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Chapter 18
Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
A 20-foot capacity box, usually made of steel. Its main task is to facilitate transport of goods. One container is referred in logistics terms as one TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit).
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A Secure Bet in the Maritime Supply Chain: Current Situation and Opportunities for Ports' Attractiveness
Julia Pahl (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) and Miguel Cordova (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1397-2.ch018
Abstract
Extended research has been conducted related to how ports are capable to offer differentiated services for their customers, as well as how these decide to do business with one port rather than another. However, the literature about ports' attractiveness is not conclusive. This chapter identifies main drivers with respect to their relevance for managerial practices and proposes an agenda that tackles the obstacles that ports may find when aiming at enhancing their attractiveness. The chapter reviews the relevant literature, reports, and media to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture. It further opens the discussion related to exogenous, endogenous, and subjective factor of port attractiveness and how they influence stakeholders' decisions. The study concludes with proposals for further research.
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Chapter 31
Oracle 19c's Multitenant Container Architecture and Big Data
Containers are a bundled unit of software with all their dependencies.
Published in Chapter: Oracle 19c's Multitenant Container Architecture and Big Data; From: Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning
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Chapter 607
Concepts of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and Their Applications to Port Logistics
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Chapter 5
Low-Overhead Development of Scalable Resource-Efficient Software Systems
An data structure that holds a set of other objects. In many standardised libraries, container classes feature member functions to manipulate and access the held objects.
Published in Chapter: Low-Overhead Development of Scalable Resource-Efficient Software Systems; From: Handbook of Research on Emerging Advancements and Technologies in Software Engineering
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Chapter 144
Using Total Quality Management to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk
A container is a large metal box specifically designed for shipping products overseas. They generally come in a smaller size of 20' length which can hold up to thirty-two thousand pounds, or a 40' length which can hold up to forty thousand pounds ( IBP, 2011 ).
Published in Chapter: Using Total Quality Management to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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