Background: The components of national freight logistics costs are still optimised in
isolation, instead of systemic optimisation between logistics and other supply chain …

Seaports and their efficiency are particularly important for international trade flows and the
trade balance. Notwithstanding the efficiency of seaports, there exists no empirical evidence …

Abstract The Logistics Performance Index (LPI) developed by the World Bank provides a
comparative assessment logistics performance in trade logistics for several countries. Given …

The port is a crucial part of the international transportation of goods. As technological
advances in the maritime industry have driven drastic changes in port policies, scholars …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results of South Africa's national freight
demand model and related logistics cost models, and to illustrate the application of the …

Purpose This research investigates the moderating role of tariffs on the indirect relationship
between the logistics performance index (LPI) and workers' overall wages, specifically male …

ABSTRACT South Africa's Transnet National Ports Authority's (TNPA) tariff structure shows
imbalances and cross-subsidisation amongst commodities and groups of port users …

The diversity of port governance models in the world, sometimes even within the same
country, has aroused the interest of researchers. This study is based on contingency theory …

A network is usually embedded in a larger network and interacts with other networks
simultaneously, while the networks in network science literature are generally examined …

The objective of this research is to aid macrologistics decision-making through the
development and interpretation of national freight-flow and logistics cost measurements, ie …