The Impact of Port Characteristics on International Maritime Transport Costs

Wilmsmeier, Gordon; Hoffmann, Jan; Sánchez, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/s0739-8859(06)16006-0

Cited by 148 publications

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“…Anderson and Van Wincoop (2004) remind that transport expenses are a fundamental part of trade costs. Findings of several studies address that service quality, like the frequency of services, may have an impact on freight rates (Wilmsmeier et al 2006;Martinez-Zarzoso and Nowak-Lehmann 2007).…”

Section: Background Of Port and Shipping Bound Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost aggregation in export logistics chain

Hämäläinen

Twrdy

Inkinen

2017

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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This paper analyses cost aggregation in a supply chain. It provides a literature overview on the key concepts of cost aggregation, multimodal transport, logistic chain and maritime transport. The focuses on the value adding process with logistics data and assesses the costs accumulation during the transport process. The paper also reveals multimodal impacts on the logistics costs. The research data is obtained from the costing system of a large export company. The company exports round 90% of its production and mostly to the European markets. The research data contains a sample of 929 invoiced orders to the largest market of the mill. The research results indicate empirical evidence of the cost-function properties. This type of an approach is rare in logistics literature as these detailed data sets are highly difficult to obtain. The article concludes by addressing future research task and directions.

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Section: Background Of Port and Shipping Bound Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost aggregation in export logistics chain

Hämäläinen

Twrdy

Inkinen

2017

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…Shipping connectivity is associated with the competiveness of a region in performing trading activities (Djankov et al, 2010;Evans and Harrigan, 2005;Hausman et al, 2013;Hummels and Schaur, 2013;Nordas et al, 2006, Hausman 2004Carruthers et al, 2004;Nordas et al, 2006). The efficiency of logistics operations and level of the shipping connectivity have a lead role in affecting trade flow (Yu et al 2015;Wilmsmeier et al 2006;Wilmsmeier and Hoffmann 2008;Arvis et al 2013, Fugazza 2015. Characteristics of economies with excellent shipping connectivity include: (1) a large number of ships calling the ports, (2) high throughput, (3) a large number of shipping companies that provide shipping services, (4) comprehensive range of liner shipping services, and (5) an infrastructure that is capable of handling mega ships.…”

Section: Shipping Connectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Connectivity and trade relativity: the case of ASEAN

Lun

Hoffmann²

2016

J. shipp. trd.

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To explore the concept of connectivity and trade relativity (CTR), this paper presents a research model to illustrate: (1) the impact of shipping connectivity on two types of trade flows, and (2) the mediating effect of intra-regional trade ("intra-trade") on the relationship between shipping connectivity and extra-regional trade ("extra-trade"). Understanding the relationships among shipping connectivity and the two types of trade flows (intra-trade and extra-trade) provides insights for managers to make their location decision and identify countries with appropriate levels of shipping connectivity to conduct their trading related activities, and for policy makers to develop measures to enhance trade competitiveness and shipping connectivity. This study also contributes to the concepts of trade creation and trade diversion through the examination of shipping connectivity. A regional trade agreement such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leads to more intra-trade. Some of this trade is new (trade creation) and some might substitute for extra-trade (trade diversion). By incorporating shipping connectivity into the analysis, we show that the trade diversion effect will be reduced thanks to the overall increased shipping connectivity, as the latter will not only benefit intra-trade but also extra-trade.

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“…Numerous studies have discussed the success of the port reforms in the region (Hoffmann, 2001;Kent and Hochstein, 1998;Tongzon and Heng, 2005;Estache et al, 2002;. Efficiency gains from port reform in the Latin American Caribbean port system have been widely studied (Morales et al, 2013, Estache, et al, 2004Barros, et al, 2012;Rios and Maçada, 2006;Wilmsmeier et al, 2006). While these studies identify advances and improvements in port efficiency through private sector involvement, results in the global literature on the relationship between port efficiency and private sector involvement vary and are sometimes even contradictory as recently discussed by Gong et al (2012) and Bichou (2013).…”

Section: Port Devolution and Productivitymentioning

confidence: 99%