Liner shipping networks, port characteristics and the impact on port performance

Dong-Joon Kang and Su-Han Woo ()
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Dong-Joon Kang: Incheon Development Institute
Su-Han Woo: Chung-Ang University

Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2017, vol. 19, issue 2, No 5, 274-295

Abstract: Abstract This paper explores how shipping networks are structured and investigates the relationship between network characteristics of major liner shipping firm ports and their throughputs. This study employs network analysis to evaluate network characteristics of ports and panel regression analysis to investigate the relationship between port network characteristics and their cargo throughputs. The results suggest that liner shipping networks exhibit properties of scale-free networks and that throughput performance is determined not only by macroeconomic variables and service capabilities, but also by the centrality of ports in networks.

Keywords: liner shipping networks; port performance; social network analysis; centrality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/s41278-016-0056-2

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