The location of hub-seaports in the global supply chain network using a cooperative competition strategy

Hokey Min and Zijian Guo

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 2004, vol. 1, issue 1, 51-63

Abstract: The rapid growth of international trade in recent years has led to increased utilisation of mega-containerships. Since these containerships require the large container cranes that are often available on hub-seaports, the success of global supply chain operations hinges on the containership's accessibility to hub-seaports. Considering the increasing significance of hub-seaports to global supply chain operations, this paper develops a cooperative competition strategy that can help carriers and shippers determine optimal locations for hub-seaports. To verify the usefulness of the proposed strategy, we apply it to the hub-seaport location problem encountered by East Asian countries.

Keywords: hub-seaports; supply chain network; game theory; container ships. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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