Global and International Logistics

This book contains 10 reviewed papers published as a Special Issue Globaland International Logistics in the journal Sustainability edited by Prof. Dr.Ryuichi Shibasaki Prof. Dr. Daisuke Watanabe and Dr. Tomoya Kawasaki.The topics of the papers contain the impact of logistics development under theChinas Belt and Road initiative (BRI) by using the improved gravity model strategies against barriers to the BRI from a logistics and supply chain managementperspective the dynamic interaction between international logistics and cross-border e-commerce trade the effect of Chinas restrictive programson the international trade of waste products the empty container repositioningproblem of shipping companies with foldable containers port capacity and connectivityimprovement in the hub and feeder network in Indonesia GHG emissionscenarios for the maritime shipping sector using system dynamics incorporatinga shipping and shipbuilding market model the emission inventory andbunker consumption from a LNG fleet from an automatic identification systemdatabase the factors that can help select between land transport and maritimeshipping in long-distance inter-regional cross-border transport and containertransport simulations in Myanmar with the global logistics intermodal networkassignment model including both maritime shipping and land transport in theland-based Southeast Asia region. Some papers are related to the 8th InternationalConference on Transportation and Logistics (T-LOG 2020) which washeld online on 6-7 September 2020 hosted by Universitas Internasional SemenIndonesia.