ports argue that a shift in port traffic from the north to the south would be beneficial for the environment and the economy … and compare several hinterland accessibility indices to explain the relative size of port regions. Besides standard … density of hinterland activities leads to better performing measures. As indicated in the literature, port size is strongly …

changed the structure of port hinterlands. In this paper we attempt to reveal the spatial structure of the hinterland of the … variables which express the link between these regions and ports to create a new map of the port hinterland. Besides an improved …Competition between ports depends on inland freight distribution and the spatial structure of the hinterland. With this …

companies' perspective. These factors include infrastructure, hinterland, connectivity and port's dues. Design …, improved hinterland conditions, port facilities, services cost, volume of cargo, connectivity to other ports and dwell time …Purpose: The purpose of this article is to investigate the factors that encourage shipping lines to use port of Sohar …

This paper aims at analyzing the hinterland position of the German port of Hamburg in Central Europe. As a first step … potential of the hinterland from Hamburg, and from their possible emerging competitors, respectively, by using simple travel … affects the competitive position in hinterland transport. However, besides the hinterland infrastructure there are other …

welfare only and decide on the capacity of the port and of the hinterland network. We obtain the following results. First …, profit-maximizing ports internalize hinterland congestion in as far as it affects their customers. Second, investment in port … capacity reduces prices and congestion at both ports, but increases hinterland congestion in the region where the port …