Calls for papers

 

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

 

Special Issue on: "Supply Chain Security Issues in Intermodal Transport"

Guest Editor:
Prof. Daniel Ekwall, University of Borås, Sweden

The events and issues linked to security in international transport have received increasing attention from business actors, authorities and research organisations. The focus is on reducing losses and disruptions throughout the supply chain. The various supply chain security programmes launched during the last 15-20 years have mainly addressed limited parts/elements/sections of the international intermodal transport system. This has implications in that the intersections between these parts/elements/sections may have unintended security gaps, which increases the risk of losses and disruptions. This situation may be more pronounced in an intermodal setup.

The aim of this special issue is to present security issues linked to intermodal transportation. The goal is to act as a platform for the innovative work of the next generation of supply chain security research focus mainly linked to intermodal transport solutions.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

• International trade and transportation
• Supply chain security
• Infrastructure, network design and optimisation
• Intermodal, intelligent and sustainable transportation solutions
• Transportation modes (air, rail, road, sea, pipe)
• Transportation cost/benefit analysis
• Railroad, terminal and port development
• Port/terminal operations and management
• Triple helix innovation processes in supply chain security
• Warehousing and inventory management
• Transportation regulations, standards and security
• Environmental impact, liability and insurance
• Risk analysis and management
• Information technology and decision support systems
• Strategic alliances and relationship management
• Government involvement and incentives
• Logistics security programs
• Supply chain disruptions

Notes for Prospective 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 has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

If you have any queries concerning this special issue, please email Prof. Daniel Ekwall at Daniel.Ekwall@hb.se.

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 28 February, 2019

Notification to authors: 30 April, 2019

Final versions due by: 30 June, 2019