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Use the following books:
Song, Dong-Wook, & Panayides, P. Maritime Logistics. (2015). A Guide to Contemporary Shipping and Port Management. London: Kogan Page. ISBN 978-0-7494-72689.
National Cooperative Freight Research Program. (2010). Report 5 North American Marine Highways 108 pp. Electronic copy in the Readings.
National Cooperative Freight Research Program. (2003) Report 497. Financing and Improving Land Access to U.S. Intermodal Cargo Hubs 161 pp. Electronic copy in Readings.
Transportation Research Board Special Report 279 (2004) The Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role 198 pp. Electronic copy in Readings.
Transportation Research Board Special Report 291 (2008). Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, And Aquatic Invasive Species 228 pp. Electronic copy in Readings.
And two other pier reviewed sources, to answer each one of the questions in no less than 350 words and with APA references for each question
1-Identify a port that has had a significant issue or problem with safety, an accident, or some other disaster or catastrophe that has effected its operations, safety, and overall rules and regulations associated all ports today. Discuss the issue as well as the solutions or steps taken to alleviate or fix the problem.
2- The Panama Canal is undergoing a major widening. As a port owner/administrator what would you do to create a competitive advantage as a result of the widening and the post-Panamax hulls?
3- How and why should inland ports become better utilized to improve the integrated transportation and distribution system?
How does that impact the "hub and spoke "concept for the maritime industry?
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