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Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States

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Julien, S., Cowie, J., & Monios, J. (2020)
Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 22(2), 239-264. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-018-0115-y
This paper investigates the evolutionary technical efficiency and productivity of ports in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The focus is primarily on Caribbean SIDS, ben...

Cascading feeder vessels and the rationalisation of small container ports

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Monios, J. (2017)
Cascading feeder vessels and the rationalisation of small container ports. Journal of Transport Geography, 59, 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.02.001
Small container ports rely on feeder services from hub ports to provide access to unitised trade flows for their hinterlands. They generally possess limited water depth and ha...

Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation

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Wang, Y., & Cullinane, K. (2016)
Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 95, 326-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.002
This paper adapts Freeman’s measures of degree, closeness and betweenness centrality and applies them to assessing: port centrality in relation to direct connectivity; accessi...

Institutional structure and agency in the governance of spatial diversification of port system evolution in Latin America.

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Wilmsmeier, G., & Monios, J. (2016)
Institutional structure and agency in the governance of spatial diversification of port system evolution in Latin America. Journal of Transport Geography, 51, 294-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.02.004
Port development is challenged not only by growing trade flows, but by institutional conditions that are more contextual, exhibiting aspects of both path dependence and contin...

Between path dependency and contingency: New challenges for the geography of port system evolution

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Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2016)
Between path dependency and contingency: New challenges for the geography of port system evolution. Journal of Transport Geography, 51, 247-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.01.008
Seaports play a critical role as gateways and facilitators of economic interchange and logistics processes and thus have become crucial nodes in globalised production networks...

The effect of shipping knowledge and absorptive capacity on organisational Innovation and logistics value.

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Lee, E., & Song, D. (2015)
The effect of shipping knowledge and absorptive capacity on organisational Innovation and logistics value. The international journal of logistics management, 26, 218-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-01-2013-0011
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine what types of shipping knowledge are crucial in order for shipping companies to survive in dynamic business environment, and ...

Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico

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Wilmsmeier, G., Monios, J., & Rodrigue, J. (2015)
Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 14, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.013
This paper examines the spatial and institutional characteristics of inland port development in Latin America, through an analysis of a detailed case study of the port of Vera...

Traffic consolidation in East Asian container ports: a network flow analysis.

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Wang, Y., & Cullinane, K. (2014)
Traffic consolidation in East Asian container ports: a network flow analysis. Transportation research. Part A, Policy and practice, 61C, 152-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2014.01.007
The proliferation of hub-and-spoke operations in maritime container transportation has resulted in the widespread consolidation of traffic flows. Utilising liner shipping netw...

The impact of container type diversification on regional British port development strategies

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Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2014)
The impact of container type diversification on regional British port development strategies. Transport Reviews, 34, 583-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2014.946457
Despite a concentration of container traffic in the southeast of the UK over the last few decades, regional ports are attempting new development strategies to capture or retai...

The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals

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Bergqvist, R., & Monios, J. (2014)
The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals. World review of intermodal transportation research, 5(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1504/writr.2014.065040
Public sector actors often provide financial or planning support to intermodal terminal developments with the aim of achieving societal benefits through modal shift from road ...