Developing the fifth generation port concept model: an empirical test
The International Journal of Logistics Management
ISSN: 0957-4093
Article publication date: 11 June 2018
Issue publication date: 17 August 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to test the 5GP concept with measurement of the performance of Busan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai ports, employing a hybrid method of consistent fuzzy preference relation (CFPR), VIsekriterijumska Optimizacija i KOmpromisno Resenje (VIKOR) and PROMETHEE.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors developed the concept of the fifth generation ports (5GPs), and apply CFPR, VIKOR and preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE) to evaluate the 5GPs.
Findings
The performance of the ports of Hong Kong and Singapore is close to meet the definition of 5GP criteria. On the contrary, ports of Busan and Shanghai are still behind the 5GP stage in light of the majority of the evaluation criteria’s performance.
Research limitations/implications
This paper studies four ports. More empirical tests are needed to verify the applicability of the 5GP concept toward other ports.
Practical implications
The findings provided port managers with the insight of how to improve their port to meet the criteria of 5GP.
Social implications
New criteria and higher expectations of existing requirements present challenges to port managers for a need to raise the bar of service standards and develop new competencies.
Originality/value
The authors developed the concept of the 5GPs. Newly developed 5GP contributes to expanding the concepts of first to fourth generation ports developed by UNCTAD.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a Research Grant by the Jungseok Research Institute for International Logistics and Trade (2014), as well as a National Research Foundation of Korea Grant which was funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (NRF-2011-413-B00008). The second author acknowledges that the study was partially supported by Singapore MPLP project, Nanyang Technological University ref. M4061473. The authors are also grateful for the survey participants’ valuable time and opinion. This paper forms part of the regular section.
Citation
Lee, P.T.-W., Lam, J.S.L., Lin, C.-W., Hu, K.-C. and Cheong, I. (2018), "Developing the fifth generation port concept model: an empirical test", The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 1098-1120. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-10-2016-0239
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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