Fields of Research

Transportation, logistics and supply chains
Transport economics
Logistics
Maritime transportation and freight services
Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management)
Air transportation and freight services
Information security management
Economic development policy
Macroeconomics (incl. monetary and fiscal theory)
Supply chains
Financial economics
Transport planning
Other engineering
Algebra and number theory
International business
Industry economics and industrial organisation
Service oriented computing
Quality management
Business systems in context
Microeconomic theory
International economics
Applied economics
Autonomous vehicle systems
Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence)
Injury prevention
Rail transportation and freight services
Information systems development methodologies and practice
Other commerce, management, tourism and services
Decision support and group support systems
Environmental management
Modelling and simulation
Higher education
Occupational and workplace health and safety
Other information and computing sciences
Pollution and contamination

Research Objectives

Other transport
International sea freight transport (excl. live animals, food products and liquefied gas)
Port infrastructure and management
Management
Supply and demand
Coastal sea freight transport
Macroeconomics
Water transport
Savings and investments
Multimodal transport
Trade policy
Harvesting and transport of forest products
Domestic passenger water transport (e.g. ferries)
Production
Air
International passenger water transport (e.g. passenger ships)
Industrial relations
Industrial organisations
Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences
Active ground transport
Workplace safety
Intermodal materials handling
Economic growth
Environmentally sustainable information and communication services
Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Management of liquid waste from transport activities (excl. water)
Information systems, technologies and services
Technological and organisational innovation
Fisheries - aquaculture
Wind energy
Injury prevention and control
Urban rail infrastructure and networks (incl. light and metro rail)
Autonomous water vehicles
Maritime
National security
Higher education
Industry costs and structure
Hospitality services
Management of solid waste from transport activities
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Water safety
Professional development and adult education
Command, control and communications

Career Best Publications

Analysis of strategic pricing in the port sector: The network approach; Maritime economics and logistics
Causal nexus between the transport and logistics sector and trade: The case of Australia; Transport Policy
Critical factors in e-business adoption: Evidence from Australian transport and logistics companies; International Journal of Production Economics: An International Journal for Industry
Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision; Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Research Publications

