Transport

In a world of increasing globalization of products and services worldwide transport plays a key role. Sea transport is the leading mode optimizing economical and ecological requirements. TUHH/ISSUS aims at understanding and improving ship-related business processes in the context of the whole transport and supply chain including transhipment, storage and pre- and post-sea transports by road, rail, inland waterways or air.

The impetuous increase of container transports is truly challenging ports and terminals operating at the brink of their capacity. The imbalance of container flows resulting in large quantities of empty containers to be shipped back requires new co-operation concepts even between competing shipping companies. Protecting transports against theft, fraude and misuse for terror activities and integration of security aspects into the business processes requires new solutions based on the potential of information and communication technology.

Transport generates traffic, meeting infrastructures at the limit or even beyond of capacity. Maintaining mobility needs intelligent control concepts. Maritime transport is the most environmental-friendly transport but still has a potential for improvement by combining technical, organisational and behavioural measures.

The strength of TUHH/ISSUS is to be close to Hamburg's port and transport industry continuously involved in problem definition and solution finding in all field of sea transport. Hamburg is one of the most prominent transport and transport services node in Europe covering all areas from movement of goods and passengers via insurance and finance to multidisciplinary science.