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Transshipment Hub Port Competitiveness of the Port of Colombo against the Major Southeast Asian Hub Ports*

open access: yesAsian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2018
The hub port competition has intensified beyond regional boundaries, resulting in the port of Colombo competing with the Southeast Asian hub ports of Singapore, Klang, and Tanjung Pelepas in the transshipment market.
Chathumi Ayanthi Kavirathna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Scalable and Resource‐Efficient Pipelined p‐Computer for Probabilistic Ising Machines

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
(a) Block diagram of the portfolio optimization problem: given M assets, the goal is to determine the optimal weights w that maximize the expected return (based on the mean historical assets return u), while minimizing the risk, quantified by the assets covariance matrix S.
Deborah Volpe   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Measures of Port Efficiency Using International Trade Data [PDF]

open access: yes
As the clearinghouses for a major portion of the world's rapidly increasing international trade flows, ocean ports and the efficiency with which they process cargo have become an ever more important topic.
Bruce A. Blonigen, Wesley Wilson
core  

A Ternary Diagram Approach to Investigate the Competition within the Bohai Sea Rim Multi-Port Group

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
The Bohai Rim region constitutes the third prominent “growth pole” in China’s economic landscape, wherein the Bohai Rim multi-port system, encompassing Tianjin Port, Dalian Port, and Qingdao Port, engages in intense competition to establish itself as the
Qin Lin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
wiley   +1 more source

2008 Port transportation improvement plan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
86 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Maps, tables. Published January 9, 2008. Captured January 14, 2009.The Port Transportation Improvement Plan is a multimodal compilation of marine terminal, road, rail, waterway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects,
Port of Portland (Or.)
core   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of digital transformation on port efficiency and market positioning in Southeast Asia container port system

open access: yesAsian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
This study investigates how digital transformation influences the performance and competitiveness of container ports in Southeast Asia. A Digital Transformation Index was developed to measure the digital maturity of ten major ports across four dimensions:
Phong Nha Nguyen, Thi Yen Pham
doaj   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayport: Much needed room for growth [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
p. 9-11Barbour's Cut Container Terminal receives 80% of all containerized cargo moving through Texas ports. Because this facility has reached capacity, the Port of Galveston's Easy End container terminal has been leased.
The Port of Houston Authority
core   +1 more source

Bayesian Networks Applied to the Maritime Emissions Trading System: A Tool for Decision-Making in European Ports

open access: yesInventions
This study examines the impact of monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system indicators on the costs associated with the emissions trading system (ETS) of the maritime sector in the European Union.
Javier Vaca-Cabrero   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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