Title: The location of hub-seaports in the global supply chain network using a cooperative competition strategy

Authors: Hokey Min, Zijian Guo

Addresses: UPS Center for Worldwide Supply Chain Management (UPSi), Suite LL23, Burhans Hall-Shelby Campus, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. ' Civil Engineering Department, Port and Ocean Lab, Dalian University of Technology, Lingsui, Gangjingzi, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116023, P.R. China

Abstract: The rapid growth of international trade in recent years has led to increased utilisation of mega-containerships. Since these containerships require the large container cranes that are often available on hub-seaports, the success of global supply chain operations hinges on the containership|s accessibility to hub-seaports. Considering the increasing significance of hub-seaports to global supply chain operations, this paper develops a cooperative competition strategy that can help carriers and shippers determine optimal locations for hub-seaports. To verify the usefulness of the proposed strategy, we apply it to the hub-seaport location problem encountered by East Asian countries.

Keywords: hub-seaports; supply chain network; game theory; container ships.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2004.004597

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 2004 Vol.1 No.1, pp.51 - 63

Published online: 26 May 2004 *

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