An examination of the determinants of inter-port competition for U.S. imports

Baert, Lieselot; Reynaerts, Jo

doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2020.01.008

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“…Empirical analysis concluded that hinterland distance, sea distance, port maritime connectivity, and port multimodal transport connectivity have a significant impact on port market share, and their conclusions have deepened the understanding of port competitiveness in a specific region. Baert and Reynaerts (12) examined the determinants of the attractiveness of US ports through the proposed two-stage method framework, and concluded that port charges and port congestion are key factors in the decision-making process of port users. Kavirathna et al (13) analyzed the competitiveness of Colombo as a transshipment hub in ''hub and spoke'' and ''relay'' networks using the generalized cost approach together with a discrete choice model.…”

Section: Competition In Portsmentioning

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Inter-Port Competition and Cooperation Under Different Market Environments

Yuan

Wang

Qiang

2021

Transportation Research Record

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Aiming at the competition and cooperation decision-making problem between two ports in the same regional port group, this paper studies four kinds of dynamic game scenarios of two adjacent ports—namely, independent strategy–independent strategy (i.e., DD combinations), independent strategy–integrated strategy (i.e., DT combinations), integrated strategy–independent strategy (i.e., TD combinations), and integrated strategy–integrated strategy (i.e., TT combinations). By introducing port demand models and using the dynamic game method, the paper performs a comparative study of port service pricing, port demand, and port profit in different combinations of competition and cooperation. The results show that taking port profit as payment function, the equilibrium strategy of the leader port is the independent strategy, which is also the dominant strategy, while the independent strategy or integrated strategy of the follower port depends on the degree of service substitution provided by the two competing ports. When the degree of service substitution is low (0 < γ < 0.53), the equilibrium strategies of two competing ports are the DD combinations, but the equilibrium strategies can be improved by Pareto, and further analysis shows that TT combinations are the Pareto equilibrium strategies at this time. By contrast, when the degree of service substitution provided by the two competing ports is high (0.53 ≤γ < 1), the DT combinations are the equilibrium strategies of the two competing ports, which are also the Pareto equilibrium strategies at this time. The research shows that when the degree of service substitution of the two ports is low, to encourage the two ports to carry out differentiated development of service functions, it is conducive to promote the two ports to adopt the integrated cooperation strategies.

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Section: Competition In Portsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inter-Port Competition and Cooperation Under Different Market Environments

Yuan

Wang

Qiang

2021

Transportation Research Record

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“…Baert L. and Reynaerts J. [8] devoted their study to aspects of factors competition between ports, outlining port charges and congestion as main factors in decision making of port users. Based on this, optimal logistics can be ensured.…”

Section: Sergii Patkovskyi Sergiy Lytvynenko "The Ways Of Supply Chain Responsiveness Increase At Time Of Port Infrastructure and Transpomentioning

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The Ways of Supply Chain Responsiveness Increase at Time of Port Infrastructure and Transportation Assets Productivity Disruption

Patkovskyi¹,

Lytvynenko²

2020

Intellectualization of Logistics and SCM

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The electronic scientific and practical journal is registered in international scientometric data bases, repositories and search engines. The main characteristic of the edition is the index of scientometric data bases, which reflects the importance and effectiveness of scientific publications using indicators such as quotation index, h-index and factor impact (the number of quotations within two years after publishing).In 2020,

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“…Second, the desired outcome of selecting ports in the MPSP is to achieve the earliest expected arrival of military units at theater destinations, that is, delivery speed is the most important outcome. Conversely, the desired outcome of port selection in industry often involves cost-efficiency considerations (Baert and Reynaerts, 2020;Osundiran et al, 2020;Parola et al, 2017;Wu et al, 2014;Yuen et al, 2012;Tran, 2011).…”

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Improving the port selection process during military deployments

Longhorn¹,

Muckensturm²,

Baybordi³

2021

JDAL

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PurposeThis paper recommends new criteria for selecting seaports of embarkation during military deployments. Most importantly, this research compares the current port selection criterion, which is to select the seaport with the shortest inland transport time from the deploying installation, to the proposed port selection criteria, which are to select the seaport based on the shortest combined inland and oceanic transit time to the destination theater.Design/methodology/approachThe authors construct an original integer program to select seaports that minimize the expected delivery timeline for a set of notional, but realistic, deployment requirements. The integer program is solved considering the current as well as the proposed port selection criteria. The solutions are then compared using paired-samples t-tests to assess the statistical significance of the port selection criteria.FindingsThis work suggests that the current port selection criterion results in a 10–13% slower delivery of deploying forces as compared to the proposed port selection criteria.Research limitations/implicationsThis work assumes deterministic inland transit times, oceanic transit times, and seaport processing rates. Operational fluctuations in transit times and processing rates are not expected to change the findings from this research.Practical implicationsThis research provides evidence that the current port selection criterion for selecting seaports for military units deploying from the Continental United States is suboptimal. More importantly, logistics planners could use these recommended port selection criteria to reduce the expected delivery timelines during military deployments.Originality/valueSeveral military doctrinal references suggest that planners select seaports based on habitual installation-to-port pairings, especially for early deployers. This work recommends a change to the military's current port selection process based on empirical analyses that show improvements to deployment timelines.

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An examination of the determinants of inter-port competition for U.S. imports

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Inter-Port Competition and Cooperation Under Different Market Environments

Inter-Port Competition and Cooperation Under Different Market Environments

The Ways of Supply Chain Responsiveness Increase at Time of Port Infrastructure and Transportation Assets Productivity Disruption

Improving the port selection process during military deployments

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