Simulating the growth of container ship size and port city economy development

Abstract

This paper elaborates the development of container ship sizes and develops a system dynamics model to simulate the relationship between the growth of container ship size and economy development in Shenzhen, China. Policy simulations of 2 scenarios are also carried out to analyse the affecting factors. The results show that the growth of container ship sizes plays an important role in improving the economy growth of port cities. The findings confirm the validity of system dynamics model for simulating the growth of container ship size and economy development for port cities.