Port Selection Factors and Attractiveness: The Service Provider's Perspective

This paper considers the role of factors which increase a port's quality of service, thereby making it more attractive and competitive. It also considers the different perspectives of service providers (port operators and authorities) and users (shippers and shipping lines). Time efficiency, delays and accessibility are primary factors for both providers and users. There are disparities in opinion, however, about the importance of monetary cost, location, and the speed with which ports can respond to changing demands of shipping lines.

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• Authors:
  • Sanchez, Ricardo J
  • Ng, Adolf K Y
  • Garcia-Alonso, Lorena
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 141-161
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Port authorities; Ports; Quality of service; Ship lines
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01350511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 2011 8:24AM