TY - CHAP
T1 - Resilience Strategies for Freight Transportation
T2 - An Overview of the Different Transport Modes Responses
AU - Beer, Eveline
AU - Mikl, Jasmin
AU - Schramm, Hans-Joachim
AU - Herold, David M.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - For the transport and logistics industry, the COVID-19 pandemic can be regarded as one of the most difficult challenges since the beginning of the globalization. Studies showed that transport and logistics sector suffered more than the average economy and had to deal with both high supply and demand fluctuations, leading to major personnel, operational, and strategic changes. In this chapter, we present the (re)actions of the different transport modes, namely maritime shipping, airfreight, rail, road, and infrastructure. In particular, this chapter will not only provide an overview about the resilience strategies of transport and logistics companies as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic but will also present the impacts on the different transport modes and discuss specific initiatives and actions taken by transport and logistics companies. These discussions and the actions presented will provide academics as well as managers with a crucial understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the different transport modes and thus provide a theoretical and practical foundation to further spark discussions about the role of resilience in the transport and logistics sector.
AB - For the transport and logistics industry, the COVID-19 pandemic can be regarded as one of the most difficult challenges since the beginning of the globalization. Studies showed that transport and logistics sector suffered more than the average economy and had to deal with both high supply and demand fluctuations, leading to major personnel, operational, and strategic changes. In this chapter, we present the (re)actions of the different transport modes, namely maritime shipping, airfreight, rail, road, and infrastructure. In particular, this chapter will not only provide an overview about the resilience strategies of transport and logistics companies as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic but will also present the impacts on the different transport modes and discuss specific initiatives and actions taken by transport and logistics companies. These discussions and the actions presented will provide academics as well as managers with a crucial understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the different transport modes and thus provide a theoretical and practical foundation to further spark discussions about the role of resilience in the transport and logistics sector.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_22
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_22
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9783030954000
T3 - Springer Series in Supply Chain Management
SP - 263
EP - 272
BT - Supply Chain Resilience
A2 - Kummer, Sebastian
A2 - Wakolbinger, Tina
A2 - Novoszel, Lydia
A2 - Geske, Alexander M.
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -