Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation offers every stakeholder involved in international transactions the tools needed to assess the essential risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the global supply chain. The book examines the role intermodal maritime transportation plays in global security, surveying its critical policies, procedures, operations, infrastructure and systems. Linking new technological standards with intermodal operations, this book provides the foundational knowledge readers need, including transportation and maritime trade students, researchers, practitioners and regulatory agencies.

Table of Contents:
Section I Introduction 1. 9/11, MTSA and how we got to where we are Section II Overview of Intermodal Maritime Operations 2. Intermodalism History, Advantages, and Disadvantages 3. Water and Landside Components 4. Other Transportation Modes Section III The Nature of Intermodal Maritime Security Risk 5. Nature of the Intermodal Maritime Security Risk 6. Components of Intermodal Maritime Security Risk 7. Threats from Terrorists and other Violent Non-State Actors 8. Physical and Technological Considerations 9. Vulnerabilities, Gaps and the Future of Physical and Technological Security Measures 10. Information Security and Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities Section IV Security Measures and Public Policy 11. Multilateral Trading Partner Policies 12. Intermodal Transport Security: An Israeli Perspective Section V Risk Mitigation Approach 13. Assessment at Foreign Ports of Loading 14. In-Transit Threats and Risk Management 15. Assessment at U.S. Ports 16. Routing Analysis, Risk and Resiliency Section VI The Way Forward: Recommendations 17. Application of Systems Theory 18. Public Policy and Security Partnerships 19. Intermodal Maritime Security: Where Do We Go From Here?

About the Author :
Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security. Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.