Port integration in China: Temporal pathways, spatial patterns and dynamics

Wang, Chengjin; Ducruet, César; Wang, Wei

doi:10.1007/s11769-015-0752-3

Cited by 52 publications

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“…Wang et al [55] describe the difference between the statistical mechanics and transport geography perspectives. The former is concerned with statistical properties and boundary values which enable distinct classification and analytical evaluation whereas geographers are intent on the spatial structure, roles and relational connections that embody the real-life network.…”

Section: Link Disturbance Strategymentioning

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The vulnerability of the global container shipping network to targeted link disruption

Viljoen

Joubert

2016

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

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Using complex network theory to describe the relational geography of maritime networks has provided great insights regarding their hierarchy and evolution over the past two decades. Unlike applications in other transport fields, notably air transport, complex network theory has had limited application in studying the vulnerability of maritime networks. This study uses targeted link disruption to investigate the strategy specific vulnerability of the network. Although nodal infrastructure such as ports can render a network vulnerable as a result of labour strikes, trade embargoes or natural disasters, it is the shipping lines connecting the ports that are more probably disrupted, either from within the industry, or outside. In this paper we apply and evaluate two link-based disruption strategies on the global container shipping network, one based on link betweenness, and the other on link salience, to emulate the impact of large-scale service reconfiguration affecting priority links. The results show that the network is by and large robust to such reconfiguration. Meanwhile the flexibility of the network is reduced by both strategies, but to a greater degree by betweenness, resulting in a reduction of transshipment and dynamic rerouting potential amongst the busiest port regions. The results further show that the salience strategy is highly effective in reducing the commonality of shortest path sets, thereby diminishing opportunities for freight consolidation and scale economies.

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Section: Link Disturbance Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

The vulnerability of the global container shipping network to targeted link disruption

Viljoen

Joubert

2016

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

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“…It is worth noting that for some governance tools, they may include the efforts from both governmental organizations and port organizations. For example, port integration in China is a typical hybrid driven by governments and port enterprises (Wang et al, 2015).…”

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Port governance revisited: How to govern and for what purpose?

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This review paper investigates and presents generalized answers to the two basic questions of port governance, namely how to govern and for what purpose. The study is based on a total sample of 118 studies on port governance. The results from the analysis of these studies show that port devolution and port re-centralization are the main governance tools at the institutional level. At the strategical level, the main governance tools are port co-opetition, port regionalization, port integration, stakeholder management strategy, and corporate governance. While at the managerial level, the main governance tools are port pricing, port concession, port user/ customer relationship management, monitoring and measuring, regulatory control, port security management, and information and communication technologies. The institutional governance tools are generally used by governmental organizations to set the fundamental regulative rules for the port governance system, while strategical tools are applied by port organizations in gaining competitive advantages and increasing market share in the long term. Managerial tools are related to the port business operations and management. Furthermore, The study clearly shows that the main objective of port governance is the improvement of port efficiency and port effectiveness. However, the choice of efficiency-oriented or effectiveness-oriented configuration is largely determined by the port organization's external operating environment, strategies and structures.

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“…In our model, the objective function (11) minimizes the total cost of containers flowing through the multimodal network. The costs include transportation costs (12), handling costs (13), and carbon emission costs (14). Functions (15)(16)(17)(18)(19) are different constraints.…”

Section: Multimodal Transportation Network Planning Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…How will the integrated ports develop? [14]. The use of a multimodal transportation network model with statistical data has rarely been seen in previous research, mainly because obtaining the required data is difficult [15].…”

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Carbon Mitigation Strategies of Port Selection and Multimodal Transport Operations—A Case Study of Northeast China

Kuang

2019

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In the last few decades, the progression of climate change has made people aware of the need to reduce CO2 emissions. In this study, the effect of this awareness on container transport in Northeast China is used as an empirical case study. Firstly, we propose that the freight demand index, calculated by the entropy weight TOPSIS (technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution) method, reflects the degree of container demand in destination cities. Then, we describe five scenarios against the background of China’s container development plan and use them to evaluate the cost and carbon emissions of container rerouting. The overall objective of the study is to assess the effects of changes in port selection on the formation of new routes and multimodal transport. The results show that carbon taxes do not significantly affect multimodal transport networks, and the impact of loading and unloading costs on the total cost is far greater than that of corresponding carbon emissions. Despite the railway transportation capacity of Dalian Port, the results show that Yingkou Port and Dandong Port will expand by 227.8% and 191.4% over 2017, respectively. Therefore, Liaoning Port Group needs to reposition its different ports.

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Port integration in China: Temporal pathways, spatial patterns and dynamics

Cited by 52 publications

References 27 publications

The vulnerability of the global container shipping network to targeted link disruption

The vulnerability of the global container shipping network to targeted link disruption

Port governance revisited: How to govern and for what purpose?

Carbon Mitigation Strategies of Port Selection and Multimodal Transport Operations—A Case Study of Northeast China

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