Maritime Transport and Supply Chain Resilience [Hardcover]

This book addresses maritime transport and supply chain resilience, offering analysis of emerging topics as well as case studies from different countries and regions. Understanding resilience as planning and preparing for changes, and absorbing, recovering from, and adapting to such changes, it offers readers an insightful outlook on how maritime transport and supply chain stakeholders develop strategies in achieving resilience, and mobilizes knowledge between them. As such, this book investigates the impacts and effects of the several disruptive events that have taken place in the past decade in the maritime transport and supply chain sectors, and in the process, provides advice on the best practice for the betterment of the future. Intended audiences include scholars, industrial practitioners, policymakers, and other professionals in the maritime transport and supply chain sectors.

Chapter 1: The Criticality of Enhancing Resilience for Maritime Transport and Supply Chains.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Discussions on the Climate Adaptation Strategies and Planning of Maritime Transport and Supply Chains.- Chapter 3: Climate Risk Analysis: Uncertainty Modelling.- Chapter 4: Port Centrality and Resilience Analysis for Global Shipping Network in the Context of Typhoons.- Chapter 5: Rebuilding Resilient Maritime Transport and Supply Chain Networks: The Yangtze River Delta, China.- Chapter 6: Rebuilding Resilient Maritime Transport and Supply Chain Networks: ASEAN Countries.- Chapter 7: Sustainable Development of Blockchain Technology for Vaccine Supply Chain.- Chapter 8: The Complexity of Adaptation Strategies for Maritime Transport.- Chapter 9: E-commerce and Resilient Supply Chain Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 10: A Case Study on the Impacts of a Pandemic l3U