Dr Munim is Associate Professor in Maritime Logistics at the University of South-Eastern Norway. His main research interests include maritime economics and logistics, transport economics, supply chain management and international business. He received the Palgrave Macmillan Best Paper Award at the IAME 2016 Conference in Hamburg and, the KLU Young Researcher Best Paper Award at the IAME 2018 Conference in Mombasa. Dr Munim pursued PhD in International Management at the University of Agder, Norway (concentration in Maritime Economics and Logistics), and MSc in Supply Chain Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria (specializations in Transport and Logistics, and Transport Geography Modeling). Apart from that, he holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree (specialization in Finance) from the Eastern University, Bangladesh. Furthermore, he completed two modules of the Global Challenges in Transport programme at the University of Oxford. He has extensive training in 'Structural Equation Modelling' (SEM) from the University of Oslo and the University of Cambridge. Recently, he served Transport Canada as an external consultant.
Responsibilities
Teaching
- Supply Chain Management (SCM2000)
- Introduction to Logistics (ILO 1000), Co-instructor
- Maritime Economics (MEC4001)
Competences
Research Interests
- Maritime economics
- Maritime logistics
- Port governance
- Green port management
- Supply chian management
- Forecasting/ artificial intelligence
Methods
- Structural equation modeling, both covariance based and partial least squares
- Linear programming, mixed integer programming
- Bibliometric analysis
- Time series modelling — ARIMA, ANN, VAR, VECM
- Multi-criteria decision-making — AHP, ANP, BWM
Publications
See full list of my research works on:
Selected Published Articles
- Munim, Z. H., Saha, R., Schøyen, H., Ng, A. K., & Notteboom, T. E. (2021). Autonomous ships for container shipping in the Arctic routes. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-021-00836-8
- Munim, Z. H., Schramm, H-J (2021). Forecasting container freight rates for the major trade routes: a comparison of artificial neural network and conventional models. Maritime Economics and Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-020-00156-5 (Received IAME 2018 Young Researcher Best Paper Award).
- Munim, Z. H., Dushenko, M., Jimenez, V. J., Shakil, M. H., & Imset, M. (2020). Big data and artificial intelligence in the maritime industry: a bibliometric review and future research directions. Maritime Policy & Management, 47(5), 577-597. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2020.1788731 (Received the MPM Best Paper Award 2020).
- Munim, Z. H. (2020). Does higher technical efficiency induce a higher service level? A paradox association in the context of port operations. The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2020.02.001
- Munim, Z. H. (2019). Autonomous Ships: A review, innovative applications and future maritime business models. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2019.1631714
- Munim, Z. H., Saeed, N. (2019). Seaport competitiveness research: the past, present and future. International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTL.2019.103877
- Munim, Z. H., Saeed, N, Larsen, O I. (2019). ‘Tool port’ to ‘landlord port’: A game theory approach to analyse gains from governance model transformation. Maritime Policy and Management, 46 (1), pp. 43-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2018.1468936 (Nominated for MPM Best Paper Award 2019).
- Maditati, D.R., Munim, Z. H., Schramm, H-J., Kummer, S. (2018). A review of green supply chain management: from bibliometric analysis to a conceptual framework and future research directions. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 139, pp. 150-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.08.004
- Alon, I., Anderson, J., Munim, Z. H., Ho, A. (2018). A Review of the Internationalization of Chinese Enterprises. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 35(3), pp. 573-605. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-018-9597-5
- Munim, Z. H., Haralambides, H. (2018). Competition and cooperation for intermodal container transhipment: a network optimization approach. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 26, pp 87-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2018.03.004
- Munim, Z. H., Schramm, H-J. (2018). The impacts of port infrastructure and logistics performance on economic growth: the mediating role of seaborne trade. Journal of Shipping and Trade, 3(1), pp 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41072-018-0027-0
- Munim, Z. H., Schramm, H-J. (2017). Forecasting container shipping freight rates for the Far East - Northern Europe trade lane. Maritime Economics & Logistics, 19(1), pp 106-125. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-016-0051-7 (Received IAME 2016 Best Paper Award).
Selected Conference Papers/Presentations:
See full list at https://www.ziaulmunim.com/conference-papers/
- Munim, Z. H., Sornn-Friese, H. (2019). Which port governance model is the most viable to green port management? The Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2019. June 25-28, 2019. Athens, Greece.
- Munim, Z. H. (2019). CO2 emissions across different industries: evidence from latent growth modelling. Presented at the Productions and Operations Management Society (POMS) Conference, May 2-6, 2019. Washington D.C., USA.
- Munim, Z. H., Schramm, H-J. (2018) Forecasting container freight rates: a comparison of artificial neural network and conventional methods. The Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2018. September 11-14, 2018. Mombasa, Kenya. I received the IAME 2018 KLU Young Researcher Best Paper Award for this article.
- Munim, Z. H. (2018). Green supply chain management in the Oil and Gas industry. Presented at the Productions and Operations Management Society (POMS) Conference, May 4-7, 2018. Houston, Texas, USA.
- Munim, Z. H., Saeed, N, Qin, F. (2017). Benchmarking Chinese port container terminal efficiency: Exploring key efficiency drivers. Presented at the China Goes Global 2017 conference. June 15-17, 2017.Kristiansand, Norway.
- Munim, Z. H., Saeed, N, Larsen, O I. (2017). ‘Tool port’ to ‘landlord port’: A game theory approach to analyse gains from governance model transformation. Presented at the Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2017. June 27-30, 2017. Kyoto, Japan.
- Maditati, D.R., Munim, Z. H. ., Schramm, H-J. (2017). A review of green supply chain management: from bibliometric analysis to conceptual framework. Presented at the 29th Annual NOFOMA conference. June 8-9, 2017. Lund, Sweden.
- Munim, Z. H., Schramm, H-J. (2016). Forecasting container shipping freight rates for the Far East - Northern Europe trade lane. Presented at the Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2016. August 23-26, 2016. Hamburg, Germany. I received the IAME 2016 Best Paper Award for this article.