Method

Authors/studies

Objective

Analytic Hierarchy Process

(AHP)

[20]

Identify factors important to container port competitiveness in China

[18]

Identify important factors in transshipment port selection

[27]

Identify factors important to shipping lines for choice of port between Montreal and New York

[23]

Identify important port selection factors for shippers in Nigeria

[28]

Identifying main factors that influence hub port location choice in West Africa

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

[29]

Identify factors affecting efficiency of Portuguese and Greek ports

[30]

Identify factors affecting efficiency of Korean ports

[31]

Identify factors affecting efficiency of container ports

[32]

Determine efficiency of ports and impact on competitiveness of short sea shipping versus road transport in Europe

[33]

Determine impact of improving port infrastructure on cargo volumes in two Spanish ports

[6]

Determine efficiency of six West African ports competing for regional hub status

Logit Models

[34]

Identify factors influencing routing decisions through Rotterdam compared to other ports in Western Europe

[16]

Identify factors influencing port choice decision of shippers in china

[15]

Identify factors influencing port choice decision of shippers in Taiwan

[35]

Identify determinants of shipping costs to the U.S.

[21]

Identify factors influencing port choice decision of shippers in the U.S.

[36]

Identify factors influencing routing choice for ports in Western Europe

Integer Linear Programming

[37]

Determine impact of variables affecting hub port selection by shipping lines

[38]

Determine impact of variables affecting hub port selection by shipping lines in East Coast South America

Dynamic Programming

[39]

Determine impact of variables influencing port selection for transatlantic liner service network

[40]

Determine impact of variables affecting hub port selection based on optimization of cargo routing in China

Transshipment cost functions

[41]

Determine impact of transshipment cost on port selection in Northern Europe

Transport Demand Models

[42]

Identify factors influencing port choice behavior of shippers and shipping lines in U.S.A.

Cluster Analysis

[43]

Identify determinants of port competitiveness for Antwerp

[44]

Identify factors affecting competiveness of Dutch maritime cluster

Game Theory

[45]

Identify factors affecting competitiveness of supply of port services in South America

Oligopolistic Model

[46]

Determine impact of cost competitiveness for container ports in South East Asia.