TY - BOOK AU - Baluch,Issa TI - Transport logistics: past, present and predictions SN - 9948031393 AV - HE 199 .A2 B35 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Dubai PB - Winning Books KW - Freight and freightage KW - United Arab Emirates KW - Transportation KW - Case studies KW - Business logistics KW - Physical distribution of goods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Presents the history of supply chain and transport logistics by providing examples of ancient supply chains on the Nile, Hannibal pioneering alpine transport, the Great Wall and Forbidden City, Panama Canal, German Airlift at Stalingrad, D-Day, relocating the Temples of Abu Simbel, The Falklands War and the Dot-Com earthquake. Discuss the globalization of transport, the role of the freight forwarder, securing global trade lanes and humanitarian logistics. Predictions for the future include: transport machines of the future, new fuels, railways for Africa and the Middle East, training and professional development ER -