Academic research on port competitiveness has so far focused on the identification of the
drivers of port competitiveness and their measurement. This paper argues that the port …

This study aims to investigate how seaport research has been conducted from the
methodological perspective. To this end, this study reviews published port literature for the …

Port and maritime studies dealing with containerization have observed traffic concentration
and dispersion throughout the world. Globalization, intermodal transportation, and …

In light of the growing supply chain power of 3PLs and very limited empirical studies on port
choice from the freight forwarders' perspective, this paper tries to evaluate the major factors …

Most of the literature on port choice has focused mostly on the views of carriers (and
indirectly of cargo owners). We venture here to discover whether the choice criteria used by …

Port Economics is the study of the economic decisions (and their consequences) of the
users and providers of port services. A port works as an" engine" for economic development …

With this article we use an alternative form of the discrete choice model to analyze the
distribution of maritime shipments among US ports. We model the distribution as a function …

Over 20% of the world's container traffic occurs from Asian ports. China's entry into the
market has significantly stimulated this process. Since China adopted its liberalised …

Changes in world trade and the ship** environment have created ever-increasing
competition between ports in North-east Asia, especially Korea and China. Following …

With supply chains distributed across global markets, ocean container transport now is a
critical element of any such supply chain. We identify key characteristics of ocean container …