Research Article
Stability Analysis and Control Strategy for the Chained Propagation of Delay or Disruption Risk in a Port-Hinterland Service Network
Table 1
The risk factors in port service network.
| | Factors (I) | Subfactors (II) | Risk subfactors (III) |
| | External (E) | Natural (E1) | Extreme weather (E11) | | Earthquake (E12) | | Fire (E13) | | Infectious diseases (E14) | | Political (E2) | Terrorism (E21) | | Military conflict (E22) | | Political unrest (E23) | | Market (E3) | Increase of costs (E31) | | Fierce competition (E32) | | Monopoly (E33) | | Economic crisis or unattractive markets (E34) | | Bankruptcy (E35) |
| | Internal (F) | Human (F1) | Strikes (F11) | | Traffic accidents (F12) | | Fault in cargo handling (F13) | | Explosion (F14) | | Operators’ low service level (F15) | | Insufficient knowledge (F16) | | Process (F2) | Cargos or documents are detained by government departments (F21) | | Poor communication (F22) | | Transportation of dangerous goods (F23) | | Payment delay from partners or shippers (F24) | | Unrealized contract with partners (F25) | | Infrastructure (F3) | Machine failure or breakdown (F31) | | Inadequate railway or road network capacity (F32) | | Cargo handling infrastructure limitations (F33) | | Transport equipment insufficient capacity (F34) | | Management (F4) | Unreasonable schedule (F41) | | Misplaced routing (F42) | | Information asymmetry or incompleteness (F43) | | Insufficient risk awareness or management (F44) | | Information (F5) | Transmit essential information on delayed or wrong time (F51) | | IT infrastructure breakdown or crash (F52) | | Unsuitable operations on IT infrastructures (F53) | | Internet connection problem (F54) |
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