Maritime Business Review: Volume 8 Issue 1 , Open Access

Spectral analysis of the dry bulk shipping market by utilizing the system dynamics approach

Junwoo Jeon, Emrah Gulay, Okan Duru

This research analyzes the cycle of the dry bulk shipping market (DBSM) as a representative of spot and period charter rates in dry bulk shipping to develop strategies for…

Optimising truck arrival management and number of service gates at container terminals

Chu Cong Minh, Nguyen Van Noi

Truck appointment systems have been applied in critical container ports in the United States due to their potential to improve handling operations. This paper aims to develop a…

A study of univariate forecasting methods for crude oil price

Mei-Ling Cheng, Ching-Wu Chu, Hsiu-Li Hsu

This paper aims to compare different univariate forecasting methods to provide a more accurate short-term forecasting model on the crude oil price for rendering a reference to…

Influencing factors of crude oil maritime shipping freight fluctuations: a case of Suezmax tankers in Europe–Africa routes

Jihong Chen, Renjie Zhao, Wenjing Xiong, Zheng Wan, Lang Xu, Weipan Zhang

The paper aims to identify the contributors to freight rate fluctuations in the Suezmax tanker market; this study selected the refinery output, crude oil price, one-year charter…

Planning decision alterations and container terminal efficiency

Buddhi A. Weerasinghe, H. Niles Perera, Phillip Kießner

This paper examines how the altering nature of planning decisions affects operational efficiency in seaport container terminals. The uncertainty and the role of the planner were…

Marine energy transition with LNG and electric batteries: a technological adoption analysis of Norwegian ferries

Sofiane Laribi, Emmanuel Guy

The article investigates factors associated with the relative success in adopting two specific alternative marine energies (liquefied natural gas [LNG] and electric batteries) in…