Co-operation and competition in international container transport: strategies for ports

Competition between Container Ports in the Northern Adriatic

World trade has changed in the last decade such that container traffic flows are oriented towards more parts of the European continent. The European container port system is not a homogeneous set of ports; instead it consists of several big ports (e.g., Rotterdam, Hamburg, Algeciras...) and a large number of medium and small ports. Northern Adriatic (NA) ports, namely Rijeka, Koper, Trieste, Ve...

Estimating the Operational Impact of Container Inspections at International Ports

A law mandating nonintrusive imaging and radiation detection for 100% of U.S.-bound containers at international ports has provoked widespread concern that the resulting congestion would hinder trade significantly. Using detailed data on container movements, gathered from two large international terminals, we simulate the impact of the two most important inspection policies that are being consid...

A New Connectivity Index for Container Ports

We propose a new index, the Container Port Connectivity Index (CPCI), to measure the trade connectivity of ports within the network of container shipping. This index is based on both economics and network topology, and a distinctive feature is that the strength of a port is based on its position within the global structure of the shipping network and not just on local information such as the nu...

Review of International Co - operation

Editorial by Roger Spear ............................................................................................. 3 Communicating the Co-operative Message: A Case Study of the Irish Credit Union Movement by Olive McCarthy and Michael Ward .................. 8 Innovating a Joint Buying System through IT by Akira Kurimoto. ..................... 15 Social Movements and Co-operatives: Implicat...

Efficiency Analysis of Container Ports and Terminals