Dr. Ryuichi Shibasaki is an associate professor at the Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. After his graduation from the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo, he was a research associate at the University of Tokyo until 2002. He worked as a researcher at the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, Japan, for 15 years, including a temporary assignment as chief researcher of the Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan (2012–2015), visiting researcher of the Modern Logistics Research Center, Tsinghua University (2006–2007), and visiting associate professor of Kyoto University (2014–2017). His research focus is primarily global intermodal freight flow modeling, port logistics, and maritime big data analysis. Dr. Shibasaki’s research has received three awards for “Best Application in Practices” from the Eastern Asia Society of Transport Studies (EASTSs) in 2009, 2011, and 2015, two from the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAMEs) in 2014 and 2020, and one from the International Conference on Transportation and Logistics . He currently serves as an associate editor of Maritime Policy and Management and Asian Transport Studies (TLOG) in 2022. In addition, he is one of the representative organizers of the TLOG Network.