jafar sayareh

Change and development in the business environment have led to the creation of a new model of competition and cooperation in the market. The competition of most countries in the world market has led to a dramatic increase in competition in international trade. To consolidate the core role of companies and meet market needs, maximize market share and minimize running costs, adopting a coopetitive strategy has become common. The purpose of this article is to review the frequency and type of published research, the contents of research of influential countries and their cooperation, as well as major and flourishing thematic categories in coopetition strategy research from 1996 to 2022. In this study, we used CiteSpace software to analyze coopetition strategy research. Based on the analysis of 2998 researches from WoSCC database, the critical features of coopetition strategy research were obtained, which provides an overview of a system of coopetition strategy research with a view to the transportation industry worldwide. The results showed that given the thematic categories related to the transportation industry, were formed during the last decade (since 2010), but in the discussion of the flourishing of subject categories, the subject categories "Transportation Science and Technology" and "Transportation" Among the first three subject categories, they were identified with the strongest prosperity, and in particular, the industry in the last three years (2019 to 2022) has become an active field of coopetition strategy research. The results of this research will help researchers to quickly understand the frontiers of competing strategy research and gain more valuable scientific information. This study also provides resources for future research and useful insights for relevant researchers.

In today's highly competitive world, countries are constantly looking for new methods to maximize their trade for economic and social development. Accordingly, the development of transportation, especially air transportation, is a necessity. Presently in Iran, as in many other parts of the world, air transport is one of the reasons for economic growth and the speed of movement in regional development. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the generalities of air transport development and its influential factors, and in particular, the indicators influencing the development of air transport in the city of Chabahar. This research is developmental in terms of purpose, a survey in terms of method, comparative and polls in terms of analysis, the qualitative in terms of data nature, and cross-sectional in terms of data collection time. The statistical population of this study includes 320 passengers and air transport customers, maintenance staff, flight attendants or pilots, and service employees, 170 of who were selected as a sample by simple random sampling and researched, respectively. To collect data about the research literature, the desk study (review of relevant literature) and in order to confirm the hypotheses and to prioritize the criteria, the Likert scale survey method and AHP technique have been used respectively. The results of the sample t-test showed that the components of employment, knowledge, policy-making, market access, airlines, market and competition issues, aircraft production and access, fair competition, logistics, environmental issues, services, convenient airport location, infrastructure, air transport demand forecasting, and air traffic management are influential on the development of Chabahar air transport. Hierarchical analysis between these criteria showed that from the respondents' point of view, the knowledge criterion is the most important in the development of air transport. The criteria of access to aircraft, infrastructure, air traffic management, airport location, logistics, airlines, demand forecasting, environmental issues, services, policy-making, employment, market access, and market-related issues take precedence, respectively.

This research aims at identifying and ranking the effective factors in constructing dry ports in Iran. Initially, by reviewing the literature and inputs from professionals, 20 important criteria impacting constructing dry ports were identified,categorized under three groups of infrastructure, hardware and software and data were collected through questionnaire.
Questionnaire’s validity was determined by university professors and professionals and reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated by Cronbach’s Alpha, which showed an acceptable level of 0.789. Collected data were analyzed by appropriate tatistical tests. The results showed that the main dimensions of software, hardware and infrastructure were the most effective factors in constructing dry ports in Iran respectively. Moreover, of the 20 identified criteria, “the availability of the equipment and facilities for loading and unloading”, “providing the customs and clearance services”, “access to the national and international main routes (hinterland)” were the most important criteria and have had the most effects on
constructing dry ports. Criteria such as “access to the empty container for commercial transactions”, “proximity to the production markets and “access to the borders” showed the
least effect on constructing dry ports in Iran.

This research investigates the main factors for the possibility of converting Shahid Rajaee port to a free trade-industrial port. In the first stage of this research, the main factors influencing the formation of a free trade-industrial port have been recognized with the help of primary and secondary data in five distinctive groups. In the second stage, those main factors have been evaluated by the aid of questionnaires which had been distributed among 338 experts of Bandar Abbas city, Shahid Rajaee port and Shahid Bahonar port. 254 of the distributed questionnaires (75% of the total volume of the sample of the research) have been returned. As far as the statistical analyses are concerned to determine the research results, software packages such as SPSS and LISREL have been used. After investigating the various objectives of the ports of the world, the main possible reasons for the failure of free zones of Iran have been presented in the research. Furthermore, Various cases have been analyzed and studied. Finally, it has been found that Shahid Rajaee port is a place with very sufficient potential in order to be converted into a free trade-industrial port.

Converting a port to a free trade-industrial port needs some underlying factors to ensure the development of the countries in which they exist. BandarAbbas port is regarded as one of the active ports of the region. If it is converted to a free trade-industrial port, it can considerably and effectively contribute to the economy of the country. This research investigated the main factors for the possibility of converting BandarAbbas port to a free trade-industrial port. In the final stage of this research, the main factors influencing the formation of a free trade-industrial port have been recognised with the help of primary and secondary data in five distinctive groups. In the second stage, those main factors have been evaluated by the aid of questionnaires which had been distributed among exports of BandarAbbas city, Shahid Rajaee port and Shahid Bahonar port. 70% of the distributed questionnaires were responded. Finally, from the view point of exports there are factors like resistant political environmental, strategic situation, work force and suitable infrastructures in BandarAbbas in order to converting to a free trade-industrial port, while there is not commitment to free trade and economy as a component of converting to free trade-industrial port in BandarAbbas.

