The effects of consolidation and privatization of ports in proximity: A case study of the Kobe and Osaka ports

Kawasaki, Tomoya; Tagawa, Hoshi; Watanabe, Toshihiro; Hanaoka, Shinya

doi:10.1016/j.ajsl.2019.08.002

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“…They suggested that although the efficiency of terminals is significantly affected by privatization, it depends on other factors too. Kawasaki et al (40) explored the effects of ''consolidation'' and ''privatization'' between adjacent ports. They employed a multiagent simulation model applied to a case study for Kobe and Osaka ports, and concluded that consolidation has a larger impact than privatization with respect to cargo volume and total surplus.…”

Section: Research On Port Privatizationmentioning

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Port Competition and Cooperation Under Emission and Privatization

Yuan

Wang

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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The study considers the competition and cooperation between mixed duopoly ports with service differentiation when both emission tax and partial privatization policies are implemented together. By developing three-game models between government and port enterprises, this paper first studies and compares, under different game scenarios, the optimal emission tax for mixed duopoly ports and privatization level for a semipublic port, as well as the optimal output (or pricing) and emission reduction of semipublic and private ports. Moreover, the profit and utility of the two ports, environment damage, consumer surplus, and social welfare are also compared, and the impacts of technology spillover for emission reduction and service differentiation on the decision-making of the government and port enterprises are discussed. We find that the optimal emission tax under a strategic cooperation scenario can reach a higher level, then the government needs more efforts to protect the environment. In addition, although port cooperation is conducive to maximizing social welfare and increasing port throughput, it harms the profitability of the two ports.

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Section: Research On Port Privatizationmentioning

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Port Competition and Cooperation Under Emission and Privatization

Yuan

Wang

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…Ōsaka Port subsequently privatised its PMC to the Ōsaka Port Corporation with 100 per cent capital from the City of Ōsaka in 2010 (Kawasaki et al, 2020). As a result, Ōsaka Port has three elements in its container port administration: the national government; the local government of Ōsaka City; and the Ōsaka Port Corporation.…”

Section: Port Administration In the Modern Democratic Eramentioning

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A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present

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2022

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“…They also recognized that the industrial confidence indicator generated a significant positive impact on container throughput in Antwerp port. Kawasaki et al (2020) used simulation-based analysis to forecast container throughput at Kobe and Osaka ports as a result of the consolidation and privatization of the two ports. Chan et al (2018) compared several timeseries forecasting methods, including machine learning-based methods such as support vector regression to forecast the port's container throughput using historical data.…”

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The durability of economic indicators in container shipping demand: a case study of East Asia–US container transport

Kawasaki

Matsuda

Lau

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Purpose In the maritime industry, it is vital to have a reliable forecast of container shipping demand. Although indicators of economic conditions have been used in modeling container shipping demand on major routes such as those from East Asia to the USA, the duration of such indicators’ effects on container movement demand have not been systematically examined. To bridge this gap in research, this study aims to identify the important US economic indicators that significantly affect the volume of container movements and empirically reveal the duration of such impacts. Design/methodology/approach The durability of economic indicators on container movements is identified by a vector autoregression (VAR) model using monthly-based time-series data. In the VAR model, this paper can analyze the effect of economic indicators at t-k on container movement at time t. In the model, this paper considers nine US economic indicators as explanatory variables that are likely to affect container movements. Time-series data are used for 228 months from January 2001 to December 2019. Findings In the mainland China route, “building permission” receives high impact and has a duration of 14 months, reflecting the fact that China exports a high volume of housing-related goods to the USA. Regarding the South Korea and Japan routes, where high volumes of machinery goods are exported to the USA, the “index of industrial production” receives a high impact with 11 and 13 months’ duration, respectively. On the Taiwan route, as several types of goods are transported with significant shares, “building permits” and “index of industrial production” have important effects. Originality/value Freight demand forecasting for bulk cargo is a popular research field because of the public availability of several time-series data. However, no study to date has measured the impact and durability of economic indicators on container movement. To bridge the gap in the literature in terms of the impact of economic indicators and their durability, this paper developed a time-series model of the container movement from East Asia to the USA.

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The effects of consolidation and privatization of ports in proximity: A case study of the Kobe and Osaka ports

Cited by 25 publications

References 35 publications

Port Competition and Cooperation Under Emission and Privatization

Port Competition and Cooperation Under Emission and Privatization

A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present

The durability of economic indicators in container shipping demand: a case study of East Asia–US container transport

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