1 keynote speech, 2 conference papers, and 2 conference presentations were delivered

– Zirui LiangRyuichi Shibasaki, Optimizing empty container repositioning on a liner service network considering foldable containers, Biannual Conference on Infrastructure Planning and Management, JSCE, 64, 7425, 3 December 2021, online

– Chathumi Ayanthi KavirathnaRyuichi ShibasakiWenyi Ding, Natsuhiko Otsuka, Multi-objective optimization in deciding vessel navigation speeds and emission control measures for Arctic shipping, Biannual Conference on Infrastructure Planning and Management, JSCE, 64, 7044, 3 December 2021, online

– Wencong Zhao, Kaiping Luo, Renqian Zhang, Ryuichi Shibasaki, A variable neighborhood search algorithm based on simulated annealing for a municipal solid waste collection and transportation problem considering split delivery, Biannual Conference on Infrastructure Planning and Management, JSCE, 64, 7065, 3 December 2021, online

– Wenyi DingRyuichi ShibasakiChathumi Ayanthi Kavirathna, The impact of NSR on China’s grain bulk import with EU, the Annual Autumn Meeting of The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE), 29-30 November 2021, online

– Ryuichi Shibasaki, Logistics analysis using maritime big data, The 21st Port Symposium in Northeast Asia, 24 November 2021, online [invited] (keynote speech)

03/12/2021

One journal paper is accepted

– Hisayuki Wakashima, Tomoya Kawasaki, Ryuichi Shibasaki, How the Use and Acceptance of E-commerce was Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak – A Japanese Case, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, accepted

08/11/2021

One journal paper is accepted and one book chapter is published

– Tomoya Kawasaki, Hisayuki WakashimaRyuichi ShibasakiThe use of e-commerce and the COVID-19 outbreak: A panel data analysis in JapanTransport Policy115, 88−100, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.10.023

– Daisuke Watanabe, Ryuichi Shibasaki, Hirofumi Arai, Logistics policy analysis and network model simulation for cross-border transport in the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor: The global intermodal logistics network simulation model, in: D. Azhgaliyeva, Y. Kalyuzhnova eds., Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor, Asian Development Bank Institute: Tokyo, Japan, Chapter 9, pp.187−206, 2021.10

22/10/2021

3 conference reviewed papers are accepted and 1 conference presentation is delivered

– Keigo ShibuyaRyuichi Shibasaki, Tomoya Kawasaki and Tomomi Tokuori, How a civil conflict affects the logistics growth? Case of Western Africa by the global logistics intermodal network simulation, Annual Conference of International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME 2021), 25−27 November 2021, Rotterdam, the Netherland, accepted

– Minato NakashimaRyuichi Shibasaki, Can be short-term forecast of port throughput for dry bulk cargo improved by AIS data? – Machine-learning approach, Annual Conference of International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME 2021), 25−27 November 2021, Rotterdam, the Netherland, accepted

– Chathumi Ayanthi KavirathnaRyuichi ShibasakiWenyi Ding, Natsuhiko Otsuka, Vessel speed optimization considering the environment and economic perspectives of Arctic Shipping, Annual Conference of International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME 2021), 25−27 November 2021, Rotterdam, the Netherland, accepted

– Hisayuki Wakashima, Tomoya Kawasaki, Ryuichi Shibasaki, How the use and acceptance of E-commerce was affected by the COVID-19 outbreak – A Japanese case, 14th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), 12−14 September 2021, Hiroshima, Japan (online)

14/09/2021