Evaluation methodology of seaport governance and maritime transport attractiveness dependence based on comparison of seaports governance on the Eastern Coast of Baltic Sea

Abstract

Globalization of the global supply chain and the increasing emergence of international trade conditions challenge the complexity of maritime attractiveness because of numerous variable factors involved in the decision making of seaport selection from the perspective of seaport stakeholders. The complexity of the issue also relates to contingency in the market and it is therefore important to have some tools to evaluate the dependence between the decision making process at seaport governance level and its influence on maritime attractiveness from stakeholders’ perspective. And this relation could be investigated by way of multilevel analysis of the seaport governance and multi-conceptional structure of maritime attractiveness; the dependence could be assessed via an expert survey by application of analytical hierarchical process (AHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA) combining methodology. The research established that legal structure has a direct impact on possible topmost effectiveness for seaport authority, what can be achieved through implementing an entrepreneurial business model based on the application of all determinant for the effective governance of state-owned enterprises, and these indicators may eventuate in uttermost maritime transport attractiveness.