Ports, as the main components of global maritime transportation, have attracted attention
from both industry and academia in relation to their safety management. Identifying the …

Introduction Ports have been attempting to increase their competitiveness by enhancing
their productivity, providing better quality services, and reducing their costs. In addition …

The purpose of this paper is to study container port competition for transshipment cargo in
duopoly market. We develop the linear container handling demand function which …

A maritime transport chain is a network over which carriers, ports and shippers are involved
in the movement of cargo. This paper investigates the effects of carrier chain profit, port …

A port system is a system of two or more ports, located in proximity within a given area. In
literature, various geographical and functional scales have been identified ranging from …

The shipping network plays an important role in the operation of container liner shipping. It
provides a system on which transportation activities take place. This article aims to study the …

This article demonstrates how interaction between ports in a network can be analysed in two
stages. The first stage is the analysis of the price response functions and it examines how a …

In the recent decade, increasing vessel sizes, infrastructure developments, intermodal
connections, and digital transformation again have raised questions about the development …

Few studies have examined Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the context of logistics,
reflecting a lack of hybrid studies involving trade economists and logistics researchers. This …

Marine transportation is pivotal in the rapid development of global trade, significantly
enhancing international economic and trade connectivity and impacting the sustainable …