| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Intermodal Maritime Security -- Intermodal Maritime Security -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Combined Cameo Bios -- Editors -- Contributing authors (in chapter order) -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I -- Introduction -- 1 -- 9/11, Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA), and how we got to where we are? -- Maritime trade and the Supply Chain Operations Reference model -- Components of international maritime trade -- Supporting implementation plans of the NSMS -- Maritime Domain Awareness -- Global Maritime Intelligence Integration Plan |
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Maritime Operational Threat Response Plan -- International outreach and coordination strategy -- Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Plan -- Maritime Transportation System Security Plan -- Maritime Commerce Security Plan -- Domestic Outreach Plan -- Summary -- Appendix A: Title I-Maritime Transportation Security, Section 101: findings -- References -- II -- Overview of intermodal maritime operations -- 2 -- Intermodalism history, advantages, and disadvantages -- Intermodalism: maritime and rail -- Intermodalism: maritime and truck -- Advantages to containerization -- Fleet size -- Cargo stowage |
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Reduced inventory carrying costs -- Reduced cargo loss and damage -- Disadvantages of containerization -- Port infrastructure -- Container security -- Needs of the small shipper and consignee -- Shifts over time -- Other developments -- Summary -- References -- Further reading -- 3 -- Water and landside components -- Physical service providers -- Information service providers -- Suppliers of goods -- Infrastructure-related -- Historical perspective -- Port operations and opportunities for security breach -- Information-related -- Evolution of port infrastructure -- Significance to supply chains |
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The container: it is just a big box, right? -- Seals: keeping the goods inside and intruders out -- Outbound shipments -- Inbound shipments -- Thinking about your supply chain: important considerations -- Some final words of advice to shippers -- Appendix A: directory for standards associations for seals -- Appendix B: glossary of terms regarding seals -- References -- 7 -- Threats from terrorists and other violent nonstate actors -- Maritime terrorism: a brief overview -- Terrorist threats to intermodal maritime security -- The Trojan Horse Scenario |
| Summary |
Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation offers every stakeholder involved in international transactions the tools needed to assess the essential risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the global supply chain. The book examines the role intermodal maritime transportation plays in global security, surveying its critical policies, procedures, operations, infrastructure and systems. Linking new technological standards with intermodal operations, this book provides the foundational knowledge readers need, including transportation and maritime trade students, researchers, practitioners and regulatory agencies |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 09, 2021) |
| Subject |
Shipping -- Security measures
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Business logistics.
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Business logistics
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Shipping -- Security measures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gordon, Gary A
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Young, Richard R
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| ISBN |
012820429X |
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9780128204290 |
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9780128199459 |
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0128199458 |
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