one of the key challenges in automotive supply chains. The purpose of this paper …

This paper strives to answer the general question; how far purchasers of logistics services
take into account aspects of sustainable development. Modeled on the German Sustainable …

Abstract China Railway Express (CRE) is one of the most important constituent parts of the
Belt and Road Initiative. Freight demand analysis is fundamental as a basis for the …

Shipping companies frequently outsource the management of their vessels. In this paper, we
use data from Lloyd's Register Fairplay [(2009) IHS Fairplay World shipping encyclopaedia …

Short distance inland container transport to Western European seaports provides
opportunities for additional modal shift to intermodal transport, thanks to the concentration of …

This paper considers speed and reliability, measured by the average and variance of the
lead time, to examine the relevance of the latter variable on inventory costs. By using a …

The objective of this paper is to study freight transportation outsourcing and vehicle type
choice decisions made by small and medium size firms. Carrier type and vehicle type …

Purpose This article examines the extent of collaboration experienced by 191 Brazilian
shippers, logistics service providers (LSPs) and carriers in their logistics operations in urban …

The suggested Hazmat transport Security Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) methodology
presents a user-friendly approach to determine relative security risk levels of the different …