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Maritime Transport and Its Impact on Regional Economic Development
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Maritime Transport and Its Impact on Regional Economic Development

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2022) | Viewed by 34743

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Prof. Dr. Alen Jugović

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Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Interests: port economics; maritime economics; logistics; transport management; SME management; shipping; infrastructure development; cruising; sea passenger transport
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Dear Colleagues,

The main objective of this Special Issue is to investigate the impact of maritime transport on regional economic growth. Special focus will be placed on maritime cargo transport, sea passenger transport, and seaports as important factors of regional economies, since they all create a number of positive impacts on the surrounding areas. Over 90% of the world’s trade is carried by sea, making maritime transport dominant in the field of transportation and establishing seaports as indispensable elements of global trade. Seaports have both direct and indirect effects on the regional economy by generating new jobs and new value that contributes to the growth of gross domestic product. Maritime cargo transport reduces transportation costs, increases regional employment, and creates other port-related and surrounding activities. Sea passenger transport and sea passenger ports are also a recognizable part of the national economy in terms of income, employment, and value of facilities, and an impetus to the development of certain activities such as tourism and transport services, and also a precondition for the development of facilities such as hotels, restaurants, parking, business and residential premises, etc.

The scope of this Special Issue is to stimulate high-quality research on the impact of maritime transport (including both cargo and passengers) on regional economic development. Authors are invited to submit theoretical or empirical papers dealing with a wide range of issues related to maritime transportation at a global and local scale. Submissions must have a clear transportation economics perspective and focus on one of the following topics:

  • Maritime transport (cargo);
  • Sea passenger transport: cruising and liner shipping;
  • Seaports;
  • Shipping;
  • Maritime economics;
  • Regional economies;
  • Environmental economics;
  • Public economics;
  • Transport management.


Prof. Dr. Alen Jugović
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Maritime transport
  • Economic growth
  • Seaports
  • Direct and indirect effects
  • Innovations
  • New technologies
  • New users
  • Human capital
  • Growth theory
  • Sea passenger transport
  • Cargo transport

