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Container logistics in Mercosur: Choice of a transhipment port using the ordinal Copeland method, data envelopment analysis and probabilistic composition

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  • Márcio Arzua Caillaux

    (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Passo da Patria 156, Niterói, RJ 24210-240, Brazil)

  • Annibal Parracho Sant'Anna

    (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Passo da Patria 156, Niterói, RJ 24210-240, Brazil)

  • Lidia Angulo Meza

    (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Passo da Patria 156, Niterói, RJ 24210-240, Brazil)

  • João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello

    (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Passo da Patria 156, Niterói, RJ 24210-240, Brazil)

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This article aims at providing a systematic tool for the selection of the most suitable maritime route for containerized cargoes between different sets of coupled-ports. Possible routes are compared using the Copeland method, data envelopment analysis and probabilistic composition. The variables taken into account are time of transportation and cost at the port terminals, including container storage and operational transhipment costs. Data from a Brazilian shipping company, which has ships in fixed and regular routes along the East Coast of South America, were analysed. The analyses performed demonstrate the feasibility of objectively ranking routes, connecting different locations. This study also serves to expose the differences between the composition approaches.

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  • Márcio Arzua Caillaux & Annibal Parracho Sant'Anna & Lidia Angulo Meza & João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello, 2011. "Container logistics in Mercosur: Choice of a transhipment port using the ordinal Copeland method, data envelopment analysis and probabilistic composition," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 13(4), pages 355-370, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:13:y:2011:i:4:p:355-370
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    1. Peng, Peng & Yang, Yu & Lu, Feng & Cheng, Shifen & Mou, Naixia & Yang, Ren, 2018. "Modelling the competitiveness of the ports along the Maritime Silk Road with big data," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 852-867.
    2. Julián Martínez Moya & María Feo Valero, 2017. "Port choice in container market: a literature review," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(3), pages 300-321, May.
    3. Hokey Min & Byung-In Park, 2020. "A two-dimensional approach to assessing the impact of port selection factors on port competitiveness using the Kano model," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 22(3), pages 353-382, September.

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