Articulating intermodal chains through short-sea shipping: a method for assessing the performance of East African ports

Martínez-López, Alba; González, Manuel Chica

doi:10.1080/03088839.2021.1976430

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“…Several African countries have been making efforts to promote and improve SSS as part of their broader strategies to enhance trade, connectivity, and sustainable transportation. According to [53], the combination of the location of East African ports with the obstacles found in the road corridors of the region, make SSS a consideration for an alternative mode of transportation. In this study, four different ports were identified as suitable locations to implement SSS.…”

Section: Short Sea Shipping Beyond Europe: a Global Perspectivementioning

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Short Sea Shipping in the Age of Sustainability, Autonomous Navigation and Digitalization

Batista Santos,

Santos

2024

JMSE

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This paper presents the comprehensive state-of-the-art on the challenges that short sea shipping currently faces across the world. The concept and its relationship with coastal shipping are introduced, followed by a review of the EU policies for short sea shipping and its practical impacts in modal split. A survey of the literature on the strong and weak points of this form of transportation is carried out, aimed at explaining the difficulties in achieving relevant modal shifts from road to sea. The experience with short sea shipping across the world is described and discussed, providing a global perspective. The paper then discusses the main challenges and opportunities in this field, namely decarbonisation, autonomous navigation, and digitalization. Conclusions are drawn on the possible impact of these game changing developments in this segment of the shipping industry.

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Section: Short Sea Shipping Beyond Europe: a Global Perspectivementioning

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Short Sea Shipping in the Age of Sustainability, Autonomous Navigation and Digitalization

Batista Santos,

Santos

2024

JMSE

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“…According to formula (10), the comprehensive index value z j (w)(j ∈ N) is According to formula (4), calculate the possibility of comparing the comprehensive index values of port competitiveness, and establish the possibility matrix. 12 i=1 w i = 1, w i ≥ 0, i ∈ (1, 2, 3, ...12) w = (0.08, 0.14, 0.07, 0.1, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.07, 0.08, 0.06).…”

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“…Firstly, from the perspective of port hub competitiveness research, Li et al [1][2][3][4][5][6] carried out research on logistics hub competitiveness at the world level, national level, multimodal transport industry level and port enterprise level, respectively. Forte et al [7][8][9][10] conduct competitiveness research on the dimensions of cost control and economic feasibility for specific multimodal transport markets such as roro market and short-distance marine transport market. Han et al 11,12 studied port competitiveness from the perspective of optimizing the enterprise supply chain.…”

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Evaluation of the competitiveness of the container multimodal port hub

Wan

Kuang

2022

Sci Rep

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The research on the competitiveness of container multimodal transport port hub, comprehensively considering the software and hardware strength of port hub, is of great significance to analyze the specific source competitiveness of port hub, the optimal allocation of multimodal transport capacity resources and port operation management planning. Based on this, according to the principle of fuzzy set and membership function in fuzzy theory, this paper adopts the modeling method of multi-attribute decision-making to deeply analyze the key influencing factors of port hub competitiveness, extract the core indicators from the four aspects of business capacity, transport capacity resources, infrastructure and service quality, and then construct the fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making evaluation model of port hub competitiveness, and take the container transportation in Northeast China as an example. The research shows that the key influencing factors of multimodal transport port hub competitiveness have changed from traditional infrastructure factors to flexible influencing factors such as transportation service quality, transportation capacity and resource integration ability, transportation business efficiency, and port enterprises are in the critical period of industry transformation and upgrading. Strengthening inter industry integration, building industrial ecological alliance and building a multi-mode transportation integrated service chain with port as the core play an obvious role in promoting the formation of the core competitiveness of port hub. Among the ports along the coast of Liaoning, Yingkou Port has the strongest competitiveness against the supply of corn containers in Northeast China, and the competitiveness of other ports from strong to weak is Jinzhou port, Beiliang port, Panjin Port, Huludao port, Dandong port, Dalian port and Suizhong port. The research results enrich the theoretical system of multimodal transport port hub competitiveness research, and provide reference suggestions for port enterprises, transportation enterprises, government departments and other relevant subjects in strategy formulation, policy implementation, layout planning and so on.

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“…Ports serve as the starting point, transit station, and end point of marine networks, and they are an essential component of transportation networks and economic systems, particularly in international transportation networks. Ports are standard intermodal hubs that dominate the worldwide intermodal wave [9,10]. PCITHs are comprehensive transportation hubs with ports as the core, integrating different modes of transportation, such as sea, land, and air.…”

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Evaluating the Service Capacity of Port-Centric Intermodal Transshipment Hub

Lan

Wang

2023

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Port-centric intermodal transshipment hubs are significant nodes in the global freight network and are likewise the gateway to a country’s external communications. It is vital to increase the service capacity of PCITHs, and it is necessary to assess the service capacity of port-centric intermodal transshipment hubs to respond to the growth of economies and global freight needs. This study provides a detailed definition of port-centric intermodal transshipment hubs through a review of relevant kinds of works from the literature and analyzes their primary functions. Based on the research perspective of sea–rail intermodal transportation, the three evaluation dimensions of service capacity of port-centric intermodal transshipment hubs are divided into radiation scale capacity, transportation connection capacity, and resource integration capacity, focusing on the functions of cargo aggregation, cargo transfer, and connection of different transportation modes. The service capacity evaluation indicators were then selected based on the three dimensions. The subjective and objective weightings were calculated by the G1 weighting method and the modified CRITIC method, and the combination weightings were determined based on game theory. The service capability of port-centric intermodal transshipment hubs was evaluated by the fuzzy matter element method, and the evaluation results were quantified by the Euclidean closeness degree. Finally, through the barrier degree model, the current indicators of PCITHs that urgently need improvement were explored, and targeted improvement suggestions are proposed in this paper. The results show that Tianjin Port has the highest service capacity, followed by Ningbo Zhoushan Port. The port rail dedicated line mileage is the most critical area that needs attention in Ningbo Zhoushan Port and Qingdao Port. Tianjin Port needs to improve the container sea–rail transportation volume, while Guangzhou Port and Xiamen Port need to improve the sea–rail container handling capacity.

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Articulating intermodal chains through short-sea shipping: a method for assessing the performance of East African ports

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Short Sea Shipping in the Age of Sustainability, Autonomous Navigation and Digitalization

Short Sea Shipping in the Age of Sustainability, Autonomous Navigation and Digitalization

Evaluation of the competitiveness of the container multimodal port hub

Evaluating the Service Capacity of Port-Centric Intermodal Transshipment Hub

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