A corruption economic model and its implications: A new perspective of anti-corruption strategies; Economics Studies
A critical review of the literature on firm-level theories on ship investment; International Journal of Financial Studies
A regional perspective of port performance using metafrontier analysis: the case study of Vietnamese ports; Maritime Economics & Logistics
An analytical framework of maritime disruption management within a supply chain; International Association of Maritime Economists – Annual Conference (IAME 2011)
An empirical analysis of the critical selection criteria of liner operators: The perspective of freight forwarders; International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
An empirical analysis of the influential factors affecting ocean carriers’ competitiveness: freight forwarders' perspective; Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2016
An investigation into the non-bulk rail freight transport in Australia; The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Analysis of liner operators' competitiveness: Methodological issues and framework; IAME 2015 conference
Analysis of strategic pricing in the port sector: The network approach; Maritime economics and logistics
Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the cruise shipping network in the Asian-Australasian region; Journal of International Logistics and Trade
Application of the discrete variable investment model to analyse the decision to adopt e-business among transport and logistics companies; International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications
Assessing the displacement effect of exports with gravity trade model: China’s textile and clothing case and OBOR implications; Journal of International Logistics and Trade
Assessing the displacement effect of exports with gravity trade model: China’s textile and clothing case and OBOR implications; One Belt and One Road (OBOR) Conference
Benefits and obstacles to e-business adoption in the freight and logistics sector; Logistics: Perspectives, Approaches and Challenges
Blue Economy and logistic connectivity through maritime identity development: a case study of Indonesia; 10th Asian Logistics Round Table Conference (ALRT)
Business Fixed Investment: some theoretical issues and applications to U.S. manufacturing Industries, 1947-1999
Causal nexus between the transport and logistics sector and trade: The case of Australia; Transport Policy
China's economic rise and its implications for logistics: the Australian Case; International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA)
China's economic rise and its implications for logistics: the Australian Case; Transport Policy
Chinese container port sector: performance and readiness for the Silk Road Strategy; One Belt and One Road (OBOR) Conference
Competition in maritime transport networks; Joint Meeting of the Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) and Econometric Society Australasian Meeting (ESAM)
Competitiveness of the liner operators: methodological issues and implications; Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
Critical factors affecting information sharing in supply chains; Production Planning and Control
Critical factors in e-business adoption: Evidence from Australian transport and logistics companies; International Journal of Production Economics: An International Journal for Industry
Critical factors in organisational effectiveness: the case of Saudi Arabian seaports; Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics
Critical Factors in the decision to adopt e-business: Evidence from Australian transport and logistics companies; 40th Australian Conference of Economists (ACE2011)
Cruise shipping accidents in Asia: The trends, causal factors and implications; 18-th Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime Universities
Decadal changes in national shipping competitiveness and implications; IAME 2015 conference
Determinants of Port Infrastructure Pricing; SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PORT ECONOMICS 2012
Determinants of port infrastructure pricing; The Asian journal of shipping and logistics
Dynamic Properties of business investment under the neoclassical synthesis; Vietnam Economic Management Review
Effects of port-shipping logistics integration on technical and allocative efficiency; Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Efficiency Measurement Using the Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis Methods: An Application to the Vietnamese Ports; Singapore Economic Review Conference 2011
Evaluation of impediments to the competitiveness of the rail sector in Australia; Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
Explaining variations in national fleet across shipping nations; IAME: International Association of Maritime Economists Annual Conference
Explaining variations in national fleet across shipping nations; Maritime Policy and Management
Exploratory factor analysis - antecedents of information sharing in supply chains; IAME2017
Exploring congestion impact beyond the bulk cargo terminal gate; Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL 2018)
Exploring the role of information systems in mitigating gate congestion using simulation: theory and practice at a bulk export terminal gate; IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS 2018)
Factors affecting the competitiveness of the Australian rail sector: A systems approach to improving service quality; International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
How Global Financial Crisis affected the financial development and economic growth?; Institute of Global Finance and the School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School
How risk management fails to protect maritime supply chains through climate change risk impacts: A literature critique; Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2017
ICT Adoption among Logistics Companies in ASEAN Countries; Transport Reviews: A Transnational, Transdisciplinary Journal
Identifying the factors affecting information sharing in supply chain - A systematic review of the literature; IAME 2015 conference
Impediments to the competitiveness of rail sector in the Australian port-based container market; IAME 2015 Conference
Influence of policy, operational and market conditions on seaport efficiency in newly emerging economies: the case of Vietnam; Applied Economics
Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision; Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Influential factors in the design of port infrastructure tariffs; Maritime Policy and Management
Investment Behaviour under the Impact of Financial Constraints and Financial Market Development: A Study of US Manufacturing Industries; PhD Conference in Economics and Business
Key issues in sustainable regional port development; 2013 International Conference on Challenges and Responses of Ports in a Globalised Economy
Key Issues of Vietnam Exonomic Reforms in the Context of Economic Integration; Economic Management Review
Looking back to look forward: setting future research agenda for international business in textiles and clothing industry; Journal of International Logistics and Trade
Maritime transport network analysis: a critical review of analytical methods and applications; Journal of International Logistics and Trade
Measuring performance competition among shipowning countries; Lloyds Shipping Economist
