Identifying the relationships among port competition, cooperation and competitiveness is
critical for both port operations and public interests. Although the number of studies on these …

Maritime ports play a pivotal role in facilitating trade, serving as key nodes in global transport
chains. Competitive pressure exists for port managers and operators to search for ways to …

Purpose Port performance and port choice have been treated as separate streams of
research. This hampers the efforts of ports to anticipate on and respond to possible future …

Abstract China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road trade initiative includes investment in
international port infrastructure. Comprehensive analysis of port competitiveness is of great …

The railway industry needs to investigate overall impacts of next generation signalling
systems such as Moving Block (MB) and Virtual Coupling (VC) to identify development …

As a result of the intense changes occurring in port environment over the last decades, new
models of competitiveness have been developed, where port authorities try to increase their …

To analyse the competitiveness of container ports, it is crucially important to identify and
characterize the key factors of competitiveness. Their relative importance depends on the …

The measurement and assessment of seaport efficiency and competitiveness have been the
subject of many academic works in port economics. This study aimed to benchmark and …

Today, over 80% of global trade is seaborne. In a world of global supply chains and complex
industrial development processes, seaports and port operators play an integral role of …

Developing adequate port infrastructure, improving port efficiency and other logistical
improvements have a significant influence on the port choice decision. Then, identifying the …