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Mr. Yui-yip Lau
Division of Business and Hospitality Management, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Journal article
Published: 23 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Knowing the challenges of keeping and manipulating more and more immutable transaction records in a blockchain network of various supply chain parties and the opportunities of leveraging sophisticated analyses on the big data generated from these records, design of a robust blockchain architecture based on a cloud infrastructure is proposed. This paper presents this technical design with consideration of the technical sustainability in terms of scalability and big data processing and analytics. A case study was used to illustrate how the technical sustainability is achieved by applying the proposed technical design to the real-time detection of the maritime risk management. This case also illustrates how machine learning mechanism helps to reduce maritime risk by guiding a cargo ship to adjust to the planned or safe route from a detour to a danger zone. This paper also discusses the implications for further research direction.

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Simon Wong; John-Kun-Woon Yeung; Yui-Yip Lau; Joseph So. Technical Sustainability of Cloud-Based Blockchain Integrated with Machine Learning for Supply Chain Management. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8270 .

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Simon Wong, John-Kun-Woon Yeung, Yui-Yip Lau, Joseph So. Technical Sustainability of Cloud-Based Blockchain Integrated with Machine Learning for Supply Chain Management. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8270.

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Simon Wong; John-Kun-Woon Yeung; Yui-Yip Lau; Joseph So. 2021. "Technical Sustainability of Cloud-Based Blockchain Integrated with Machine Learning for Supply Chain Management." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8270.

Journal article
Published: 10 May 2021 in Sustainability
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As climate change progresses, the Arctic Ocean creates opportunities for new resource development and navigation routes. Such economic opportunities are attractive, but carry with them an increased risk of accidents and oil spills. Existing methods of emergency response face enormous challenges in the Arctic because of its lack of transportation infrastructure and support services. Cargo airships offer a practical solution. Many airship designs are proposed that can carry over 30 tons, travel long distances at 150 km per hour, and land close to the emergency site. However, it is difficult to justify the economics of having enough capacity waiting and available to be marshaled in response to infrequent events. One solution is to develop a synergy with a new civilian cargo airship industry that can serve the regular transport needs of remote communities and mining operations. Through contingency contracts with these civilian operations, the Government of Canada could stretch its budgets and have access to the latest airship models and trained crews at locations across the Arctic. This paper gives valuable insight into the development of cargo airships. Advances in technology that make cargo airships a practical option in the 21st century are reviewed, and five competing airship designs are discussed. A case study of an existing rare earth mine proposal is used to illustrate the cost comparison of roads versus airships that could provide contingency services.

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Barry Prentice; Yui-Yip Lau; Adolf Ng. Transport Airships for Scheduled Supply and Emergency Response in the Arctic. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5301 .

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Barry Prentice, Yui-Yip Lau, Adolf Ng. Transport Airships for Scheduled Supply and Emergency Response in the Arctic. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5301.

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Barry Prentice; Yui-Yip Lau; Adolf Ng. 2021. "Transport Airships for Scheduled Supply and Emergency Response in the Arctic." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5301.

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Published: 13 April 2021 in Sustainability
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The following study presents an inquiry into understanding the motivating factors of students to enroll in a maritime university and to further continue with a career in the maritime industry. By collecting data from 378 undergraduate students enrolled in various maritime programs (navigation, electromechanics, electrical engineering, and economic engineering in transport), we aimed to better understand the profiles of students, their information sources, interest, and the prospects of associated programs where they are enrolled. As such, this study seeks to enable educators and industry practitioners to better understand the educational and career paths chosen by undergraduates in the maritime field. It can align the students’ expectations with program delivery. We examined students’ perceptions and assessments according to the program they are enrolled in. Taking into account the fact that there is a world low attraction for maritime careers, the results of this study are useful for maritime education and training (MET) providers during the design and marketing campaign of the educational program to attract students. Additionally, the findings are useful for public administration and the Ministry of Education’s analysis of expanding educational and research programs, as well as for Ministry of Labour forecasting. Employers from the maritime industry can find useful the main motives for which a graduate would choose to work in this sector, business field, or a related business. Moreover, industry practitioners and academia can expand the study at a larger scale, comprising more countries and taking into account national and regional characteristics.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Cristina Dragomir; Yuk-Ming Tang; Adolf Ng. Maritime Undergraduate Students: Career Expectations and Choices. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4297 .

