Frontiers in Maritime Transport Chains

Maritime transport is an essential link in many of the global supply chains. At any given moment within a certain chain, there are trade-offs to be made with other links, including the choice of port and transshipment as well as hinterland services. This course provides an in-depth view into the management of maritime supply chains. It also examines how such supply chains can be affected by exogenous trends and events, such as structural changes in international trade, new developments in the field of digitization and automation in the supply chain, and national and supranational policymaking.

This Research Topic features contributions on a topic considered to be, at current, a key development in the port and maritime business, either at management, operational or policy level. Papers can create a match between scientists and practitioners. There is stress on interdisciplinarity, i.e. all disciplines will be treated (engineering, economy, legal, mathematic, etc.). The subject can be about theory and secondly derived products. New research areas and business opportunities will be dealt with.

We therefore welcome submissions of Original Research and Review on the following (but not limited to) topics:

- Maritime, port or hinterland economics
- Environmental issues
- Maritime engineering
- Investment and finance, cost optimisation, chain optimisation and human resources
- Employment and legal issues.
- Maritime trade and forecasting
- Shipping markets, Ship emissions and solutions
- Port energy issues
- Maritime and port digitalization and big data use
- Port and maritime security
- Maritime and port innovation
- Hinterland transport solutions, bundling and synchromodality
- Cruise business
- Terminal operation and Port capacity investments.