This research studies the impact of China’s inland port construction on the economic and trade development of both developed and developing countries along the Silk Road. Using our adapted trade-focused gravity model, this study illustrates the coordinated manner in which these developments...

Financing shipping related investment projects has always been a focal area of debate and research within the international maritime industry since access to funding can determine the competitiveness of a capital-intensive business as well as its success or failure under adverse market...

Purpose – This study investigates the lead-lag relations between the prices of major commodities imported into Korea and corresponding shipping freight rates. This paper aims to provide implications for cross-market causal relations between related economic segments. Design/Methodology - For...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide implications for forecasting export of Korean shipbuilding industry that is suffering from deadlock in newbuilding orders, by investigating the causal relationship between freight rate earnings and newbuilding orders in the shipbuilding market....