Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/310164 
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2021
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[Journal:] Logistics [ISSN:] 2305-6290 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 2 [Article No.:] 41 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-26
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MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
This paper provides an overview of the container shipping supply chain (CSSC) by taking a logistics perspective, covering all major value-adding segments in CSSC including freight logistics, container logistics, vessel logistics, port/terminal logistics, and inland transport logistics. The main planning problems and research opportunities in each logistics segment are reviewed and discussed to promote further research. Moreover, the two most important challenges in CSSC, digitalization and decarbonization, are explained and discussed in detail. We raise awareness of the extreme fragmentation of CSSC that causes inefficient operations. A pathway to digitalize container shipping is proposed that requires the applications of digital technologies in various business processes across five logistics segments, and change in behaviors and relationships of stakeholders in the supply chain. We recognize that shipping decarbonization is likely to take diverse pathways with different fuel/energy systems for ships and ports. This gives rise to more research and application opportunities in the highly uncertain and complex CSSC environment.
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container shipping supply chain
transport logistics
literature review
digitalization
decarbonization
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