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dc.contributor.author Edirisinghe, L
dc.contributor.author Zhihong, J
dc.contributor.editor Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-22T06:54:44Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-22T06:54:44Z
dc.date.issued 2016-06
dc.identifier.citation Edirisinghe, L., & Zhihong, J. (2016). The benefits of container exchange between carriers: a case study [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 (pp. 125-128). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/ en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17665
dc.description The paper proposes that the container exchange mechanism is an effective solution to the container inventory imbalance problem. Drewry Shipping Consultants state that about 20% of total container flows at sea around the world are empty, and the costs of repositioning are about USD 400 per container [3]. There is a tremendous pressure on reducing logistics cost and carbon footprint. The fundamental reason for Container Inventory Imbalance (CII) is the external trade imbalance of countries. A major challenge revolves around repositioning of empty reusable containers [6]. It is noted that the exchange mechanism works well with respect to the shipping space (slots) that has proved immense benefits to carriers as well as to the industry in general. However, the carriers believe that there is no opportunity for container exchange as the intrinsic trade imbalance is commonly applicable to all carriers. The industry has not made any attempt to evaluate the benefits of container exchange due to this myopic view. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Society for Transport and Logistics en_US
dc.relation.uri https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/ en_US
dc.subject Container en_US
dc.subject Exchange en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Carriers en_US
dc.subject Imbalance en_US
dc.title The benefits of container exchange between carriers: a case study en_US
dc.type Conference-Extended-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Transport and Logistics Management en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 125-128 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 en_US


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