Application of classification rules to Italian ports

Assoporti website: http://www.assoporti.it/ (Last access September 2013)

Haezendonck, E., Coeck, C., and Verbeke, A.: Value Added analysis (VAA) as a tool for strategic port planning, Bullettin of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, Vol. 100, 1999, pp. 60-68.

Haezendonck, E., Coeck, C., and Verbeke, A.: The Competitive position of Seaports: Introduction of the Value Added Concept, International Journal of Maritime Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2000, pp. 107-118.

Haezendonck, E., Coeck, C., and Verbeke, A.: Strategic positioning analysis for seaports, Research in Transportation Economics, Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 141-169.

Da Cruz, M.R.P., Ferreira, J.J., and Azevedo, S.G.: A Strategic Diagnostic Tool Applied to Iberian Seaports: An Evolutionary Perspective, Transport Reviews, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2012, pp. 333-349.

Haezendonck, E. and Winkelmans, W.: Strategic positioning as an instrument for competition analysis. In M. Huybrechts, M., Meersman, H., Van de Voorde, E., Van Hooydonk, E., Verbeke, A., Winkelmans E., editors. Port Competitiveness - An economic and legal analysis of the factors determining the competitiveness of seaports. Editions De Boeck Ltd., Antwerp; 2002. pp. 17-33.

Lupi, M., Danesi, A., and Farina, A.: The supply of deep-sea containerized shipping services in the northern Italian port systems. Proceedings of 14th International Conference of Transport Science, ICTS 2011, Portoroz, Slovenia, May 27, 2011.

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti: Il sistema portuale e logistico italiano nel contesto competitivo euro-mediterraneo: potenzialità e presupposti per il rilancio, Porti e Logistica, May 2012.

Danesi, A., Lupi, M., Farina, A., and Pratelli, A.: Maritime container transport in Italy. Study on Deep and Short Sea Shipping routes departing from the main Italian ports and on rail modal share. Ingegneria Ferroviaria, May 2012, pp. 409-444.

Bring, J.: How to standardize regression coefficient, The American Statistician, Vol. 48, No. 3, 1994, pp. 2009-2013.

Main Italian ports websites (Last access: October 2012):

http://autoritaportuale.ancona.it/

http://www.port.ravenna.it/

http://www.port.venice.it/it

http://www.porto.trieste.it/

http://www.porto.genova.it/

http://www.portolaspezia.it/

http://www.porto.sv.it/

http://www.porto.livorno.it/

http://www.porto.cagliari.it/

http://www.portodigioiatauro.it/index.php

http://www.port.taranto.it/

http://www.porto.napoli.it/

http://www.portodisalerno.it/

http://www.aplevante.org/site/index.php

http://www.portodibrindisi.it/

http://www.portpalermo.it/

http://www.porto-di-civitavecchia.it/

http://www.porto.monfalcone.gorizia.it/

http://www.portoaugusta.it/

http://www.porto.catania.it/

http://www.olbiagolfoaranci.it/

http://www.porto.messina.it/

EU Transport in figures 2013, Part 2 Transport , European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport