SHIPPING LINES AND LOGISTICS

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SHIPPING LINESANDLOGISTICS

• Antoine Frémont
• The French National Institute for Transport and
  Safety Research
• INRETS-Paris
• International Association of Maritime Economists
• Melbourne. July 2006.

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Introduction

• Logistics an opportunity for the shipping lines?
• The limits of vertical integration
• Three types of logistics
• vessel logistics
• container logistics
• freight logistics

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Scenarios for shipping lines
I N T E G R A T I O N
V E R T I C A L
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
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The limits of vertical integration
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Logistical activities of the largest shipping
lines2004
Data Annual reports
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Shipping lines and freight forwarding
companies(Turnover, 2004, billion US)
Data Annual reports
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TEUs and offices
Annual reports
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Freight logistics a myth?

• Freight forwarders
• grouping/ degrouping operations
• Supply chain management
• Shipping lines
• Logistics subsidiary a lump sum
• FCL containers and carrier haulage freight
  logistics?
• The main customers the freight forwarders

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To achieve the right balance between three
types of logistics
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Core business Vessel logistics And Container
logistics
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Conclusion

• Freight logistics a widespread activity?
• The core activity of shipping lines
• Widening shipping lines core activity?

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