RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

MEL Publications

A selection of recent publications by MEL staff:

Haralambides, H.E. (2007), 'Structure and Operations in the Linder Shipping Industry' . In: K.J. Button and D.A. Hensher (eds.): Handbook of Transport Modelling. Pergamon-Elsevier Science.

Haralambides, H.E. (2004) ‘World Shipping’. Keynote Speech, 50 Jahre ISL: 1954-2004, Jubiläumveranstaltung, Bremen, October 13, 2004.

Aversa, R., Botter, R.C., Haralambides, H.E. and Yoshizaki, H.T.Y. (2005) ‘A Mixed Integer Programming Model on the Location of a Hub Port in the East Coast of South America’. Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2005, 7, (1-18).

Haralambides, H.E. (2004) ‘Determinants of Price and Price Stability in Liner Shipping’. Workshop on ‘The Industrial Organization of Shipping and Ports’, National University of Singapore, 5-6 March 2004, Singapore.

Haralambides, H.E. and Londoño-Kent, M.P. (2004) ‘Supply Chain Bottlenecks: Border Crossing Inefficiencies between Mexico and the United States’. International Journal of Transport Economics, 31 (2): 183-195.

Haralambides, H.E. (2000) ‘A Second Scenario on the Future of the Hub-and-Spoke System in Liner Shipping’. Latin Ports and Shipping 2000 Conference, Lloyd’s List, 14-16 November 2000, Miami, FL., USA.

Haralambides, H.E. and Veenstra, A.W. (2000) ‘Modelling Performance in Liner Shipping’. In: K.J. Button and D.A. Hensher (eds): Handbook of Transport Modelling. Pergamon-Elsevier Science.

Haralambides, H.E. (1998) ‘Quality Shipping: Market Mechanisms for Safer Shipping and Cleaner Oceans’. In: H.E. Haralambides (ed.) Quality Shipping. Erasmus Publishing. Rotterdam, 1998, pp. 465.

Haralambides, H.E. (1997) Ports in the Framework of the EU Transport Policy. Report submitted to the European Commission in the context of its preparation of the Green Paper on Ports and Maritime Infrastructure).

Haralambides, H.E. (1997) ‘The Shipping Policy of the European Union’. Volume in Honour of Late Professor B.N. Metaxas. Eptalofos Publishing S.A., pp. 433-460.

Haralambides, H.E., Ma, S. and Veenstra, A.W. (1997) ‘Worldwide Experiences of Port Reform’. In: H. Meersman and E. v.d. Voorde (eds.), Transforming the Port and Transportation Business. Acco Publishing, Leuven, 1997.

Haralambides, H.E. (1997) Ports and Regional Development in Europe: A historical Perspective. Report submitted to the European Commission in the context of its preparation of the ‘Green Paper on Ports and Maritime Infrastructure’.

Haralambides, H.E. (1996) The Economics of Bulk Shipping Pools. Maritime Policy and Management, 23(3), 221-237.

Haralambides, H.E. (1996) The Economic Impact of Shipping on the National Economy. International Conference on Shipping, Ports and Logistics Services: Solutions for Global Issues. The International Association of Maritime Economists, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Haralambides, H.E. (1996) ‘Current Challenges in European Shipping Policy’. BIMCO Bulletin, Vol. 91, No 1, February 1996, pp. 6-11.

Haralambides, H.E., Westeneng, M. and Zou S. (1994) ‘GATT and its Effect on Shipping and Ports’. Proceedings of the KMI/IAME Conference on International Trade Relations and World Shipping, Seoul, June 1994.

Haralambides, H.E. (1993) Freight Futures Trading and Shipowners’ Expectations. Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Transport Research, Lyon, France, Elsevier 1993 (winner of the Jovellanos Award (Spain) for originality and quality).

Haralambides, H.E. (1990) ‘Shipping Transactions in the Balance of Payments Statistics: A Tabular Approach’. Marine Policy Reports , Vol. I, No 2, 1990.

Haralambides, H.E. (1986) Estimation of Laid Up Tonnage in Competitive Shipping Markets. The Logistics and Transportation Review, 22(2), 184-192.

Haralambides, H.E. (1986) ‘ Investment in Shipping and the Balance of Payments Short Run Equilibrium Freight Rate’. International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol. XIII, No 3, 1986.

Haralambides, H.E. and Behrens, R. (2000) ‘Port Restructuring in a Global Economy: An Indian Perspective’. International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol. XXVII, No 1, 19-39.

Veenstra, A.W. and Haralambides, H.E. (2001) ‘Multivariate Autoregressive Models for Forecasting Seaborne Trade Flows’. Transportation Research Part E 37 (2001) 311-319.

Haralambides, H.E., Verbeke, A., Musso, E. and Benacchio M. (2001) ‘Port Financing and Pricing in the European Union: Theory, Politics and Reality’. International Journal of Maritime Economics (IJME), Vol. III, No 4 (2001).

Haralambides, H.E., Cariou, P. and Benacchio, M. (2002) Costs, Benefits and Pricing of Dedicated Container Terminals. International Journal of Maritime Economics (IJME), Vol. IV, No 1 (2002).

