Assessment of hub status among Asian ports from a network perspective

• Main Authors: LOW, Joyce M. W., LAM, Shao Wei, TANG, Loon Ching
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Network-based connectivity index; Network-based cooperation index; Port competitiveness; Stability of hub status; Asian Studies; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4582; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2009.04.004
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper proposes a novel network-based hub port assessment (NHPA) model through explicit formulations of connectivity and cooperation indices. Such a model is useful for port operators and policy makers to evaluate the relative influences of various quality characteristics from which carriers bas...