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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In their decisions, seaport stakeholders internalize various factors that intervene in seaport
competitiveness. The literature emphasizes that such seaport characteristics are important in …

Although many academics and practitioners in the maritime industry have recognised the
importance of supply chain collaboration (SCC) between ports and port users, there is still a …

In this paper, we consider a shipping system consisting of one carrier and two shipping
forwarders who compete on price for businesses from potential shippers. The carrier may …

Research interest in the port industry has increased significantly in recent decades, due to
the integration of ports in global supply chain strategies. Ports globally are facing strong …

The development of ports is essential to the competitiveness of cities. Harbor cities in China
have put much effort into expanding the business of their ports, ignoring the overlapping of …

Observations of previously unrecorded non-native species in the Gulf of Cadiz (Spain),
situated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, have accelerated since …