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Yui-Yip Lau, Cristina Dragomir, Yuk-Ming Tang, Adolf Ng. Maritime Undergraduate Students: Career Expectations and Choices. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4297.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Cristina Dragomir; Yuk-Ming Tang; Adolf Ng. 2021. "Maritime Undergraduate Students: Career Expectations and Choices." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4297.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2021 in Advanced Engineering Informatics
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The maritime transportation flows and container demand have been increasing over time, although the COVID-19 pandemic may slow down this trend for some time. One of the common strategies adopted by shipping lines to efficiently serve the existing customers is the deployment of large ships. The current practice in the liner shipping industry is to deploy a combination of ships of different types with different carrying capacities (i.e., heterogeneous fleet), especially at the routes with a significant demand. However, heterogeneous fleets of ships have been investigated by a very few studies addressing the tactical liner shipping decisions (i.e., determination of service frequency, ship fleet deployment, optimization of ship sailing speed, and design of ship schedules). Moreover, limited research efforts have been carried out to simultaneously capture all the major tactical liner shipping decisions using a single solution methodology. Therefore, this study proposes an integrated optimization model that addresses all the major tactical liner shipping decisions and allows the deployment of a heterogeneous ship fleet at each route, considering emissions generated throughout liner shipping operations. The model’s objective maximizes the total turnaround profit generated from liner shipping operations. A decomposition-based heuristic algorithm is presented in this study to solve the model proposed and efficiently tackle large-size problem instances. Numerical experiments, carried out for a number of real-world liner shipping routes, demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. A set of managerial insights, obtained from the proposed methodology, are also provided.

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Junayed Pasha; Maxim A. Dulebenets; Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard; Guangdong Tian; Yui-Yip Lau; Prashant Singh; Benbu Liang. An integrated optimization method for tactical-level planning in liner shipping with heterogeneous ship fleet and environmental considerations. Advanced Engineering Informatics 2021, 48, 101299 .

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Junayed Pasha, Maxim A. Dulebenets, Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard, Guangdong Tian, Yui-Yip Lau, Prashant Singh, Benbu Liang. An integrated optimization method for tactical-level planning in liner shipping with heterogeneous ship fleet and environmental considerations. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 2021; 48 ():101299.

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Junayed Pasha; Maxim A. Dulebenets; Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard; Guangdong Tian; Yui-Yip Lau; Prashant Singh; Benbu Liang. 2021. "An integrated optimization method for tactical-level planning in liner shipping with heterogeneous ship fleet and environmental considerations." Advanced Engineering Informatics 48, no. : 101299.

Journal article
Published: 16 March 2021 in Computers & Industrial Engineering
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An efficient product distribution is critical for proper supply chain operations. Many supply chains handle perishable products that decay over time. Due to mismanagement of supply chain operations, a significant portion of perishable products is wasted, resulting in substantial monetary losses. Cross-docking terminals (CDTs) have been widely used in cold supply chains for the product distribution but have not received adequate attention in the scientific literature. To improve the efficiency of perishable product distribution, this study introduces for the first time a novel mixed-integer mathematical formulation for the truck scheduling optimization at a cold-chain CDT. The model explicitly captures the decay of perishable products throughout the service of arriving trucks and accounts for the presence of temperature-controlled storage areas that are specifically designated for perishable products. The objective minimizes the total cost incurred during the truck service. Considering the complexity of the proposed model, a customized Evolutionary Algorithm is developed to solve it. The computational performance of the developed algorithm is assessed throughout the numerical experiments based on a detailed comparative analysis against the other metaheuristics. The developed Evolutionary Algorithm is found to be the most promising metaheuristic, considering both solution quality and CPU time perspectives. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm demonstrates an acceptable stability of the solution quality at termination. A set of additional sensitivity analyses are performed in order to draw some significant managerial implications, which would be of potential interest to the supply chain stakeholders that are involved in the distribution of perishable products in cold supply chains.

