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International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

 

Special Issue on: "Future of Eurasian Logistics"

Guest Editors:
Girish Gujar, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Evgeny Korovyakovsky, St. Petersburg State Transport University, Russia
Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Eurasian logistics has not received that much attention, even if the concentration of population, future economic growth, and opportunity to utilise all available transportation modes in internal transport are all present. Quite often Eurasian logistics is simply seen as a sea container transportation or express air freight issue. However, the Arctic sea route as well as railway landbridge through Transsib are also workable options for specific niche transportation needs and connect various emerging hinterland destinations in a more effective and efficient manner than before (e.g. connecting consumers of Moscow/Russia or Kiev/Ukraine with Asian products by rail instead of the sea-road option). It is also evident that future development could offer new opportunities for periphery regions, since the Arctic sea route or Transsib could give Northern Europe a considerably better logistics platform to serve as a distribution hub for larger European markets. For manufacturing and retail/trade companies, these new transportation mode options could open up a considerable competitive edge by utilising shorter lead times, lower transportation costs and/or leaner distribution and supply operations.

This special issue is future-oriented, and we encourage authors to build their proposals on considering how the future could possibly shape up in Eurasia, regarding logistics. Therefore, different scenarios for possible development paths are of considerable interest. Among these, we are interested in possible new mainstream developments in areas such as outsourcing, warehousing, transportation systems and distribution. These, of course, could arise from exotic context(s), even outside of Eurasian landscape, but applications of new practices should be well presented and justified in the context described above. We also encourage manuscripts to be forward-looking by supporting further economic growth, sustainability, employment and investments. Case studies supporting these objectives from different sector actors, municipalities and/or geographical areas are also welcome.

Subject Coverage
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, areas of future of Eurasian logistics in:

• Freight transportation modes
• Intermodal transportation chains
• Warehousing solutions
• Logistics outsourcing
• Emerging markets and special characteristics of logistics management
• Future of container transportation
• Investments for infrastructure
• Development and future of hub-and-spoke system
• Management of risks and uncertainty
• Performance management of Eurasian transportation from customer perspective

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Full paper due: 30 November, 2009

Notification of acceptance: 28 February, 2010

Final version of the paper due: 31 May, 2010