Factors Affecting Container Shipping Through Inland Waterways

Raju, Totakura Bangar; Narasinganallur, Nilakantan; Jalil, Syed Aqib; PJ, Ajith

doi:10.4274/jems.2022.86094

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“…The Danube connected to the Rhine through the main River, thus establishing the Rhine-main-Danube canal. The main-Danube corridors connect 15 European countries through waterways with a navigable total length of approximately 2145km, connected from Germany, ending in the black sea in Romania (Totakura et al, 2020). Two third of all goods in the European inland waterway pass through the Rhine due to the geographical position of the Rhine delta supported by quality infrastructure (rivers and canals) connecting large European hinterland, thus, making the Rhine River by far the essential by European waterways (Ines-Danube, 2017; Bu & Nachtmann, 2021).…”

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Digitalisation and Decarbonisation Challenges of Inland Waterways Freight Logistics Transport and their Integration into Regional Supply Chains – A Case Study

Shekwoyemi,

Paraskevadakis,

Ren

et al. 2023

Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Global Challenges

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An era of increased sustainable transport, the European inland navigation industry has received significant attention to attain sustainable transport. Tremendous opportunities to substantially move freight on waterways are present in the UK; however, several challenges have been appropriately addressed, including infrastructural gaps and various institutional support programs. The paper addresses the UK's current situation of inland navigation and the key challenges affecting the sectors as a viable alternative transport solution. The article explores and summarises the geographic opportunities, commercial feasibility, and the current condition of the UK'S inland navigation sector. From the practical scenario of the UK's experience, an attempt was made by the authors to find the critical challenges and issues faced by the industry. The emerging themes from the analysis of this paper indicated governance and leadership issues, cooperation, and coordination mechanism between establishments with various functions and responsibilities, merged with infrastructural investment, are strategic elements for expansion in the UK. Conclusively, the authors presented recommendations for improvement and sustainable development.

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Digitalisation and Decarbonisation Challenges of Inland Waterways Freight Logistics Transport and their Integration into Regional Supply Chains – A Case Study

Shekwoyemi,

Paraskevadakis,

Ren

et al. 2023

Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Global Challenges

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“…This discrepancy can be attributed to various factors, including inadequate infrastructure, insufficient investment, inadequate regulatory measures, and a lack of cooperation between national and sub-national authorities, which hinder the effective operation of IWT (Praveen and Jegan, 2015;Solomon et al, 2020;Rogerson et al, 2020;Trivedi et al, 2021;Hassan and Xuefeng, 2022;Hunt et al, 2022 ). However, studies have indicated that the sector remains one of the transport modes with lots of unused capacity for increased exploitation (Hofbauer and Putz, 2020;Totakura et al, 2020;Barrow et al, 2022). In recent years, inland waterways for freight transportation have continued to receive growing attention due to issues associated with the environment, transport safety and unsustainable and congested road networks.…”

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A systematic literature review of technological developments and challenges for inland waterways freight transport in intermodal supply chain management

Gbako,

Paraskevadakis,

Ren

et al. 2024

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PurposeInland shipping has been extensively recognised as a sustainable, efficient and good alternative to rail and road modes of transportation. In recent years, various authorities and academic researchers have advocated shifting from road to other sustainable modes like inland waterway transport (IWT) or rail transport. Academic work on modernisation and technological innovations to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of waterborne transportation is becoming apparent as a growing body of literature caused by the need to achieve a sustainable transport system. Thus, it became apparent to explore the research trends on IWT.Design/methodology/approachA systematic and structured literature review study was employed in this paper to identify the challenges and concepts in modernising inland waterways for freight transportation. The review analysed 94 articles published in 54 journals from six well-known databases between 2010 and 2022.FindingsThe key findings of this review are that despite various challenges confronting the sector, there have been successful cases of technological advancement in the industry. The main interest among scholars is improving technical and economic performance, digitalisation, and safety and environmental issues. The review revealed that most of the literature is fragmented despite growing interest from practitioners and academic scholars. Academic research to address the strategic objectives, including strengthening competitiveness (shipbuilding, hydrodynamics, incorporating artificial intelligence into the decision-making process, adopting blockchain technology to ensure transparency and security in the transactions, new technologies for fleets adaptation to climate change, more effective handling, maintenance and rehabilitation technologies), matching growth and changing trade patterns (intermodal solutions and new logistics approaches) are major causes of concerns.Originality/valueBy employing the approach of reviewing previously available literature on IWT review papers, this review complements the existing body of literature in the field of IWT by providing in a single paper a consolidation of recent state-of-the-art research on technological developments and challenges for inland waterways freight transport in the intermodal supply chain that can act as a single resource to keep researchers up to date with the most recent advancements in research in the domain of inland waterway freight transport. Additionally, this review identified gaps in the literature that may inspire new research themes in the field of IWT.

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“…The Factors were classified into 4 main categories and 21 sub-factors. From the result, the individual factors and sub-factors are ranked individually and also Global weightage is calculated(Totakura et al, 2022).…”

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Analyzing Factors Influencing Seafarers to Pursue Sailing as a Career

2023

Journal of Informatics Education and Research

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Seafarers form the backbone of the Global Economy by transporting goods from one place to another. New studies show that, there will be a potential shortage of Seafarers, especially Officers in the Global Shipping Industry. Surprisingly, there is a trend of Indian Seafarers preferring not to continue sailing in the future, even though considerable Cadets have passed training. The study intents to find out different factors of Motivation influencing and encourage the Seafarers to continue sailing. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire that was sent to seafaring personnel willing to participate in the study. A total of 13 responses were used for the study. All the respondents are current sailing seafarers with at least 2 years of sailing experience. About 28 motivational factors were identified specific to shipping and are grouped into 3 -Intrinsic Factors (IF), Organizational Factors (OF) and Socio-cultural Factors (SF). The data were analyzed using Fuzzy AHP methodology; furthermore, the factors were ranked in relative, group and global weightage. The result shows that the Intrinsic Factors, which are driven by the internal reward of an Individual, are the prime Factors of Motivation that attract an Indian to seafaring profession. Lastly, the research proposes that a good HR policy coupled with an employee retention strategy will to some extent encourage the seafarers to continue sailing. The results are instrumental in making suitable amendments to the HR policy of a Shipping Company to retain its veteran workforce to compete in the Global Maritime Market.

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Factors Affecting Container Shipping Through Inland Waterways

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Digitalisation and Decarbonisation Challenges of Inland Waterways Freight Logistics Transport and their Integration into Regional Supply Chains – A Case Study

Digitalisation and Decarbonisation Challenges of Inland Waterways Freight Logistics Transport and their Integration into Regional Supply Chains – A Case Study

A systematic literature review of technological developments and challenges for inland waterways freight transport in intermodal supply chain management

Analyzing Factors Influencing Seafarers to Pursue Sailing as a Career

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