Port selection from a hinterland perspective

The studies investigating the port selection process use to have one thing in common: they analyse the declared preferences of the port agents. However, it is difficult to identify the relevant variables in this process because of the heterogeneity of this group. In this paper we suggest to study th...

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Autores: García Alonso, María Lorena|||0000-0001-8318-2492, Sánchez Soriano, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/6459
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10651/6459
https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/mel.2009.9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Port selection
Discrete choice
Hinterland perspective
Port location
Inter-port competition
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Sumario:The studies investigating the port selection process use to have one thing in common: they analyse the declared preferences of the port agents. However, it is difficult to identify the relevant variables in this process because of the heterogeneity of this group. In this paper we suggest to study the port choice through revealed port selection instead of asking port stakeholders about the main factors in port selection. We propose to analyse the actual inter-port traffic distribution from a holistic view using the hinterland perspective and the discrete choice modelling approach in order to answer the question: Does the location of a port still remain important in port selection? As a case study, we use the Spanish inter-port container distribution among the main peninsular ports.