The relationship between transhipment incidence and throughput volatility in North European and Mediterranean container ports

Theo E. Notteboom, Francesco Parola and Giovanni Satta

Journal of Transport Geography, 2019, vol. 74, issue C, 371-381

Abstract: Extant literature echoes that ports with a high transhipment share (T/S), and thus a high dependency on sea-sea transhipment or T/S flows, are vulnerable. It is less clear whether the vulnerability of T/S oriented container ports leads to more throughput volatility compared to gateway ports (i.e. inland-bound cargo) or ports with a mixed cargo base (i.e. T/S and gateway flows). In this perspective, throughput volatility, which denotes the variability or the dispersion of the cargo throughput in a port throughout a given period, is of great concern to port actors.

Keywords: Throughput volatility; Transhipment incidence; Hubs; Gateway (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.01.002

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