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1. 1 Motivation and Scope of Research Container terminals in
seaports constitute interfaces between sea and land tra- port of
goods in global transport chains. These logistics facilities face
an increasing demandof service capacity, as is re ected by a
tremendousgrowthin the worldwide container transshipments per year.
For example, the top 20 terminals in the world showed an average
relative increase of 14% with respect to the number of handled
container units from 2006 to 2007, see Port of Hamburg Marketing
(2008). In spite of this development, competition is high among
container terminals within the same region. A terminal's customers,
rst and foremost the vessel op- ators, expect a high level of
service quality where reliability is one of the most
importantdimensions, seeWiegmansetal. (2001).
Regardingtheserviceofavessel, reliability means to realize all
transshipment operations within its projected service time
interval. The reliability of terminal operations impacts the
reliability of v- sels in meeting their liner schedules. According
to Notteboom (2006) unexpected waiting times of vessels before
berthing and unexpected low transshipment prod- tivity at terminals
are responsible for about 86% of liner schedule disturbances, see
Fig. 1. 1. Currently, many terminal operators counteract this
situation by extending their transshipment capacities. They build
new terminals or enlarge existing ter- nals and purchase new or
upgrade existing equipment. Ilmer (2005) provides an overview of
current projects for building terminal capacity in northern Europe.
1. 1 Motivation and Scope of Research Container terminals in
seaports constitute interfaces between sea and land tra- port of
goods in global transport chains. These logistics facilities face
an increasing demandof service capacity, as is re ected by a
tremendousgrowthin the worldwide container transshipments per year.
For example, the top 20 terminals in the world showed an average
relative increase of 14% with respect to the number of handled
container units from 2006 to 2007, see Port of Hamburg Marketing
(2008). In spite of this development, competition is high among
container terminals within the same region. A terminal's customers,
rst and foremost the vessel op- ators, expect a high level of
service quality where reliability is one of the most
importantdimensions, seeWiegmansetal. (2001).
Regardingtheserviceofavessel, reliability means to realize all
transshipment operations within its projected service time
interval. The reliability of terminal operations impacts the
reliability of v- sels in meeting their liner schedules. According
to Notteboom (2006) unexpected waiting times of vessels before
berthing and unexpected low transshipment prod- tivity at terminals
are responsible for about 86% of liner schedule disturbances, see
Fig. 1. 1. Currently, many terminal operators counteract this
situation by extending their transshipment capacities. They build
new terminals or enlarge existing ter- nals and purchase new or
upgrade existing equipment. Ilmer (2005) provides an overview of
current projects for building terminal capacity in northern Europe.
This collection of essays is dedicated to Brian Harvey,the retired
Professor of Property Law at the University of Birmingham. The
contributions reflect his eclectic interests and bring new insights
to issues of property law, both real and personal, consumer
protection, auction sales and tax. Historical, human rights, public
law, European Community and international aspects are addressed in
addition to persistent domestic conveyancing concerns.
Contributors: Peter Cook, David Feldman, Jonathan Harris, Tim Kaye,
Jeremy McBride, Frank Meisel, Norman Palmer, Deborah Parry, David
Salter, Carla Shapreau, John Stevens, Mark Thompson, Nick Wikeley
and John Wylie.
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