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Oluwatosin Theophilus; Maxim A. Dulebenets; Junayed Pasha; Yui-Yip Lau; Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard; Arash Mazaheri. Truck scheduling optimization at a cold-chain cross-docking terminal with product perishability considerations. Computers & Industrial Engineering 2021, 156, 107240 .

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Oluwatosin Theophilus, Maxim A. Dulebenets, Junayed Pasha, Yui-Yip Lau, Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard, Arash Mazaheri. Truck scheduling optimization at a cold-chain cross-docking terminal with product perishability considerations. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 2021; 156 ():107240.

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Oluwatosin Theophilus; Maxim A. Dulebenets; Junayed Pasha; Yui-Yip Lau; Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard; Arash Mazaheri. 2021. "Truck scheduling optimization at a cold-chain cross-docking terminal with product perishability considerations." Computers & Industrial Engineering 156, no. : 107240.

Original research article
Published: 11 March 2021 in Frontiers in Psychology
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After around four decades of fast growth, the cruise industry has become the most profitable and dynamic segment in the entire global leisure and tourism sector. Behind this growth is a significant shift in the profile of cruise consumers/passengers/tourists, with growth rates twice as fast as those of other types of tourists. China has become a strategic emerging market for the global cruise industry, quickly developing their cruise reception business and holding about 10% of the market share of global cruisers. In this paper, we examine and categorize various travel motivations of Chinese cruise tourists by means of a questionnaire via factor analysis, mean analysis, and K-cluster analysis. The results of the study indicate that Chinese cruise tourists are primarily encouraged to participate in cruise tourism by the motivational dimensions of family leisure/relaxation, natural and cultural exploration, bond/communication, social respect, tourism shopping, and cruise-promotion information sources. The strongest motivations for Chinese cruise tourists were found to be family leisure/relaxation and natural/cultural exploration. We identify four types of cruisers using the K-means cluster method. We find that for all cruiser demographics, leisure/relaxation is the most important motivational factor. Based on these results, we propose some specific solutions for expanding the customer pool in the Chinese cruise market.

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Yue Jiao; Yating Hou; Yui-Yip Lau. Segmenting Cruise Consumers by Motivation for an Emerging Market: A Case of China. Frontiers in Psychology 2021, 12, 1 .

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Yue Jiao, Yating Hou, Yui-Yip Lau. Segmenting Cruise Consumers by Motivation for an Emerging Market: A Case of China. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021; 12 ():1.

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Yue Jiao; Yating Hou; Yui-Yip Lau. 2021. "Segmenting Cruise Consumers by Motivation for an Emerging Market: A Case of China." Frontiers in Psychology 12, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 30 September 2020 in Journal of International Logistics and Trade
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Yui-Yip Lau; Zhang Jiamian; Ng Adolf K. Y.; Roozbeh Panahi. Implications of a Pandemic Outbreak Risk: A Discussion on China’s Emergency Logistics in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Journal of International Logistics and Trade 2020, 18, 127 -135.

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Yui-Yip Lau, Zhang Jiamian, Ng Adolf K. Y., Roozbeh Panahi. Implications of a Pandemic Outbreak Risk: A Discussion on China’s Emergency Logistics in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Journal of International Logistics and Trade. 2020; 18 (3):127-135.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Zhang Jiamian; Ng Adolf K. Y.; Roozbeh Panahi. 2020. "Implications of a Pandemic Outbreak Risk: A Discussion on China’s Emergency Logistics in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)." Journal of International Logistics and Trade 18, no. 3: 127-135.

Journal article
Published: 10 July 2020 in Sustainability
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The sinking of the Titanic has brought cruise ship safety onto the international agenda. However, different shipwrecks have been occurring in the cruise industry with relatively high frequency for more than one century due to human errors. In order to improve cruise ship safety, the International Maritime Organization and the Cruise Lines International Association introduced a set of safety enhancement policies and measurements. However, the expansion of ships and fairly weak safety regulations continue to pose risks of human life loss during cruise ship accidents, particularly in Asian regions. Asian countries have been constantly implementing various safety measures, but serious cruise ship accidents still occur from time to time, even after significant past experiences. Are the cruise ship accidents predominantly the result of human failures and organizational factors? This paper undertakes a detailed historical review of cruise ship accidents since 1972 through an intensive overview of the documents published by the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention and the Maritime Safety Committee. Furthermore, a set of case studies of representative cruise ship accidents are conducted as a part of this study. The outcomes of this study will help cruise shipping companies to better understand the factors influencing cruise ship accident occurrence and to construct appropriate safety policy measures, aiming to prevent cruise ship accidents in Asian regions.

