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Use of the Delphi method to determine the constraints that affect the future size of large container ships

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  • Maria Alejandra Gomez Paz
  • Alberto Camarero Orive
  • Nicoletta Gonz�lez Cancelas

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Who would have foreseen 40 years ago the launching of an 18 000 TEU container ship? The unprecedented growth of such ships presents an increasing challenge for port infrastructure planners. The paper concludes that during the next 20 years, the growth of container ships will depend on factors related to supply and demand, and to external factors. These factors will be defined as the constraints. These constraints have been determined using a semi-quantitative methodology, which starts with a pre-foresight analysis, then continues with a foresight analysis based on the judgement of experts, using the Delphi technique.The experts' judgement, with a vision shared by 82% of those participating, establishes that the trend for growth in the size of container ships will depend principally on the following factors: economic growth, port access channels, berth depth alongside, air draft, and limitations in natural channels and straits. This result, representing the experts' group vision, is offered as a basis for the establishment of long term policies.

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  • Maria Alejandra Gomez Paz & Alberto Camarero Orive & Nicoletta Gonz�lez Cancelas, 2015. "Use of the Delphi method to determine the constraints that affect the future size of large container ships," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(3), pages 263-277, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:42:y:2015:i:3:p:263-277
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2013.870358
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    1. Zahra Ranjbar & Mohammad Chizari & Hasan Sadighi & Homayon Farhadian & Philippe Lebailly & Thomas Dogot & Jorge Armando Ortegón Rojas & Yenny Katherine Parra-Acosta & Hossein Azadi, 2021. "Risk Factors in Various Climates of Wheat Production in Western Iran: Experts’ Opinions," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Spaniol, Matthew J. & Rowland, Nicholas J., 2022. "Business ecosystems and the view from the future: The use of corporate foresight by stakeholders of the Ro-Ro shipping ecosystem in the Baltic Sea Region," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).

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