International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics  (IJSTL)
ISSN (Online): 1756-6525  -  ISSN (Print): 1756-6517

Published in 4 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

IJSTL combines the high standards of an academic approach with the practical value of industrial applications. Its objective is to promote original research and disseminate cutting-edge knowledge for improving practice in the management of shipping and transport logistics, and to strengthen the theoretical base that underpins sound management decision-making. It provides a forum for exchange of ideas and presentation of development in theory and applications for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge for improving management in the field of shipping and transport logistics.

   Readership

IJSTL provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers, working in the field of shipping and transport logistics, to disseminate information and to learn from one another's work.

   Contents

IJSTL publishes original papers, review papers, case studies, conference reports and book reviews. Special Issues devoted to important topics in Shipping and Transport Logistics will occasionally be published.

   Subject Coverage

Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Analysis of economies of scale in ship size and firm size
• Container positioning in liner shipping
• International trade and shipping
• Managing intermodal transport
• Market analysis in sectors of shipping and transport logistics
• Modelling and analysis of problems pertinent to shipping and transport logistics
• Risk analysis in transport logistics and physical distribution infrastructure
• Service quality in shipping and transport logistics
• Strategic alliances and relationship management in shipping and transport distribution
• Strategic management for managing shipping and transport logistics
• Transhipment and the development of hub and spoke in shipping
• Transport security
• Use of information technology and decision support systems for shipping management and physical distribution
• Warehouse and terminal operations and management

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Dr. Y.H. Venus Lun (Shipping), Dr. Kee-hung Lai (Transport Logistics: Empirical Approach), or Dr. C.T. Daniel Ng, (Transport Logistics: Modelling Approach), or Dr. Christina W.Y. Wong (Book Reviews)

Please include in your submission the title of the Journal

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editors

Dr. Kee-hung Lai
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
Hung Hom
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)
lgtmlai@polyu.edu.hk

Dr. Y.H. Venus Lun
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
Hung Hom
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)
lgtvlun@polyu.edu.hk

Dr. C.T. Daniel Ng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
Hung Hom
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)
lgtctng@polyu.edu.hk

Dr. Christina W.Y. Wong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Institute of Textiles and Clothing
Hung Hom
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)
tcchris@polyu.edu.hk

Consulting Editor

Prof. T.C. Edwin Cheng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Ruth BanomyongRu
Thammasat University
THAILAND

Dr. Carlos Pestana BarrosCa
Technical University of Lisbon
PORTUGAL

Mr. Khalid BichouKh
University of London - Imperial College
UK

Prof. Michael BrowneMi
University of Westminster
UK

Prof. Pierre CariouPi
World Maritime University
SWEDEN

Prof. Pablo Coto-MillánPa
University of Cantabria
SPAIN

Prof. Martin DresnerMa
University of Maryland
USA

Prof. Angappa GunasekaranAn
University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
USA

Prof. Dr. Hans-Dietrich HaasisHa
Institut für Seeverkehrswirtschaft und Logistik
GERMANY

Prof. H.E. HaralambidesH.
Erasmus University Rotterdam
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Trevor D. HeaverTr
University of British Columbia
CANADA

Prof. Dr. Olli-Pekka HilmolaOl
Lappeenranta University of Technology
FINLAND

Prof. Hark HwangHa
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Prof. Zhihong JinZh
Dalian Maritime University
P.R. CHINA

Prof. Ryuichi KitamuraRy
Kyoto University
JAPAN

Prof. Gilbert LaporteGi
Centre de recherche sur les transports
CANADA

Prof. Janny LeungJa
Chinese University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Prof. Lawrence C. LeungLa
Chinese University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Dr. Becky LooBe
University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Prof. Chin-Shan LuCh
National Cheng Kung University
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Peter MarlowPe
Cardiff University
UK

Prof. Michael PinedoMi
New York University
USA

Prof. Michael RoeMi
University of Plymouth
UK

Dr. Nitin SinghNi
Indian Institute of Management
INDIA

Prof. Wayne K. TalleyWa
Old Dominion University
USA

Prof. Christopher S. TangCh
University of California - Los Angeles
USA

Prof. Giri Kumar TayiGi
State University of New York - Albany
USA

Dr. Thompson S.H. TeoTh
National University of Singapore
SINGAPORE

Prof. S.C. WongS.
University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Prof. Manfred ZachcialMa
Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics
GERMANY

Prof. Paul H. ZipkinPa
Duke University
USA