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Defining maritime logistics hub and its implication for container port

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  • Hyung-Sik Nam
  • Dong-Wook Song

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Since the hub-and-spoke concept was introduced to the aviation market after the US airline deregulation in the late 1970s, it becomes a primary distribution model employed by leading international logistics companies. This pattern drives the companies to consolidate shipments on the large scale at major terminals (i.e. hub) and to redistribute the smaller scale of shipments to their respective destinations via radial links (i.e. spoke). In the field of logistics and supply chains, however, the hub concept has been often introduced in various terms in accordance with functionality: for example, logistics centre, logistics zone, freight terminal, distribution centre and warehouse. Such a heterogeneous terminology on the concept of logistics hub seems still in usage by practitioners and academics alike. Having recognised this rather ambiguous concept and definition in the literature, this article attempts to define the concept applicable to the maritime industry by synthesising existing studies/perspectives and examine its possible implications.

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  • Hyung-Sik Nam & Dong-Wook Song, 2011. "Defining maritime logistics hub and its implication for container port," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(3), pages 269-292, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:38:y:2011:i:3:p:269-292
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.572705
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    1. Alexander M. Goulielmos, 2017. "“Containership Markets”: A Comparison with Bulk Shipping and a Proposed Oligopoly Model," SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, University of Piraeus, vol. 67(2), pages 47-68, April-Jun.
    2. Xiaofang Wu & Luoping Zhang & Meifeng Luo, 2020. "Current strategic planning for sustainability in international shipping," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 1729-1747, March.
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    4. Adolf K.Y. Ng & Zaili Yang & Stephen Cahoon & Paul T.W. Lee & Brian Slack & Elisabeth Gouvernal, 2016. "Container Transshipment and Logistics in the Context of Urban Economic Development," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(3), pages 406-415, September.
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