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Evaluating the key factors of green port policies in Taiwan through quantitative and qualitative approaches

Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2019)
Evaluating the key factors of green port policies in Taiwan through quantitative and qualitative approaches. Transport Policy, 82, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.12.014
This paper presents a holistic picture of the factors that affect green port policies through the use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitatively, fuzzy an...

Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States

Journal Article
Julien, S., Cowie, J., & Monios, J. (2020)
Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 22(2), 239-264. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-018-0115-y
This paper investigates the evolutionary technical efficiency and productivity of ports in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The focus is primarily on Caribbean SIDS, ben...

The Role of Technical Efficiency & Productivity Evolution in Port Development: An application to Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) ports

Thesis
Julien Brown, S. The Role of Technical Efficiency & Productivity Evolution in Port Development: An application to Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) ports. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255373
Economic growth has continually remained an objective of every nation, particularly for lesser-developed countries such as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). According...

Assessing the shipping in the Northern Sea Route: a qualitative approach

Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2017)
Assessing the shipping in the Northern Sea Route: a qualitative approach. Maritime Business Review, 2(4), 389-409. https://doi.org/10.1108/mabr-06-2017-0013
Purpose-The Northern Sea Route (NSR) could become viable in the near future. If this happens it will radically reducey impact upon sailing times and distances current routes a...

Can we really measure the impact of port governance reform?

Journal Article
Pilcher, N., & Tseng, P. (2017)
Can we really measure the impact of port governance reform?. Maritime Policy and Management, 44(8), 981-994. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2017.1380318
Approaches by governments to reforming the way in which ports are governed is critical to how ports operate and fulfil their roles, and much research is devoted to investigati...

Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung

Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2017)
Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung. European Transport Research Review, 9(34), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-017-0250-z
Maintaining port safety in full conformity with IMO standards is a requisite for every port and country. To do this, understanding the challenges and human factors involved is...

Cascading feeder vessels and the rationalisation of small container ports

Journal Article
Monios, J. (2017)
Cascading feeder vessels and the rationalisation of small container ports. Journal of Transport Geography, 59, 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.02.001
Small container ports rely on feeder services from hub ports to provide access to unitised trade flows for their hinterlands. They generally possess limited water depth and ha...

Port governance in Taiwan: How hypocrisy helps meet aspirations of change

Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2016)
Port governance in Taiwan: How hypocrisy helps meet aspirations of change. Research in Transportation Business & Management RTBM, 22, 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.07.003
In Taiwan, significant port reform commenced in 2012 that aspired to enhance port performance and competitiveness. Previously managed by four units, the ports are now managed ...

Intermodal freight terminals: a life cycle governance framework.

Book
Monios, J., & Bergqvist, R. (2016)
Intermodal freight terminals: a life cycle governance framework. Ashgate Publishing
Much work has been done on port governance yet little has addressed intermodal terminal governance, despite the clear similarities. This book fills that gap by establishing a ...

Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation

Journal Article
Wang, Y., & Cullinane, K. (2016)
Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 95, 326-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.002
This paper adapts Freeman’s measures of degree, closeness and betweenness centrality and applies them to assessing: port centrality in relation to direct connectivity; accessi...