Ports are under increased pressure to reduce their negative climate and environmental
impacts. Their roles and functions in transportation systems and the economy make them a …

Port relationships have received continuous attention from the academic community.
However, the existing studies do not provide a science map for promoting the sustainable …

Urban water utilities (UWUs) operate in environments without competitors; regulators use
targets to monitor UWU operations, with the expectation that the current year's performance …

Cooperation between vessel service providers can improve the performance of ports.
However, the potential impact of such cooperation has not yet been quantitatively addressed …

The port performance has frequently been studied in the academic literature, and the first
studies on the subject are focused on financial or operational dimensions. However, today …

This study investigates the specific impacts of competition on operational efficiency of
China's coastal ports. Firstly, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to calculate the …

Reliability of service times has long been a concern of many ports around the world. This
paper presents an approach to mitigate delays in service times through improved …

Intense competition and continuously changing variables in macro and micro environments
compel ports to reinvent themselves and seek ways to gain a competitive advantage. One …

Corporate Sustainability (CS) in the port sector has emerged as an important driver behind
strategy definition for port authorities globally. It has been argued that CS practices have the …

Port choice decisions are often considered to be based on unambiguous choice criteria. The
authors examine how port users' evaluation of these criteria can differ and how this may …