International Freight Transport: Cases, Structures and Prospects - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Professor Anthony Beresford is Programme Director for the MSc International Transport at Cardiff University, and Director for the suite of Masters Programmes within the Logistics and Operations Management Section. He has travelled widely in an advisory capacity within the ports and transport fields in Europe, Asia and North America. He co-authored Lloyd's Maritime Atlas of World's Ports and Shipping Places, 15th and 16th Editions, which is recognised as the Standard Work in its field. Anthony Beresford's work with the United Nations has been widely recognised, and has led to a large number of academic publications alongside important outreach activities. While his papers have been presented at the highest level, including a contribution to the 2009 House of Commons Report on UK Ports.

Stephen Pettit is a Reader in Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School. In 1993 he was awarded a PhD from the University of Wales and he has worked at Cardiff Business School since 2000. He has been involved in a range of transport related research projects, notably a groundbreaking project for the Department of Transport analysing the UK economy's requirements for people with seafaring experience. This work highlighted important issues relating to the decline in the number of UK seafaring officers. Stephen Pettit has been involved in a range of transport related research projects for EU DGTREN including the 'Economic Value of Shipping to the UK Economy'; 'Analysis of the Cost Structure of the main TEN Ports'; and 'Work Organisation in Ports'. His most recent research work has considered aspects of humanitarian aid supply chain management. Stephen Pettit's teaching related activity has been focused in two main areas, port management and the application of information and communication technology in the fields of transport, logistics and supply chain management. Stephen has written a large number of journal papers, conference papers and contributed to a wide range of reports many of which relate to port development, port operations and port policy.