Fuzzy empty containers excess estimation as an economic indicator--the case of the north Adriatic port system

Danijela Tuljak-Suban and Elen Twrdy

Maritime Policy & Management, 2015, vol. 42, issue 8, 759-775

Abstract: Today, approximately 90% of the world's cargo is moved by ships and almost all general cargoes are transported in containers. Worldwide container traffic has increased over the last 20 years by 7% annually, and containerization has begun to seriously impact global trade patterns. As a result, container terminals have become very important nodes in the world's supply chain. In this article, we have highlighted the link between the total and empty container traffic and the global economy. By way of example, we have analysed the empty container traffic in north Adriatic ports in the years before and during the global economic crisis and in a period of stability after the major economic slump. We used a fuzzy multicriteria algorithm to find out how the global crisis, which has affected ports, influences the number of excess empty containers at the terminals. We show that these factors, in particular the change of the global financial and economic situation, have different repercussions to the ports of the north Adriatic: less serious effects upon the ports that are well connected locally and substantial consequences for the ports that are well connected globally.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2014.986552

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