Due to 24 hours activity at container terminals، they face with hazards، adverse environmental conditions، technological developments coupled with high uncertainties all which lead to the direct and indirect costs. Nowadays، various techniques are used to identify hazards and to assess risks involved. The main purpose of this research is to assess the risks involved in container handling operations using the Fuzzy FMEA. The results of the Fuzzy FMEA study have shown that a high potential hazard for truck accidents with the other vehicles or with other container pulling equipment potentially exists as a hazard that poses a critical risk level.

There are many factors affecting job satisfaction which are different among organizations dependending on the culture، size، kind of the productions and services and other environmental conditions. The aim of the present research is to study and prioritize the factors influencing job satisfaction among the personnel of Imam Khomeini port main office of Ports and Maritime Organization. Data was collected from 140 employees using Randomsampling technique. The research tools included two questionnaires. The first questioner contained the questions related to the employees’ personal information and the second contained questions related to job satisfaction. The Analytical results obtained from the first questionnaires showed the relationship between personal characteristics and job satisfaction and the second one showed that the factors influencing job satisfaction by order of priority and specifies position of the needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

In this research, an accurate optimization model, based on the Six Sigma methodology was used in order to assists marine container terminal operators to minimize trucks congestions. to smooth gate activity and to shorten trucks turn-around times. The main purpose of this paper is to report findings of implementing the Six Sigma in the landside of marine container terminals to reduce the average number of trucks in queues and average trucks waiting times in both entrance and exit gates. Risk Priority Numbers (RPNs) obtained from the FMEA analysis denoted that additional control procedures and associated inspections were needed as monitoring tools on the working time and activity of weighbridge operators and truck drivers. In addition, serious consideration should be given to appraisal of operators performance and improving of administrative systems.

The time that containerships or transportation trucks spend in marine container terminals for loading and unloading their cargo is a real cost scenario which affects, not only the smooth operation of ports, but also affect the overall cost of container trade. The operators of shipping lines and container terminals are required to realize the importance of this issue and the costs associated with dealing long queues of ships and trucks at loading or discharging ports. This paper introduces the concept of the classical Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) together with the Fuzzy AHP (FAHP) to help the decision makers in their judgments towards implementing costly loading and discharging facilities at their container terminals. The main objective of this study is to provide a decision-making tool and also to introduce the concept of the Multiple Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) technique by using and comparing both of the AHP and FAHP techniques for solving the problem of selecting the most efficient container yard gantry crane amongst three alternatives including Straddle Carriers (SCs), Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs), and Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes (RMGs) by incorporating the quantitative and the qualitative determining attributes into the problem. Both of the AHP and FAHP analyses in this study have shown that RMG, RTG, and SC systems are the best operational alternatives, respectively.

Increasing in numbers of vessels with more than 25 year old or out of order vessels under the flag of Iran in recent years beside current demand for ship recycling in Persian Gulf and Oman sea, highlighted the importance of this industry more than before. In order to importance and urgent of establishing Ship Recycling Industry, this article exploiting a mixed method have surveyed the attractiveness of this industry in the view of opportunities.For extraction, classification and prioritization of opportunities, after exploring of literature and compiling possible scales and classes, a sample of 35-person among middle and senior managers and Port & Sipping experts in Shipping & Port Organization in Tehran, and Ports of Shahid Rajaee,Shahid Bahonar, Chabahar, and also professionals in Iranian Ranking Co.,Shipbuilding & offshore Industries of Iran-Isoico and professors of this field,using convenience sampling were selected; data gathering has been done in two phases, using open questionnaires and interviews firstly, the scales have been extracted and a questionnaire designed, secondly, to determine opportunities (T tests) and prioritization (Friedman test), the questionnaire has been distributed among the sample; seven categories for the opportunity identified included: demand for Ship Recycling, Ship Recycling Market,IMO rules, Biological Environment, Labor, Geographical Position and others, finally it has been appeared that Labor is the most important opportunity for establishing this industry in Iran that albeit the subcategories of this Factor owned the most importance among other factors.

Dry Bulk market is the largest sector of world shipping market. The analysis of this market and the assessment of dry bulk freight rate, market behavior, policy making in this field, transportation policies and fleet development, and also research in dry bulk shipping industry is inevitable.The main aim of this study is to analyze and forecast the future of dry bulk freight market in 2011 and 2012. Since the shipping industry is known to be a volatile industry; therefore, understanding the characteristics of this market and forecasting its volatilities have been of prime interest in operational and financial decision makings. To achieve this aim, linear regression, multiple regression and time series analyses (winer’s exponential smoothing) methods is used. Results of the study show that the Baltic Dry Index in 2011 and 2012 may decrease in relation to 2010, but this drop in 2011 will be drastic and in 2012 modest.

The main objective of this paper is to assess the rate and trend of investment in middle-eastern container ports as well as the performance and growth of container shipping companies in the region. In addition, the paper evaluates the development of container related logistic activities in the region. Consequently, based on the result of the above assessment, a prediction of containerization development and growth in middle-east, as compared to global growth forecast, will be presented. In particular, the paper attempts to depict the contribution of Iranian seaports and shipping companies in promoting regional containerization in past and present, and future.