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 …

This chapter analyses the relevance of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the estimation
of productive efficiency in the container port industry. Following an exposition of the DEA …

Managing the time factor is an important issue in contemporary liner service design.
Increased port congestion and infrastructure constraints are some of the reasons impeding …

This paper builds further on the work of Cullinane and Wang (2007) and more recent work
on (port) governance in China. We argue that the market environment in which Chinese …

This article is essentially an empirical investigation in the network analysis of inter-port traffic
flows. Based on a database of vessel movements, it applies conventional techniques of …

With the continuous expansion of the number and scale of inland container ports, they will
inevitably compete for goods traffic. Additionally, conflicts in port location, route layout …

This paper unveils the competitive dynamics between the major container ports in East Asia
by analyzing their extent and intensity. Time series data, with the longest series dating back …

The study of ports in supply chain systems is an emerging area of importance which has
drawn more attention from researchers in recent years. This paper presents a new …

This study aims at investigating the degree of market concentration of container ports in
Southeast Asia and to associate the concentration tendency with efficient container …

Ports worldwide operate in an uncertain environment and compete with nearby ports to
attract cargo. The extent of competition is influenced by the geographical location and …