Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

ISBN 10: 0128199458 / ISBN 13: 9780128199459

Published by Elsevier Science, 2020

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Blends academic knowledge with real-world experiencesDrawn from subject matter experts in academia, importers and exporters, transportation firms, and trade intermediariesBreadth of multidisciplinary coverage from maritime supply c.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128199458
• ISBN 13: 9780128199459
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

• Blends academic knowledge with real-world experiences
• Drawn from subject matter experts in academia, importers and exporters, transportation firms, and trade intermediaries
• Breadth of multidisciplinary coverage from maritime supply chains, port and maritime operations, as well as cyber and physical security

About the Authors

Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security.

Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.