Global maritime supply chain (MSC) faces increasing risks of uncertainty in the post COVID-
19 era, ports disruptions and congestion are becoming common. To ensure high reliability of …

The attack of Hamas on Israel of October 7, 2023, and the military response of the latter in
Gaza have made news headlines for much of the last quarter of 2023 and early 2024. The …

The establishment of direct connections between countries in container shipping is largely
driven by the underlying trade dynamics. It is also the joint result of various other contributing …

The evolution of adjacent container ports enhances the Asian port system. This study
analyzes the dynamics of the Asian shipping network in adjacent ports, a case study of …

Abstract The Caribbean Sea region connects the Panama Canal and the Atlantic Ocean,
and container transshipment is the main factor in promoting the development of the …

Currently, port development has shifted from expansion to overcapacity, posing challenges
to promoting sustainable port development through traditional port integration methods. To …

Owing to global competition, international trade, and cost-effectiveness the role of the
maritime supply chain (MSC) in transporting containerized freight has been growing …

Since the proposal of the Belt and Road initiative in March 2015, the Chinese government
has continued to increase its investment in transportation infrastructure construction in West …

This paper aims to analyse the potential effects on bilateral trade movements of the
reconfiguration of maritime networks brought about by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The …

This paper investigates a novel maximal detour hub location problem arising in liner
shipping, referred to as a maximal detour liner shipping hub location problem, which can be …