Maritime Economic Logistics

TABLE 3

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Internationalisation and Consolidation of the Container Port Industry: Assessment of Channel Structure and Relationships

Khalid Bichou and Michael G H Bell

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Table 3. Items overview and statistical measures

Construct Item Item-to-total correlation Item reliability t-Value
Power(x 1)Bargaining power over the pricing of port services0.600.517.26
 (x 2)Power over operational arrangements, for example, priority for berths, minimum number of cranes per ship, etc0.720.817.50
 (x 3)Level of rewarding and coercive powers0.780.8511.10
      
Channel conflict(x 4)Number and extent of disagreements0.650.5010.50
 (x 5)Cooperative arrangements and information sharing0.790.9410.59
 (x 6)Reaction to each other's decisions0.650.51
      
Consolidation(y 1)Variation of the proportion of port operations with respect to corporate business operations over the past 5 years0.550.664.64
 (y 2)% of direct versus indirect (third party) operated channels0.510.465.21
 (y 3)Rate of expansion (acquisition of new facilities) over the past 5 years0.560.525.34
 (y 4)Increase of market share over the past 5 years0.700.9910.9
      
Mobility(y 5)Degree of mobility over the past 5 years0.560.416.84
 (y 6)Dedicated versus multi-user operations0.360.18
 (y 7)Mode of concession (BOT, BOO, BOOT, etc) and lease (flat rate, mini-max rate, etc) arrangements0.380.23
      
   Time-horizon for concession and lease arrangements Item dropped   
Channel performance(y 8)Levels of port performance0.550.664.64
 (y 9)Levels of ship efficiency in port0.660.53
      
   Levels of channel coordination Item dropped   
 (y 10)Overall channel cost0.590.565.35
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