Haralambides, H.E. (1995) ‘Port Structural Adjustment and Labour Reform’. 7th World Conference on Transport Research, Sydney, Australia, 1995.

Yang Jiaqi and Haralambides, H.E. (2002) ‘Government Intervention and Policy Competition: EU Experiences and Enlightenment for China to Resist Flagging Out’. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology (Transportation Science & Engineering), 26(2002), No 1, 141-146.

Haralambides, H.E. and Yang, J. (2002) ‘A Fuzzy Set Theory Approach to Flagging Out: Towards a New Chinese Shipping Policy’. Marine Policy, 27/1: 13-22.

Haralambides, H.E. (2002) ‘Competition, Excess Capacity and the Pricing of Port Infrastructure’. International Journal of Maritime Economics, 4: 323-347.

Tsolakis, S.D., Cridland, C. & Haralambides, H.E. (2003) ‘Econometric Modelling of Second-hand Ship Prices’. Maritime Economics & Logistics 5: 347-377

Benacchio, M., Cariou, P. and Haralambides, H.E. (2000) ‘Port Land Use and Implications for Rental Policies’. International Association of Maritime Economists, Naples, Italy, September 2000.

Benacchio M., Haralambides H.E. and Musso E. (2001) ‘On the Economic Impact of Ports: National vs. Local Costs and Benefits (an update on NAV 2000-Venice)’. Proceedings (CD ROM) of the 9th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), 22-27 July 2001, Seoul, Korea.

Haralambides, H.E. and Veenstra, A.W. (2002) ‘Port Pricing’ in: C.Th. Grammenos (ed): The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business. London: Lloyds of London Press.

A.W. Veenstra and A.S. Bergantino (2000) 'Changing Ownership Structures in the Dutch Fleet'. Maritime Policy and Management, Vol. 27, p. 175-189.

A.W. Veenstra (2002) 'Nautical education in a changing world: the case of the Netherlands'. Marine Policy Vol 26, p 133-141.

A.W. Veenstra and A.S. Bergantino (2002) 'Networks in Liner Shipping - interconnection and coordination'.International Journal of Maritime Economics 4(3), p. 210-229.

A.W. Veenstra (2002) 'Port Management Games'. Maritime Engineering & Ports III (C.A. Brebbia & G. Sciutto, eds.). Southampton: WIT Press.

A. W. Veenstra & M.W. Ludema (2002) 'Towards the economic operation of a to be privatised ferry system – the case of the Rozenbrug-Maassluis ferry in the Port of Rotterdam'. Maritime Engineering & Ports III (C.A. Brebbia & G. Sciutto, eds.). Southampton: WIT Press.

A.W. Veenstra (2003), A.S.A de la Fosse 'Contribution to Maritime Economics: Zenon S. Zannetos. (presented working paper)

Hautau, U. / Zachcial, M. (1998): Relevant Pricing Techniques Applied to Port and Maritime Infra- and Superstructure, Institute of Shipping Economics & Logistics (ISL), Bremen

Hautau, U. (2002): Die wettbewerbspolitische Regulierung internationaler Container-See­ver­kehrs­märkte – US-amerikanische Reformen und EU-Rege­lungen im Ver­gleich, in: Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaft Jg. 73, S. 25-38.

Hautau, U. (2002): Europäische Liberalisierung der Hafendienste – Richtiger Dere­gu­lie­rungs­ansatz?, in: Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaft Jg. 73, S. 179-193.

Hautau, U. (2002): Das EU-Ports Package – Wettbewerbspolitische Fehlkonstruktion, in: Internationales Verkehrswesen Jg. 54, S. 598-601.

Hautau, U. (2003): Dedicated Terminals: Wer hat den Vorteil? – Leasing-Strategien maritimer Containerterminals, in: Internationales Verkehrswesen Jg. 55, S. 200-202. 

Hautau, U. (2003): Nur ein Scheppern mit der Blechtrommel – Ein Nachruf ohne Trauer auf das gescheiterte „Port Package“, in: DVZ – Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung Nr. 142 vom 27. November 2003, S. 16.

Hautau, U. (2003): Kompromiss geboten, in: DVZ – Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung Nr. 46 vom 06. Dezember 2003, Beilage Container, S. 11.

Dekker, R., Hill, R.M., & Teunter, R.H. (2002). On the (S-1, S) lost sales inventory model with priority demand classes. Naval Research Logistics, 49, 593-610.

Fleischmann, M., Kuik, R., & Dekker, R. (2002). Controlling inventories with stochastic item returns: a basis model. European Journal of Operational Research, 138, 63-75.

Dekker, R., & Plasmeijer, R.P. (2001). Multi-parameter maintenance optimisation via the marginal cost approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 52(2), 188-197.

Fleischmann, M., Krikke, H.R., Dekker, R., & Flapper, S.D.P. (2000). A characterisation of logistics networks for product recovery. Omega. International Journal of Management Science, 28, 653-666.

