A Review of COVID-19-Related Literature on Freight Transport: Impacts, Mitigation Strategies, Recovery Measures, and Future Research Directions

Ahmed Karam (), Abdelrahman E. E. Eltoukhy, Ibrahim Abdelfadeel Shaban and El-Awady Attia
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Ahmed Karam: Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Abdelrahman E. E. Eltoukhy: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Ibrahim Abdelfadeel Shaban: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, UAE University, Al-Ain P.O. Box 111, United Arab Emirates
El-Awady Attia: Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-27

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in the freight transport sector. The number of studies on the impact of COVID-19 on freight transport and possible mitigation strategies are growing. However, a systematic and comprehensive review highlighting the research themes, main findings, research methods, and future research directions of these studies remains scarce. Therefore, this study presents a mixed review comprising scientometric and systematic reviews to cover these research gaps. Results show that 68 studies have been published on this topic since the beginning of 2020 and that they cover three main themes: the impacts of COVID-19 on freight transport, mitigation strategies, and recovery during and after COVID-19. In addition, we describe the research methods, main findings, and possible research directions in each of them. Thus, the findings of our work present both theoretical and practical analyses of COVID-19-related research on freight transport and provide important future research directions in this domain.

Keywords: freight transport; COVID-19; air freight; sea shipping; road transport; recovery measures; strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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