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Yue Jiao; Maxim A. Dulebenets; Yui-Yip Lau. Cruise Ship Safety Management in Asian Regions: Trends and Future Outlook. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5567 .

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Yue Jiao, Maxim A. Dulebenets, Yui-Yip Lau. Cruise Ship Safety Management in Asian Regions: Trends and Future Outlook. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (14):5567.

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Yue Jiao; Maxim A. Dulebenets; Yui-Yip Lau. 2020. "Cruise Ship Safety Management in Asian Regions: Trends and Future Outlook." Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5567.

Journal article
Published: 25 April 2020 in The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
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More frequent cruisers prefer attractive cruising destinations, excellent geographical locations, diversified oriental cultures, local wildlife, rich tourism resource and exotic experiences in Asia for western travellers. Cruising in the Asian regions has considered as a potential growth in the transport and tourism industry. In this paper, we aim to provide suggestions to industrial practitioners on the development of the cruise port in Asia and identify the key elements of a regional leading cruise hub as desired by different users. Nevertheless, the majority of cruising-related studies were focused on tourism management in the North American and European regions. Relevant cruising studies on maritime transport management in the Asian region are under-researched. In doing so, we newly propose the CRUISE PORT framework by illustrating four representative countries in Asia (South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore) to look for common characteristics and unique features of cruise ship market in the Asian region. In order to give the valuable information and provide insight into the framework, we carried out semi-structured, in-depth interviews with different practitioners involved in the cruise industry. Through the framework, it fosters the industrial practitioners to implement cruise port strategies, cruise lines strategies and local government planning for the cruise destinations.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Tsz Leung Yip. The Asia cruise tourism industry: Current trend and future outlook. The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics 2020, 36, 202 -213.

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Yui-Yip Lau, Tsz Leung Yip. The Asia cruise tourism industry: Current trend and future outlook. The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics. 2020; 36 (4):202-213.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Tsz Leung Yip. 2020. "The Asia cruise tourism industry: Current trend and future outlook." The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics 36, no. 4: 202-213.

Articles
Published: 16 April 2020 in Maritime Policy & Management
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This research empirically examines ferry passengers’ perception of safety delivery and awareness on their preventative behaviours. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were conducted on survey data collected from 422 ferry passengers in Hong Kong. An exploratory factor analysis identified two main dimensions of safety delivery, namely: safety facilities and safety demonstration. Safety awareness was further clustered into three dimensions, which included safety information, vessel condition and rescue equipment. Results indicated that safety delivery and safety awareness positively influence passengers’ preventative behaviour, as well as safety delivery positively influences passengers’ safety awareness. This study highlighted the importance of passengers’ perception of safety awareness and safety delivery in ferry safety. Implications of study findings on safety in ferry operations enhancements and suggestions for safety delivery development are discussed.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Chin-Shan Lu; Hsiang-Kai Weng. The effects of safety delivery and safety awareness on passenger behaviour in the ferry context. Maritime Policy & Management 2020, 48, 46 -60.

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Yui-Yip Lau, Chin-Shan Lu, Hsiang-Kai Weng. The effects of safety delivery and safety awareness on passenger behaviour in the ferry context. Maritime Policy & Management. 2020; 48 (1):46-60.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Chin-Shan Lu; Hsiang-Kai Weng. 2020. "The effects of safety delivery and safety awareness on passenger behaviour in the ferry context." Maritime Policy & Management 48, no. 1: 46-60.