F.A. van der Duyn Schouten and R. Dekker, "Maintenance management decision models" Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management, P. Swamidass (ed). Kluwer, 2000, ISBN 0-7923-8630-2.

R. Dekker, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, M.Fleischmann, E. van der Laan, J.A.E.E. van Nunen and L.N. van Wassenhove, "Operations research models for reverse logistics: some recent contributions", Int. J. Log.Res. and Appl. 1(2), 141-155 (1998) (working paper EI9807/A);  Proceed. 3rd Int. Symp. on Logistics, Padua, Italy (1996).

Van der Laan, E.A., M. Fleischmann, R. Dekker and L.N. van Wassenhove, Inventory control for joint manufacturing and remanufacturing, S. Tayur, R. Ganeshan and M. Magazine (ed) Quantitative models for supply chain management, Kluwer, ISBN 0-7923-8344-3 (1998).

René de Koster, Marisa de Brito, Masja van de Vendel, Returns handling in the retail. A comparison, Journal or Retailing and Distribution Management 30(8), 407-421, 2002. (S)

N. Faber, M.B.M. de Koster, S.L. van de Velde, Linking warehouse complexity to planning and control structure, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 32(5), 381-395, 2002. (S)

Vis, I.F.A., R. de Koster, K.J. Roodbergen, L. Peeters, Determination of the number of AGVs in a semi-automated container terminal, Journal of  the Operational Research Society, 52(4), 409-417, 2001.

Roodbergen, K.J., R. de Koster, Routing order pickers in warehouse with a middle aisle, European Journal of Operational Research 133, 32-43, 2001.

Roodbergen, K.J., R. de Koster, Routing methods for warehouses with multiple cross aisles,  International Journal of Production Research, 39(9), 1865-1883, 2001

M.B.M. de Koster, A.J. Neuteboom, De logistics of supermarket chains, Elsevier, Doetinchem, 2001, 188 pg., ISBN 90 5439 106 5.

Corten, Maurice and René de Koster, "On the Reversibility of Manufacturing Networks", J. Mathematical Analysis and Applications 145, 309-327, 1990.

Fleischmann, M., Nunen,J. van and Graeve, B. (2003) Integrating Closed-Loop Supply Chains and Spare-Parts Management at IBM, Interfaces Vol.33(6), Nov/Dec 2003.

Hillegersberg, J. van, Zuidwijk, R.A., Nunen, J.A.E.E. van, & Eijk, D. van (2001). Supporting Return Flows in the Supply Chain. Communications of the ACM 44 (6), 74-79.

Fleischmann, B., Nunen, J.A.E.E. van, Grazia Speranza, M., & Stahly, P. (Ed.). (1998). Advances in Distribution Logistics. Berlin: Springer, 535 pp.

Dekker, R., Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.M., Laan, E.A. van der, Nunen, J.A.E.E. van, & Wassenhove, L.N.J.L. van (1998). Operational Research in Reverse Logistics: some recent contributions. International Journal of Logistics 1 (2), 141-155.

Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J., Fleischmann, M., & Nunen, J.A.E.E. van (1999). Distribution issues in reverse logistics. In M Grazia Speranza & P Stahly (Eds.), Lecture notes in Economic and Mathematical systems 480 (pp. 23-44). Berlin: Springer.

Francois, J.F.  "Factor Mobility, Economic Integration, and the Location of Industry," in R.E. Baldwin  and A. Brunetti, volume editors, Economic Impact of EU Membership on Entrants:  New Methods and Issues, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston/Dordrecht/London, 2002

Francois, J.F. and I. Wooton, "Trade and Competition in Shipping Services and the GATS," Review of International Economics, 9(2) 2001 .

Francois, J.F. and I. Wooton, "Market Structure, Trade Liberalization, and the GATS," under review, European Journal of Political Economy 17(2001).

Kruijk, J.L. de ‘Vulnerability and Poverty Assessment 1998, Republic of Maldives and UNDP, Male’, Maldives, May 1999, 247 pages

Kruijk , J.L. de ‘The Effect of Tariff and Non tariff Barriers on U.S. Sugar Imports’ Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 115, No. 2, June 1979

Franses, P.H., R. Paap & B. Vroomen, 2003, Forecasting Unemployment using an Autoregression with Censored Latent Effects Parameters, International Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming (rewritten version of Econometric Institute Report) 

Paap, R. & H.K. van Dijk, 2003, Bayes Estimates of Markov Trends in Possibly Cointegrated Series: An Application to US Consumption and Income, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, vol 21, 547-563.

Kippers, J., E. van Nierop, R. Paap & P.H. Franses, 2003, An Empirical Study of Cash Payments, Statistica Neerlandica, vol. 57 484-508.

Franses, P.H. & R. Paap, 2003, Periodic Time Series Models, Oxford University Press, Oxford, forthcoming.

Ilmer, M. 2006, Beating congestion by building capacity: An overview of new container terminal developments in Northern Europe, Port Technology International PT28-06/02.

Franses, P.H. & R. Papp, 2001, Quantitative Models in Marketing Research, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.