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Maritime Economics & Logistics 19 (3): 403–427. volume 22, pages1–25(2020)Cite this article. in which the counrties n'th largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settelments, An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials, geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared, services that primarily meet the needs of other buisnesses. Maritime Economics & Logistics Maritime Economics & Logistics 15 (3): 309–331. Maritime Economics & Logistics 21: 258–277. Slack. 2012. It shows that the strategy of the port authority of Barcelona and the consequent active involvement in the hinterland has had a significant impact on attracting container volumes from distant hinterlands and improving the accessibility of the port. 2010. 2018. The spatial evolution of dry ports in developing economies: The Brazilian experience. Correspondence to The effect of foldable containers on the costs of container fleet management in liner shipping networks. These shortages manifest themselves in congestion and also in sustainability issues (UNCTAD 2017). These articles were reviewed in two phases to find the relevant ones. Washington: National Academy Press. Hinterland definition, the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas. It is interesting to observe that as many as 85 percent of the papers discuss a case—as the main research method, or to illustrate their models or frameworks—which demonstrates the highly practical relevance of the findings in these articles. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2009. EEA. Maritime Economics and Logistics 21 (1): 1–60. 1. The increasing importance of intermodal hinterland networks for the competitive position of ports has urged port authorities to become active in the hinterland. Communication between deep sea container terminals and hinterland stakeholders: Information needs and the relevance of information exchange. Empty container re-positioning is an important operational issue in maritime logistics. Although the categorization in Table 2 is not intended to be definitive (since some articles may discuss more than one topic), the main topic has been used in the categorization of Table 2. This section presents an overview of papers published in MEL on port-hinterland transportation. Maritime Economics & Logistics 20 (3): 456–475. Thill, J.C., and K. Venkitasubramanian. In all cases, the role of the Port Authority (PA)—the autonomous body which manages the seaport—is crucial. Van Klink, H.A., and G.C. 1998. The authors discuss the typology of different roles, actions and instruments that port authorities can adopt within inland logistics markets. 2012. However, limited empirical evidence exists of port authorities taking stakes in inland terminals or developing transport services. Together with intra-port efficiency, therefore, the focus of port management is now also drawn to hinterland access via more active involvement in innovative logistics. Further research is needed into policy options that are able to increase the market share of intermodal freight transport versus single-mode road transport. Haralambides, H.E. Dang, Q.V., I.E. Freight Transport in the EU-28: modal split of inland transport modes (EEA 2009). Maritime Economics & Logistics 19 (4): 667–694. 2018. 2015. However, in spite of the sustained growth of port throughput worldwide, as well as of the substantial infrastructure investments of ports and their efforts to reform and modernize, hinterland transport—representing 60% of the costs of the global maritime supply chain (Beresford et al. Blockchain). 2017. See more. Haezendonck, E., M. Dooms, and A. Verbeke. 2017. Behdani, B., Y. The search was further extended with more specific key terms such as “inland shipping”, “inland waterways”, “rail transport”, and “road transport”. This situation started to change in the 1960s with the introduction of the ‘container’ and containerization in the trade between the United States and Europe and, subsequently, in the rest of the world. 1). Economic studies, focusing primarily on market mechanisms, market efficiency, as well as demand or cost analysis; Operational studies, addressing the logistics and operational processes in hinterland transport; Organizational/regulatory studies, focused on ‘stakeholder management’ and the relationship between stakeholders, as well as on analysing the regulatory and policy interventions. The problem, however, is that someone will have to pay for this guess and this can no longer be the taxpayer. Moreover, the gigantism in container shippingFootnote 3 is straining port infrastructure and cargohandling capacity, causing significant diseconomies of scale, which propagate throughout the supply chain, given that increases in port throughput generate almost proportional increases in hinterland flows, and functional seaport hinterland access is essential for the efficiency of the whole intermodal transportation chain. Verhoeven, P. 2010. 4 shows, the number of MEL articles on port-hinterland logistics and intermodal freight transport has been increasing steadily from 2005 to 2018. Based on the contributions in this special issue and on our own research overview, we have, subjectively of course, identified the following areas for further research on maritime transport, ports and hinterlands: coping with increasing volumes; synchromodality; sustainability of intermodal freight transport; the value of information in intermodal transport; formalization of relations among stakeholders; intermodal freight transport policy making; and cooperation versus control. DeBoer, D.J. Based on detailed Spanish customs data, the authors show that intermodal connectivity is a determinant of the market share of a port in a certain hinterland region. Wiegmans, B., I. Menger, B. Behdani, and B. van Arem. 2016. Towards supply chain integration through multimodal transport in developing economies: The case of Bangladesh. The extended gate concept for container terminals: Expanding the notion of dry ports. Their effort is illustrated through a case study of barge congestion in the Port of Rotterdam. Port-hinterland transport and logistics: emerging trends and frontier research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2011.08.006, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-019-00137-3. The dry port concept: Connecting container seaports with the hinterland. 2014. In the first paper (The geography of container port choice: modelling impacts of changes in hinterland variables on port choice), Mueller, Wiegmans and van Duin study the position of port hinterlands in the modelling of port choice. Maritime Economics & Logistics 19 (1): 52–67. HInterland. Road freight transport quickly improves its environmental performance while intermodal freight transport clearly lags behind. M.R. Simply put, if the market is port-to-port, it could indeed be concentrated; if however the market is door-to-door, including a miscellany of add-on logistics services, it could well be considered as not concentrated at all (Haralambides 2017). 1993. Vernimmen, B., W. Dullaert, and S. Engelen. In terms of position and activities, a port authority can take different functional roles (De Langen 2006; Verhoeven 2010). Perceptual Region. The number of articles with each search term is shown in Table 1. A theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2011.08.002. 2013. The landlord function aims at maintenance and development of the port estate, as well as the provision of infrastructure.