Chapter
Published: 03 January 2020 in Textile Science and Clothing Technology
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This paper employs the gravity model to investigate how the growth of China’s textile and clothing (T&C) exports is dominating the exports of other Asian developing countries over the 1990–2015 period. Aggregate analyses were undertaken, and the endogeneity of Chinese exports were accounted by applying instrumental variables with country fixed effects. It was found that there was a negative impact of China’s emergence on T&C exports on other Asian developing countries. We further explored whether such displacement effect varies across Asian countries and the results showed that a more pronounced effect was found in low-income countries than high-income ones. Our findings suggest that the export competitiveness of China’s neighbors, i.e. both more and less developed Asian countries, are affected by the emergence of China in T&C Trade. However, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) warrants further research to suggest that once the Initiative goes into full force, collaborative opportunities are available between China and other Asian developing counties. The implications of China’s BRI are also discussed.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Eve Man Hin Chan; Hong-Oanh Nguyen. The Dynamics of T&C Export Performance Between China and Other Asian Countries: Implications for BRI Development. Textile Science and Clothing Technology 2020, 1 -25.

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Yui-Yip Lau, Eve Man Hin Chan, Hong-Oanh Nguyen. The Dynamics of T&C Export Performance Between China and Other Asian Countries: Implications for BRI Development. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. 2020; ():1-25.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Eve Man Hin Chan; Hong-Oanh Nguyen. 2020. "The Dynamics of T&C Export Performance Between China and Other Asian Countries: Implications for BRI Development." Textile Science and Clothing Technology , no. : 1-25.

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Published: 02 January 2020 in Sustainable Energy and Green Finance for a Low-carbon Economy
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Globalization, technological advancement and economic prosperity concertedly generate a significant demand for cruise. In a context of passenger transport, cruise is one of the key passenger modes to foster the regional economic growth and encourage the social mobility in a community. Recently, the development in Southern China and its emerging Greater Bay Area intends for the revitalization of high-end service innovation and boosting up its tourism development. However, the environmental impacts of the cruise shipping research are seriously overlooked. Cruise shipping activities are well recognized as one of the source of air pollution, but they impact the environment more broadly and the stakeholders often underestimated the associated costs and risks of cruising on the environment. International setting of cruising activity and the lack of policy support are still key barriers for the cruising industry to effectively implement renewable and green-energy strategies and sustainable management in general. In this chapter, we will try to estimate environmental impact of the different resources (i.e. energy, water and waste) used during cruising and explore what are the best practices to develop in order to move towards a greener cruising industries in particular in area of rapid development.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Christelle Not. Sustainable Energy in the Greater Bay Area of China: Lessons from the Cruise Industry. Sustainable Energy and Green Finance for a Low-carbon Economy 2020, 259 -270.

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Yui-Yip Lau, Christelle Not. Sustainable Energy in the Greater Bay Area of China: Lessons from the Cruise Industry. Sustainable Energy and Green Finance for a Low-carbon Economy. 2020; ():259-270.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Christelle Not. 2020. "Sustainable Energy in the Greater Bay Area of China: Lessons from the Cruise Industry." Sustainable Energy and Green Finance for a Low-carbon Economy , no. : 259-270.

Journal article
Published: 16 September 2019 in Sustainability
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Starting from the late 1960s, the cruise industry has appeared in two key regions, namely Europe and North America. However, the cruise industry has undergone fundamental changes which implies that the number of frequent cruisers is growing, with western travelers supposedly travelling to diverse cultures, attractive cruising destinations and exotic experiences in Southeast Asia for western travelers, and thus cruising in the Asian region has been happening at an enormous growing rate. Among the Asian regions, China is experiencing the fastest growth rates. Both Hong Kong and Shanghai established two cruise terminals which can be described as homeport cities in the 21st centuries. However, Hong Kong and Shanghai cruise terminals need to deal with neighboring competitors like Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, just to name but a few, in a challenging and dynamic environment. In order to examine Hong Kong and Shanghai’s potential evolution into an international cruise terminal hub, we suggest Connectivity, Regional Competitiveness, Utilization, Infrastructure, Security, Environmental Management (CRUISE) framework to seize attainable prospect of the external environment and investigate locational characteristics of cruise terminals in Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively. The first mover and sustainable competitive advantage will be performed. Academic and managerial implications of the research findings for cruise terminals are elaborated.

