The diploma thesis describes seaborne transport of goods in general, and furthermore specifies the current dilemma of existing cartels - conferences - in this industry. I also describe containerization, general situation on container transport market with a hint of latest information about this market. Next chapter describes legislative rules of European Union that shape import of goods to Union. As it was not possible to describe all of them, I concentrate only on those rules involving import of containers. The goal of researching EU import legislation was to familiriaze myself with all activities and information, which an importer must take care of and possess, before he gets in touch with a shipping carrier about the transport itself. I managed to mention the most basic and important points, which importers of goods must apply.

Cíle diplomové práce jsou popsat procesy probíhající v kontejnerovém přístavním terminálu, vytvořit přehled rozhodovacích problémů vznikajících v kontejnerovém přístavním terminálu z hlediska úrovně jejich typu řízení a plánování (strategické, taktické a operativní) a formulovat vybrané rozhodovací problémy a matematicky je analyzovat.

The theoretical part of the master thesis decribes sea container transport, documents used in this area, price making and impacts on the enviroment. In the practical part are discribed 5 ship-owners and their services from Far East to Europe. The most suitable service is chosen for the customer. The thesis also mentions impacts of the economical crisis to the sea transport. The last chapter is dedicated to the other kind of transports form Far East to Europe.

The thesis is focused on intermodal transport stressing the importance of container seaports. The key objective is to analyze the transport policy and attitudes of port authorities representatives in terms of strategic development differences by region. Based on selected methodology, perception of private sector by port authorities representatives is explained. The thesis outcome is applied in the fields of theory, practice and education.

The topic of this thesis is groupage service in maritime transportation and its use for export out of Czech Republic. In the theoretical and methodological part I am defining the main terms in maritime transportation and maritime transportation in general. In the thesis I am describing the role of maritime transportation in the Czech Republic emphasized by statistics. Further I am writing about containerization and main container types because those are very important for the groupage service. In the practical part I am describing the processes of exports groupage service (LCL) within company Austromar spol. s r.o. on which I am applying business cases to to show how those processes work in reality. One of the business cases is transportation of hazardous material. In the last part of thesis I am comparing the direct and non-direct container with example of the freight charges calculation.

The thesis is focused on the consequences of the global economic crisis on the German Port of Hamburg with link to the Czech Republic. The port and its importance is introduced in the theoretical part of the thesis. The following part describes the impact of the crisis on the maritime sector and how it influenced German economy. The main goal of this thesis is to identify and analyze the key external and internal factors which were affecting performance of the Port of Hamburg during the economic crisis. Emphasis is placed on the economic situation of individual states, which use Hamburg for their international maritime transport as well as on the relevant competitive interactions between European ports. Last but not least, attention is paid to the management of the port.

The aim of the thesis is to generally characterize the maritime container transport and to describe a complete work agenda of an NVOCC operator. Another aim of this thesis is to introduce the transport chain and the role of the NVOCC. In order to show the range in which prices can move, in my thesis are processed quotes for a specific route from several freight forwarders / NVOCC.

The main issue of this diploma thesis will be to introduce actual situation in maritime container shipping, which has been developing few last years. The biggest changes were in technologies, liability issues and documentation. These changes influenced every company at this maritime market, but the customer was influenced too. In the thesis there are analyses of 3PL and 4PL providers, who are cooperating with these customers the most. The SWOT analyses were used to compare the differencies or similarities between these companies. The objective of the thesis is to recommend the right type of provider to normal customer at the market, who wants to find some help with transportation of his products

The thesis analyses the factors of customer decision-making process by choosing a freight forwarder in the Czech Republic market. While applying factors by other relevant research studies dealing with the decision-making process of customers in non-European countries, the research examines factors characteristic for the Czech customers. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews as research methods are applied. Within the research, a new service quality instrument TARRQUAL was developed. The TARRQUAL was proved on a survey including 250 customers of freight forwarder Kühne+Nagel Czech Republic. As service quality measurement, TARRQUAL is supposed to be applied particularly in logistics business field. The project aims at providing input for empirical research in the field of service quality in container shipping, which is lacking in the Central and East European countries.

Maritime transport is the world's leading transport industry. Its importance is shown by the fact that over 90% of goods is transported by sea. The aim of the thesis is to analyze present maritime container transport, with a focus on its use in the export operations of the Czech Republic. Firstly, it characterizes the specifics of maritime container transport from a global perspective. It describes the development of containerization and the current situation of maritime container transport market. Subsequently, it analyzes the use of maritime container transport in the Czech Republic and the role of forwarder. Finally, a case shows the process of an export operation from the Czech Republic to Mexico.