Measuring port efficiency using bootstrapped DEA: the case of Vietnamese ports; Maritime Policy and Management
Mitigating maritime disruptions: evidence from the Australian-Indonesian wheat supply chain; International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
Mitigating maritime disruptions: Evidence from the Australian-Indonesian wheat supply chain; IAME: International Association of Maritime Economists Annual Conference
Modelling of multi-mitigation strategies for maritime disruptions in the wheat supply chain; S Vestnik
Non-price competition in the port sector: A case study of ports in Turkey; IAME 2015 conference
Non-price competition in the port sector: A case study of ports in Turkey; Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
On the Vietnam's Economic Reform During the Global Integration; Economic Development Review
Organisational effectiveness and its implications for seaports; International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering
Port Competition: The Chain Approach; FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PORT ECONOMICS 2011
Port Infrastructure Pricing Policy and Practice: A Case Study of Australia and New Zealand Seaports; 2014 International Association of Maritime Economists Conference
Port infrastructure pricing policy and practice: a case study of Australia and New Zealand seaports; Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs
Port Infrastructure Pricing: Findings from a Survey of International Seaports; 2014 International Association of Maritime Economists Conference
Port logistics integration: challenges and approaches; International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Port terminal congestion management. An integrated information systems approach for improving supply chain value; Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Projecting the future of Pacific ports, shipping and maritime supply chains: Evolving climate change risk management into risk opportunities; Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2017
Propagation effect evaluation model of maritime service disruptions in supply chain networks; National Seminar of Theory and Application of Marine Technology (SENTA)
Public investment, lost markets and 'The big push' for recovery: The case of port infrastructure development in Sri Lanka; IAME 2015 conference
Regional differences in operational efficiency of Vietnamese ports: A metafrontier analysis; 3rd International Workshop on Port Economics and Policy
Regional port development: The case study of Tasmanian Ports, Australia; The International Association of Maritime Economists 2012 Conference
Relationship between the developments of sea-ports and the economic developments in their Hinterlands: A case study of North Vietnam; 2015 SUBA-ALRT Conference
Revisiting the effect of financial development on economic growth after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis; Advances in Economics and Business
Role of information sharing on supply chain performance- a context of developing country; Journal of Operations and Management Research
Selection of ocean container carriers: one country's perspective; African Journal of Business Management
Service quality gap between the expectations of shippers and carriers in Asian dry bulk shipping; International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA)
Shipping Economist; Vietnamese maritime investment: A shipping dragon
Should ports focus on their core business?; Singapore Maritime Institute Seminar
Simulation Algorithms to Assess the Impact of Aging on the Reliability of Standby Systems with Switching Failures; Advances in Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation
Strategic Pricing in Port Networks: Empirical Research and Evidence; 2014 International Association of Maritime Economists Conference
Structure, characteristics and connectivity analysis of the asian-australasian cruise shipping network; Maritime Policy and Management
Study on the measures to develop the Hai Phong-Ha Noi-Lao Cai-Con Minh multimodal transport corridor, 2015-2025; Ministry of Transport & Vietnam Maritime University
Team resilience in emergency response: analytical framework and study of air transport accident reports; 10th Asian Logistics Round Table Conference (ALRT)
Team resilience in maritime emergency response: analytical framework and implications from accident report analysis; The International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) Conference
The Dynamics of T&C Export Performance Between China and Other Asian Countries: Implications for BRI Development; Belt and Road Initiative - Collaboration for Success
The role of intermodal terminals in the development of non-bulk rail freight market in Australia; Case Studies on Transport Policy
The role of rail in the Australian port-based container market: challenges and opportunities; Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs
The symbiosis nexus between infrastructure provision and freight activity: the case of intermodal terminal system in Australia; International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure
Toward sustainable national shipping: a comparative analysis; The International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) Conference
Trade-logistics nexus: Australia's trade with China and the implications for the Australian logistics sector; IAME: International Association of Maritime Economists Annual Conference
Use of exploratory factor analysis in maritime research; The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Using stochastic frontier and data envelopment analysis to measure port efficiency: application issues and implications; The International Association of Maritime Economists 2012 Conference

Research Projects

Economic Assessment of Blue Economy; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Hinterland development in Asia: Supply chain competition and implications for ports and shipping; National University of Singapore (NUS)
Institutional Grant Scheme: The Economic Rise of China and its Implications for Australia's Logistics Sector; Australian Maritime College (AMC)
International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Maritime Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific Region: Resilience, Security and Implications for Australian Defence ; Department of Defence (DDef)
Microplastics pollution from ports and shipping activities in the Indo-Pacific: Potential risks and mitigation strategies; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Port Development and Coastal Shipping for Tasmania; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TEAM RESILIENCE: ENHANCING THEORY AND APPLICATION IN MARITIME EMERGENCY RESPONSE; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Vietnam Australia web-based supply chain collaboration platform; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Research Candidate Supervision

A Study on Formulating a Logical Tariff Structure for the Pricing of Services Provided by the Sea Ports of Sri Lanka
Integration of Rail Freight Transport into the Value Chain to Create Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits
Logistics Chain Competition and Performance Methodological Issues in Empirical Research and Applications
Maritime Disruptions in the Australian-Indonesian Wheat Supply Chain- An Analysis of Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
Serving the Needs of Shippers by a Shipper Council- Strategies for service quality improvement
Supply Chain Management and its Security in Online Retailing