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Xiaodong Sun; Tsz Leung Yip; Yui-Yip Lau. Location Characteristics of Cruise Terminals in China: A Lesson from Hong Kong and Shanghai. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5056 .

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Xiaodong Sun, Tsz Leung Yip, Yui-Yip Lau. Location Characteristics of Cruise Terminals in China: A Lesson from Hong Kong and Shanghai. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (18):5056.

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Xiaodong Sun; Tsz Leung Yip; Yui-Yip Lau. 2019. "Location Characteristics of Cruise Terminals in China: A Lesson from Hong Kong and Shanghai." Sustainability 11, no. 18: 5056.

Journal article
Published: 28 November 2017 in Maritime Policy & Management
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China’s Belt and Road (BR) initiative is expected to facilitate international trade between the countries involved. In this study, we review the special requirements of wine logistics and the market growth potential of wine consumption in China. A model minimizing generalized logistical costs is developed and applied to wine imports in China, so that the best candidate cities in which to locate transport gateways and distribution centers can be identified. Our analysis suggests that the most preferred gateways are Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, which all have similar delivery costs. In comparison, Beijing and Chongqing have much higher delivery costs, mainly because they do not have good access to marine transport and/or efficient domestic distribution networks. For long-distance intercontinental transport of large volumes of wine, marine shipping remains the only viable delivery mode. However, wine distribution within China extensively uses air, road, and water transport. Therefore, cities with excellent multi-modal transport services are better positioned to become wine logistics gateways. Our study also highlights the importance of value-added services and good government support, which are important factors that influence distribution costs and quality.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Ka-Chai Tam; Adolf K. Y. Ng; Xiaowen Fu; Zhang Jing; Jiejian Feng. Effects of the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative on the wine import logistics of China. Maritime Policy & Management 2017, 45, 403 -417.

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Yui-Yip Lau, Ka-Chai Tam, Adolf K. Y. Ng, Xiaowen Fu, Zhang Jing, Jiejian Feng. Effects of the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative on the wine import logistics of China. Maritime Policy & Management. 2017; 45 (3):403-417.

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Yui-Yip Lau; Ka-Chai Tam; Adolf K. Y. Ng; Xiaowen Fu; Zhang Jing; Jiejian Feng. 2017. "Effects of the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative on the wine import logistics of China." Maritime Policy & Management 45, no. 3: 403-417.

Articles
Published: 02 October 2017 in Transport Reviews
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Container shipping gives a rise of international trade since the 1960s. Based on navigation data start from the mid-1990s to 2016, this paper empirically analyses the spatial pattern of China’s international maritime linkages along the “twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road”. We interpret such evolutionary dynamics in terms of growth, hierarchical diffusion and networking phases. Networking is a new stage of the evolution of the port system, which is approached based on the graph theory, complex network methods and geomatics, the paper discusses the networking’s basic characteristics: multi-hub spatial agglomeration, the connection of the network develops across space, functional differentiation and a division of labour appear among ports. Our results show that, while the scope of China’s maritime linkages had expanded overtime, more foreign ports become connected to the “Maritime Silk Road”. In addition, the external linkages of domestic ports tend to be dispersed, reflecting upon the decline of Pearl River Delta ports and the rise of Yangtze River Delta ports, with mixed evidence for the Bohai Rim region. Lastly, the analysis underlines the emergence of a polycentric shipping system, from the Hong Kong dominance to the more diversified Shanghai/Ningbo/Shenzhen configuration. Academic and managerial implications are included.

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Liehui Wang; Yan Zhu; Cesar Ducruet; Mattia Bunel; Yui-Yip Lau. From hierarchy to networking: the evolution of the “twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road” container shipping system. Transport Reviews 2017, 38, 416 -435.

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Liehui Wang, Yan Zhu, Cesar Ducruet, Mattia Bunel, Yui-Yip Lau. From hierarchy to networking: the evolution of the “twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road” container shipping system. Transport Reviews. 2017; 38 (4):416-435.

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Liehui Wang; Yan Zhu; Cesar Ducruet; Mattia Bunel; Yui-Yip Lau. 2017. "From hierarchy to networking: the evolution of the “twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road” container shipping system." Transport Reviews 38, no. 4: 416-435.