Comparative Analysis of Shipping Center Competitiveness in Chinese Major Port Cities

International shipping centers adopt different development strategy models. The choice of each center depends on its status in international routes, the scope of the hinterland, the economic development level, and the conditions of its own and those of its supporting cities, and so on. It is of important significance to establish a competitiveness evaluation index system that caters to the characteristics of a shipping center and use scientific methods to evaluate those characteristics. Hierarchical analysis, principal component analysis and cluster analysis are applied to classify Chinese main ports, including Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Dalian, Chongqing, Qingdao. They are ranked according to their soft environments as well as hard environments. The main influencing factors are investigated as well. A shipping center competitiveness evaluation index system is established.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
• Corporate Authors:

  Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
  Tung International Centre for Maritime Studies
  Hong Kong,   China 
• Authors:
  • Ke, Rong
  • Wang, Chuanxu
• Conference:
  • International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2013: Trade, Supply Chain Activities and Transport: Contemporary Logistics and Maritime Issues
  • Location: Hong Kong , China
  • Date: 2013-6-3 to 2013-6-5
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 503-511
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2013: Trade, Supply Chain Activities and Transport: Contemporary Logistics and Maritime Issues

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analytic hierarchy process; Cluster analysis; Competition; Ports; Shipping
• Uncontrolled Terms: Principal component analysis
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01496835
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9789623677677
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 2013 10:05AM