{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2061247097","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","title":"Fleet mix in container shipping operations","display_name":"Fleet mix in container shipping operations","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2061247097","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","mag":"2061247097"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S52328560","display_name":"International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics","issn_l":"1756-6517","issn":["1756-6517","1756-6525"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-d","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310317825","host_organization_name":"Inderscience Publishers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310317825"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Inderscience Publishers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011200757","display_name":"Y. H. Venus Lun","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6412-7620","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6412-7620","https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2740-2766"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I205640436","display_name":"Curtin University","ror":"https://ror.org/02n415q13","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205640436"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94951947","display_name":"University of Westminster","ror":"https://ror.org/04ycpbx82","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94951947"]}],"countries":["AU","GB","HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Y.H. Venus Lun","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong","Curtin University of Technology) is Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","Transpot Studies Department, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5 LS, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Curtin University of Technology) is Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506","https://openalex.org/I205640436"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Transpot Studies Department, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5 LS, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94951947"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032289244","display_name":"Michael J. Browne","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-5189","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-5189"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I205640436","display_name":"Curtin University","ror":"https://ror.org/02n415q13","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205640436"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94951947","display_name":"University of Westminster","ror":"https://ror.org/04ycpbx82","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94951947"]}],"countries":["AU","GB","HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Michael Browne","raw_affiliation_strings":["Transpot Studies Department, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5 LS, UK","Curtin University of Technology) is Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Transpot Studies Department, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5 LS, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94951947"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Curtin University of Technology) is Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506","https://openalex.org/I205640436"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5032289244"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506","https://openalex.org/I205640436","https://openalex.org/I94951947"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":17.5027,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":67,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99101124,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"2","first_page":"103","last_page":"103"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11223","display_name":"Maritime Ports and Logistics","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11223","display_name":"Maritime Ports and Logistics","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11599","display_name":"Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends","score":0.0010000000474974513,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2000","display_name":"General Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12984","display_name":"Transport and Logistics Innovations","score":0.0007999999797903001,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fleet-composition","display_name":"vehicle fleet composition","score":0.8050000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/container-shipping","display_name":"container shipping","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ship-size","display_name":"vessel size","score":0.7580000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/carrying-capacity","display_name":"carrying capacity","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/firm-performance","display_name":"firm performance","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale-operation","display_name":"scale operation","score":0.5899999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scope-of-services","display_name":"scope of services","score":0.9369999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service-frequency","display_name":"service frequency","score":0.6779999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ports-of-call","display_name":"port calls","score":0.8650000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/market-coverage","display_name":"market coverage","score":0.9010000228881836}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781018962","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164884","display_name":"Container (type theory)","level":2,"score":0.7875524759292603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5514243841171265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779821363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428072","display_name":"Containerization","level":3,"score":0.5395410060882568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47767361998558044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.4183555245399475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.32975396513938904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.10397157073020935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S52328560","display_name":"International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics","issn_l":"1756-6517","issn":["1756-6517","1756-6525"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-d","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310317825","host_organization_name":"Inderscience Publishers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310317825"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Inderscience Publishers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk:10397/11111","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10397/11111","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400205","display_name":"PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","host_organization_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Journal/Magazine Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2009.024491","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S52328560","display_name":"International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics","issn_l":"1756-6517","issn":["1756-6517","1756-6525"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-d","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310317825","host_organization_name":"Inderscience Publishers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310317825"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Inderscience Publishers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6773999929428101,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8785759790","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"J-BB77","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322598","funder_display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","display_name":"European Commission","ror":"https://ror.org/00k4n6c32"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322598","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2061247097.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2061247097.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W619083254","https://openalex.org/W1599131179","https://openalex.org/W1967870427","https://openalex.org/W1970120234","https://openalex.org/W1974219052","https://openalex.org/W1976600071","https://openalex.org/W1984555744","https://openalex.org/W1995428957","https://openalex.org/W1999077615","https://openalex.org/W2010453024","https://openalex.org/W2036041199","https://openalex.org/W2040160914","https://openalex.org/W2055892665","https://openalex.org/W2061977616","https://openalex.org/W2065880063","https://openalex.org/W2067012100","https://openalex.org/W2086499064","https://openalex.org/W2090294144","https://openalex.org/W2140956556","https://openalex.org/W2146475216","https://openalex.org/W2169535472","https://openalex.org/W2484802977","https://openalex.org/W3015634246","https://openalex.org/W4236717323","https://openalex.org/W4248322309","https://openalex.org/W4388174469","https://openalex.org/W4388183999"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4206344594","https://openalex.org/W2024182595","https://openalex.org/W2059483691","https://openalex.org/W2004319075","https://openalex.org/W2022741538","https://openalex.org/W1976600071","https://openalex.org/W2092845185","https://openalex.org/W2047631224","https://openalex.org/W647939541","https://openalex.org/W2092711102"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"the":[1,12,21,73,82,104,109,119,133,136,138,162],"context":[2],"of":[3,11,20,75,91,106,111,121,123,135,140,161,173],"container":[4,83],"shipping,":[5],"carrying":[6,89],"capacity":[7,90],"can":[8],"be":[9],"one":[10,19],"resources":[13],"for":[14,42,182],"better":[15],"firm":[16,97,130,146],"performance.Shipping":[17],"is":[18,101,180],"most":[22],"capital":[23],"intensive":[24],"industries":[25],"as":[26],"carriers":[27,43],"need":[28],"to":[29,32,36,44,48,71,117,185],"acquire":[30],"ships":[31,47,107,124,141],"offer":[33],"shipping":[34,57,84,92,183,192],"services":[35,58],"their":[37,64,96,187],"customers.Although":[38],"it":[39,52],"seems":[40],"intuitive":[41],"deploy":[45],"mega":[46],"achieve":[49],"cost":[50],"efficiency,":[51],"requires":[53],"a":[54,156],"balance":[55],"between":[56],"and":[59,78,108,125,175],"ship":[60,127,149],"size":[61,110,128],"in":[62,81,190],"determining":[63],"fleet":[65,99,188],"mix.This":[66],"study":[67],"provides":[68],"empirical":[69],"evidence":[70],"examine":[72,118],"issue":[74],"scale":[76],"operations":[77],"service":[79,165],"scope":[80],"industry.Our":[85],"findings":[86],"suggest":[87],"that":[88],"firms":[93],"positively":[94],"affect":[95],"performance.As":[98],"mix":[100,189],"concerned":[102],"with":[103],"number":[105,122,139],"ships,":[112],"we":[113,153],"used":[114],"path":[115],"analysis":[116],"impact":[120,144],"average":[126],"on":[129,145],"performance.In":[131],"comparing":[132],"magnitude":[134],"effect,":[137],"has":[142],"stronger":[143],"performance":[147],"than":[148],"size.In":[150],"this":[151],"study,":[152],"also":[154],"introduce":[155],"'SCOPE'":[157],"framework":[158],"which":[159,179],"consists":[160],"dimensions":[163],"concerning":[164],"frequency,":[166],"customer":[167],"value,":[168],"optimal":[169],"vessel":[170],"size,":[171],"ports":[172],"call":[174],"extensive":[176],"market":[177],"coverage,":[178],"useful":[181],"managers":[184],"determine":[186],"liner":[191],"services.":[193]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}