Port selection from a hinterland perspective

García-Alonso, Lorena; Sánchez-Soriano, Joaquı́n

doi:10.1057/mel.2009.9

Cited by 55 publications

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“…Some of the studies used subjective data for the development of the methodology (Nir, Lin, & Liang, 2003;Tiwari, Itoh, & Doi, 2003;Wu, Liu, & Peng, 2014); other studies concentrated on existing data to develop their model (Garcia-Alonso & Sanchez-Soriano, 2009;Malchow & Kanafani, 2001;Malchow & Kanafani, 2004;Steven & Corsi, 2012;Tang, Low, & Lam, 2011;Veldman, Garcia-Alonso, & Vallejo-Pinto, 2011;Veldman & Bückmann, 2003); while (Magala & Sammons, 2008) presented a new port selection modelling approach based on a conceptual framework.…”

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Container Port Selection in West Africa: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Icaza¹,

Parnell²

2018

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The West Africa gross domestic product is expected to grow and port expansion projects will increase capacity by over 12 million TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) by 2020. With the economic potential that the region offers and the steady growth of container traffic, the port selection decision by shipping lines is complex because the region has a poor shipping infrastructure and political instability that impact transportation security supply chain services. This research applies a multi-attribute value theory (MAVT) with value-focused thinking (VFT) and alternative-focused thinking (AFT) methodologies to develop a shipping lines' container port selection decision models for West Africa. Criteria and port alternatives from a previous published study were used in the research. The study demonstrates that a decision analysis model can be developed based on available quantitative port data rather than using data from surveys, interviews and questionnaires, as done in previous publications. In both approaches the Abidjan Port is the best option for shipping lines and the worst option is the Lagos Port. The VFT approach offers graphical displays that help decision makers understand strengths, weaknesses, tradeoffs, and improvement opportunities for each port alternative.

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Container Port Selection in West Africa: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Icaza¹,

Parnell²

2018

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“…The PRs were calculated using AHP presented by Saaty [30]. We have ranked our five departing and eight destination ports according to eleven different criteria, explained in [9,31,7,32,33]. To obtain relevant data, a survey among several Bavarian logistics service providers, shippers, shipping lines and retailers was conducted.…”

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“…The port choice problem has been studied a lot since Sargent [6] suggested that cargo tends to seek the shortest route to access the sea. The problem is of particular interest in the multiport regions of North-Europe, the North-Adriatic, the North-Mediterranean and East and Southeast Asia, where the interport competition has intensified in recent years [7]. Therefore, port choice studies were made mostly for multi-port regions.…”

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On Distance Decay in Port Choice

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In the paper, we consider a well-known port choice problem. By applying Mixed Integer Linear Programing (MILP), the relevant importance of the decision factors is presented. The importance of the decision factors was analysed by several cases. First of all, the ports within a narrow region were taken into consideration, and afterwards the ports from different multiport regions were compared. In the first case, the distance between ports has small effect on the choices made by the decision makers, while in the second one, the distances and consequently both the land transport and subjective decision factors play an important role within the decision making process. The analysis therefore indicates that decision factors do not have equal importance, but depend on the problem perspective.

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“…In most of the cases the captive hinterlands were downgraded to contestable hinterlands where there is no single port with a clear cost advantage over competing ports. As a consequence of this fact the interport competition has encountered an enormous increase of volume in the last few years [4]. In practice, this means that maritime transport users can choose any feasible port in the area.…”

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confidence: 99%