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Location splitting or structural transformation? Giving a direction to port regionalisation. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2011, October). Location splitting or structural transformation? Giving a direction to port regionalisation. Presented at Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economics

As theoretical approaches to port development have advanced over the years, the role of
the inland terminal has attracted increasing focus, particularly under the framework of port
regionalisation. This paper will explore port regionalisation in di... Read More about Location splitting or structural transformation? Giving a direction to port regionalisation..

Intermodal freight corridor development in the United States. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Monios, J., & Lambert, B. (2011, June). Intermodal freight corridor development in the United States. Presented at European Conference on Shipping, Intermodalism and Ports- ECONSHIP2011- Maritime Transport: Opportunities and Threats in the post-crises world

This paper compares port hinterland access strategies in the form of intermodal freight corridors connecting ports and inland intermodal terminals. Interviews and site visits were conducted at a number of locations in the United States in order to co... Read More about Intermodal freight corridor development in the United States..

Frequency-based maritime container assignment model for global liner services. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bell, M. G. H., Angeloudis, P., Liu, X., Fonzone, A., & Hosseinloo, S. H. (2011, January). Frequency-based maritime container assignment model for global liner services. Presented at 90th Annual TRB Meeting

This paper transposes the classic frequency-based transit assignment method of Spiess and Florian to containers demonstrating its promise as the basis for a global maritime container assignment model. In this model, containers are carried by shipping... Read More about Frequency-based maritime container assignment model for global liner services..

Evaluating the feasibility of offshore floating container hubs. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A., & Rother, D. (2011, November). Evaluating the feasibility of offshore floating container hubs. Presented at Floating Terminals – Commercial Applications for Offshore Transhipment and Storage Hubs, Singapore, 17 November 2011

Floating container storage and transshipment terminals concept and principles; design options and mooring concepts:
commercial and technical feasibility.

Case studies on motorways of the sea in Spain. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A., & Gese Aperte, X. (2011, October). Case studies on motorways of the sea in Spain. Paper presented at Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists,

Private equity funds investing in ports. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A. (2011, October). Private equity funds investing in ports. Paper presented at The 9th Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) Workshop

Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay (2011)
Journal Article
Lv, Y. C., Cullinane, K., & Lu, P. (2011). Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 97-98, 659-663. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.97-98.659

Container handling in the ports of the Bohai Bay region is analyzed from the perspective of the competitiveness of the Port of Qingdao. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is applied to this problem based on the main factors affecting the com... Read More about Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay.

A frequency-based maritime container assignment model (2011)
Journal Article
Bell, M. G., Liu, X., Angeloudis, P., Fonzone, A., & Hosseinloo, S. H. (2011). A frequency-based maritime container assignment model. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 45(8), 1152-1161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2011.04.002

This paper transfers the classic frequency-based transit assignment method of Spiess and Florian to containers demonstrating its promise as the basis for a global maritimecontainerassignmentmodel. In this model, containers are carried by shipping lin... Read More about A frequency-based maritime container assignment model.

Scottish integrated maritime policy. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A. (2011, September). Scottish integrated maritime policy. Paper presented at Conference on Scotland’s Transport Future in a Changing World

Driving economic growth with an integrated maritime policy (2011)
Journal Article
Baird, A. (2011). Driving economic growth with an integrated maritime policy. Scottish transport review, 5-6

Alf Baird shows that maritime transport is sometimes ignored and unusually for a peripheral EU nation, Scotland has no maritime Trans European Transport Network initiative. It will be hard for Scotland to grow its exports without an integrated mariti... Read More about Driving economic growth with an integrated maritime policy.

The value of container terminal investment to ocean carrier strategy (2011)
Journal Article
Pawlik, T., Stemmler, L., Baird, A., & Helch, M. (2011). The value of container terminal investment to ocean carrier strategy. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 13(3), 319-341. https://doi.org/10.1057/mel.2011.8

In the current adverse economic environment, container lines strive to cut costs and secure cash flows in order to remain solvent. A number of container lines have invested in container terminals whose divestment could be an opportunity to raise fina... Read More about The value of container terminal investment to ocean carrier strategy.