and compare several hinterland accessibility indices to explain the relative size of port regions. Besides standard … measures that combine the size of hinterland regions with a distance decay function, we check whether the incorporation of the … density of hinterland activities leads to better performing measures. As indicated in the literature, port size is strongly …

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 …