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The Stochastic Frontier Model for Technical Efficiency Estimation of Interconnected Container Terminals
by Tomislav Krljan, Ana Grbčić, Svjetlana Hess and Neven Grubisic
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(5), 515; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9050515 - 10 May 2021
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Nowadays, container terminals are subject to extensive technological changes and specific transformations. Changes applied to terminals tend to increase their ability to offer high- end personalized services to the customers and finally affect the competitiveness. The estimation of efficiency corresponds to terminals’ ability [...] Read more.
Nowadays, container terminals are subject to extensive technological changes and specific transformations. Changes applied to terminals tend to increase their ability to offer high- end personalized services to the customers and finally affect the competitiveness. The estimation of efficiency corresponds to terminals’ ability to increase the production with a specific level of inputs and has been the topic of many studies, especially those conducted on a wider regional or global level. The main objectives of our research are to evaluate the model, conduct sensitivity analysis, and estimate technical efficiencies on a sample of North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) interconnected medium-sized terminals, located in the narrow geographic area, on the same transport corridor thus representing each other’s competition. For that purpose, we have implemented a stochastic frontier approach on a balanced panel dataset of first-order and additionally introduced control input variables with Cobb-Douglas and trans-logarithmic functional forms. The stochastic production frontier estimation shows the range of NAPA terminals’ technical efficiencies from 65.24% to 93.92%, with a global average of 78.49% and a positive trend of 1.28% over the observed period of time. Our findings also indicate that NAPA terminals with the highest estimated technical efficiencies do not necessarily need to be the most productive ones, and vice versa. Full article
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Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Port Regions: MCDM Approach in Composite Index Creation
by Jelena J. Stanković, Ivana Marjanović, Jason Papathanasiou and Saša Drezgić
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(1), 74; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010074 - 13 Jan 2021
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Maritime transport and ports are among the most important linkages between global economies, handling more than 90% of internationally traded goods. Economic importance of maritime transport imposes significant implications on the social and environmental performance of port regions. The paper aims to create [...] Read more.
Maritime transport and ports are among the most important linkages between global economies, handling more than 90% of internationally traded goods. Economic importance of maritime transport imposes significant implications on the social and environmental performance of port regions. The paper aims to create composite indices as relevant, scientific-based tools used in comparing and monitoring various aspects of sustainability across 37 sea port regions in seven countries on the European side of the Mediterranean, covering a five-year period from 2014 to 2018. The model encompasses Eurostat and OECD annual NUTS2 level data covering economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Two important indicators of maritime transport activity, maritime transport of freight and maritime transport of passengers, are included within the group of economic indicators. To create composite indices, the multicriteria decision making (MCDM) framework was used as an integrated approach of entropy in the weighting segment, and the Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) as an aggregation method. The results highlight GDP per capita and population density as indicators of the greatest relative importance when it comes to port regions sustainability. The ranking results indicate that, despite the fact that Attica is the best ranked region in terms of overall sustainability, the largest number of top rated port regions are in Italy, Spain and France. Full article
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Eliminate the Queuing Time in the New Suez Canal: Predicting Adjustment on Ships’ Arrival Time under Optimal Non-Queuing Toll Scheme
by Pey-Yuan Sun and Chen-Hsiu Laih
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(1), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010070 - 11 Jan 2021
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In 2016, the construction of the New Suez Canal was completed, enabling most large-size vessels to pass through and causing more ships to queue into the canal. As the queueing problem at the entrance of the canal was anticipated to be serious, an [...] Read more.
In 2016, the construction of the New Suez Canal was completed, enabling most large-size vessels to pass through and causing more ships to queue into the canal. As the queueing problem at the entrance of the canal was anticipated to be serious, an optimal non-queueing toll scheme was previously established to eliminate the queueing phenomenon at the anchorage of the canal. However, no information about each ship’s arrival time adjustment under the optimal non-queueing toll scheme is available from the previous literature. To solve this problem, we derive a series of mathematical formulae for each ship’s arrival time, length of queuing time and entry time before, and after, implementing the optimal non-queueing toll scheme. The arrival time adjustments, which enable ships to enter the canal without queueing, could then be obtained. These results enable the Suez Canal authorities to draw up the ship’s arrival timetable under the optimal non-queueing toll scheme, so that the captain could follow to enter the canal. The above information that we provide would be conducive to the management decision for the canal authorities to implement such a toll scheme. Once a tolled ship could enter the canal at the scheduled time without queueing, the ship owner could accurately control the sailing schedule, and the use of the ship could be more efficient. Full article
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Seaports and Economic Growth: Panel Data Analysis of EU Port Regions
by Gorana Mudronja, Alen Jugović and Dunja Škalamera-Alilović
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(12), 1017; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8121017 - 12 Dec 2020
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Seaports are an important factor in regional economies since their operations create positive effects on the economy. The application of new technologies and innovations is important for the successful operation of seaports; their use reduces costs, facilitates business, increases transparency, and attracts new [...] Read more.
Seaports are an important factor in regional economies since their operations create positive effects on the economy. The application of new technologies and innovations is important for the successful operation of seaports; their use reduces costs, facilitates business, increases transparency, and attracts new business entities. This paper analyses the impact of seaports on the growth of regional economies within the endogenous growth theory based on research and development (R&D) for a sample of 107 European Union’s (EU) port regions observed over the period from 2005 to 2015. The model was tested by using the two-step generalized method of moments. The results of the research indicate that seaports have a significant impact on the economic growth of the EU port regions, yet it is necessary to consider other factors that affect the growth of regional economies such as investments in R&D and human capital. These factors are often underestimated in relation to investment in transport infrastructure; therefore, the guidelines for partial diversion of funds might follow such a path. Full article
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Model of Determining the Optimal, Green Transport Route among Alternatives: Data Envelopment Analysis Settings
by Luka Vukić, Tanja Poletan Jugović, Giambattista Guidi and Renato Oblak
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(10), 735; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8100735 - 23 Sep 2020
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Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a useful method for determining relative efficiency in many types of businesses, including the transport sector. In line with the European Union’s (EU) policy of sustainable development of transport, external costs become the competitiveness factor of the transport [...] Read more.
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a useful method for determining relative efficiency in many types of businesses, including the transport sector. In line with the European Union’s (EU) policy of sustainable development of transport, external costs become the competitiveness factor of the transport route valorization. Presenting specific DEA settings, the paper aims to show and test a developed model for determining the optimal transport route among alternatives towards the same destination where external cost as a socio-ecological factor is included in DEA, along with transport cost (quantitative factor) and transport time (qualitative factor). In order to adhere to the principles of the least possible energy consumption, the given distance that also included in DEA settings represents the shortest route between the starting point and destination, as a unique and constant output variable. Therefore, the optimal direction selected by the DEA stands for the green route. The capabilities of the DEA, set up in this way within the broader model, are demonstrated in the practical case. Full article
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Fine Dust and Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Port Operations: Focus on the Major Cargo Handled at the Dry Bulk Port
by Jeho Hwang and Sihyun Kim
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(7), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8070530 - 17 Jul 2020
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Local residents living adjacent to ports are directly affected by the fine dust generated from the port operations. There is a need to prepare detailed measures according to cargo type given the high correlation between the types of dust-producing cargo primarily managed at [...] Read more.
Local residents living adjacent to ports are directly affected by the fine dust generated from the port operations. There is a need to prepare detailed measures according to cargo type given the high correlation between the types of dust-producing cargo primarily managed at ports and local industries. This study attempts to establish the attributes of the cargo handled at ports and the relationship between supply chains built for local key industries and the air quality of the local community. It aims to ascertain which cargo needs managing preemptively at the local level, based on the major cargo types handled in a port. A correlation analysis and Granger causality test were performed to investigate the causality between the factor of cargo and fine dust concentrations. The results in this study indicate the necessity for intensive management of scrap metal cargo among the major cargo handled at the target port, which confirms the large effect of management on fine dust reduction, as well as on reduction efficiency. The results suggest requirements to expand the regulations on the emissions of supply chains by cargo type, not by industry type. Additionally, it is required to minimize the blind spots of management and form an eco-friendly supply chain by introducing green technology. The preparation of emission control measures is also necessary. The findings provide useful insights for the sustainable operations of the local supply chain around the target port and will help the strategic agenda for future improvement. Full article
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