in the port and maritime arena. Subsequently, we look at the strategic behaviour exhibited by the main market players … (shipowners, terminal operating companies, port authorities, logistics service providers, etc) and analyse their objectives …

costs. Improving port efficiency from the 25th to the 75th percentile reduces shipping costs by 12 percent. (Bad ports are …, which are one of the components of shipping costs. We try to explain variations in port efficiency and find that they are ….S. markets than import tariffs. We investigate the determinants of shipping costs to the U.S. with a large database of more than …

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 … determinants relevant for port competition; inter alia the clustering of logistic activities, efficiency of port operations, and …

stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation …

responses that underpin them. Here, we combine theory and a unique geospatial dataset combining more than 25 million shipping … behaviour and aggregate transportation cost, as well as its environmental impact, with major implications for the shipping …