Transportation 

This book examines the past, present, and future of transport logistics. The author presents eleven historical case studies of construction, engineering, and humanitarian relief projects that required transport logistics. Part II examines various aspects of today'Â’s dynamic freight logistics industry, including the changing role of the freight forwarder. With the development of IT-based supply chain integration and value-added service offerings, the freight forwarder is being forced to evolve, or else risk extinction. An examination of the freight logistics industries of Egypt, China, South Africa, India, and Dubai provides some perspective on the varied environments in which forwarders operate and illuminates the need for trade and transport facilitation as a means to economic growth. Finally, Baluch looks at the future of transport logistics, which will continue to evolve and pose new challenges as a result of globalization, the digitalization of information, security concerns, new technologies, rising energy costs, and changing trade patterns. He also presents railways as the eco-friendly freight solution of the future, especially in the Middle East and Africa. Transport Logistics concludes with an emphasis on the importance of training and the role of national and international associations in developing a culture of quality, security, and innovation in the freight logistics profession. Winning Books, 2005. Paperback. List Price: US$ 65.00. - from Amzon