Transportation Logistics

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The logistics revolution -- Importers -- Containerization, intermodalism, and the rise of Los Angeles and Long Beach -- Steamship lines -- Landside transportation -- Warehouses and distribution centers -- Maritime workers -- Landside workers -- Warehouse and distribution center workers -- Conclusion : winners and losers.

The significance of maritime transportation -- Regulatory involvement in maritime transportation -- Maritime security -- Tramp shipping : its management and operations -- Chartering -- Liner shipping and the conference system -- Passenger vessel operations -- Industrial and special carriers -- Tanker management, operations, and chartering -- Vessel management companies -- Vessel bunkering -- Ship husbandry : procurement of vessel stores, supplies, and services -- The logic of ship scheduling -- Terminal management and operations -- The Stevedor contract -- Containerization and its affect on transportation -- The intermodal transportation concept -- How freight rates are made -- The ocean bill of lading -- The traffic study -- Planning for a new ship.