Source: NOAA Hurricane Research Division. The northern Atlantic is an area of hurricane activity mainly impacting the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Seaboard. Atlantic tropical cyclones usually emerge in the mid The month of September represents peak cyclone activity over two dimensions, the first being the largest
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5th Edition release date set to April 2020
The fifth edition of the Geography of Transport System is set to be released at the end of April 2020.
Continue readingDry Ports Section Migrated
The section about Dry Ports (or inland terminals) has been migrated to the Port Economics, Management and Policy web site.
Continue readingStrategic Passages section migrated
Some of the port related contents of the Geography of Transportation Systems are being migrated to a new site under development. This will be part of a forthcoming textbook titled “Port Economics, Management and Policy”.
Continue readingGeography of Transport Systems (5th Edition)
The web site has been updated to a new design that matches the forthcoming textbook edition (5th). This also include the PowerPoint slides.
Continue readingBook cover for the 5th edition available
The fifth edition of the Geography of Transport Systems has now entered the production phase. The editor forwarded today the finalized book cover design. I find it quite impressive.
Continue readingArctic shipping unlikely to be viable for apparel
I am cited from an interview for Just-Style, a magazine about apparel sourcing strategy. The article covers the potential of Arctic shipping for distribution in the apparel industry. https://tinyurl.com/u5a4w4y
Continue readingTalking Freight Seminar (Free Registration)
On Thursday December 19, I will deliver on online presentation for the Talking Freight Seminar hosted by the Federal Highway Administration – Department of Transportation. The theme of the seminar is about the impacts of ecommerce and my presentation will be titled “The Distribution Networks of E-Commerce: Emergence of a
Continue readingLand Covered by Permafrost (new page)
Added a map covering the permafrost constraints and their general impacts on the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. With growing interest in the Arctic and the impacts of climate change, transportation infrastructure will be subject to complex design and operational complications. Paradoxically, the appeal of Arctic development may be
Continue readingLand Covered by Permafrost
Source: Brown, J., O. Ferrians, J. A. Heginbottom, and E. Melnikov (2002) Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions, Version 2. Boulder, Colorado, USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Due to their geographical attributes, northern areas have unique constraints on developing and operating their transport infrastructures. One of