Research Article

Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port

Volume: 2 Number: 2 November 30, 2017
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Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port

Abstract

Economies of scale has a vital role in keeping transport costs low in shipping. It makes possible to merchandise with far destinations. Economies of scale reduces the transportation costs per unit. Importing a commodity from a far country may cost less than importing it from neighboring country. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which this cost advantage is used in practice by industrial firms and to test the operative field validity of the theory. In this study, it is assumed theoretically that the larger vessels would have lower transport costs and the model is simplified by eliminating transport costs and coal prices. . In other words, as the distance increases, the size of the ship will also increase according to our basic hypothesis. ISDEMIR Port is selected as a sample for this study because of its geographical proper position and its high volume of coal import for its power plant that is placed to close position to the port. The data covers the years between 2008 and 2011. In these years totally 14.032.392 tons of coal imported by 313 bulk cargo ships. Correlation and regression analysis are implemented to determine the degree of the relationship. Volume is selected as a dependent variable and distance is selected as an independent variable. Results shows that there is a strong significant positive correlation between these variables. Also regression results show that change in distance explains big proportion of change in volume.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Abdullah Açık
DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DENİZCİLİK FAKÜLTESİ, DENİZCİLİK İŞLETMELERİ YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Sadık Özlen Başer
DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DENİZCİLİK FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

November 30, 2017

Submission Date

November 7, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 30, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 2 Number: 2

APA
Açık, A., & Başer, S. Ö. (2017). Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port. Journal of Transportation and Logistics, 2(2), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.22532/jtl.349766
AMA
1.Açık A, Başer SÖ. Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port. JTL. 2017;2(2):11-20. doi:10.22532/jtl.349766
Chicago
Açık, Abdullah, and Sadık Özlen Başer. 2017. “Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port”. Journal of Transportation and Logistics 2 (2): 11-20. https://doi.org/10.22532/jtl.349766.
EndNote
Açık A, Başer SÖ (November 1, 2017) Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port. Journal of Transportation and Logistics 2 2 11–20.
IEEE
[1]A. Açık and S. Ö. Başer, “Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port”, JTL, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 11–20, Nov. 2017, doi: 10.22532/jtl.349766.
ISNAD
Açık, Abdullah - Başer, Sadık Özlen. “Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port”. Journal of Transportation and Logistics 2/2 (November 1, 2017): 11-20. https://doi.org/10.22532/jtl.349766.
JAMA
1.Açık A, Başer SÖ. Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port. JTL. 2017;2:11–20.
MLA
Açık, Abdullah, and Sadık Özlen Başer. “Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port”. Journal of Transportation and Logistics, vol. 2, no. 2, Nov. 2017, pp. 11-20, doi:10.22532/jtl.349766.
Vancouver
1.Abdullah Açık, Sadık Özlen Başer. Economies of Scale in Seaborne Coal Transportation: A Case Study of İSDEMİR Port. JTL. 2017 Nov. 1;2(2):11-20. doi:10.22532/jtl.349766



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