Competitive policies for commercial sea ports in the EU

Pérez-Labajos, C.A.; Blanco, Beatriz

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2004.05.003

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“…Integration into the world economy is the best way for countries to grow, and seaborne trade is a derived demand for commodities influenced by the global economy (Stopford, 2008) through the development of the international network (Perez- Labajos and Blanco, 2004). Since the 1980s, international trade has relied heavily on maritime transport.…”

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The Nicaragua Canal: scenarios of its future roles

Yip

Wong

2015

Journal of Transport Geography

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The Nicaragua Canal: scenarios of its future roles

Yip

Wong

2015

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…The study revealed that handling cost, proximity to main navigation routes and import export areas, condition of infrastructure and feeder network are important service attributes of transshipment ports. Stressing on differentiation strategies, [19] stated that nowadays commercial sea ports have been losing the 'loyalty' of their traffic and have to establish new strategies for securing customer loyalty. In this respect, they suggested two important factor groups i.e., one concerned with commercial factors and the other dealing with technological factors.…”

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Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Port Competitiveness in West Africa Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Dyck¹,

Ismael²

2015

AJIBM

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In the last decade, inter-port competition in West Africa has become fiercer as captive hinterlands of ports continue to overlap and become contestable or shared. This is due to door-to-door supply chain services being offered by shipping lines and third party logistics service providers through inter-modalism. In addition, as cargo becomes more concentrated in the region, there have been calls for the selection of a hub location for shipping lines serving the region in order to exploit economies of scale. This paper therefore aims to evaluate the competitiveness of major ports in the West African region based on criteria selected by experts. Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process, port competitiveness was evaluated and ports ranked according to the total weights obtained based on the different criteria used. The Port of Abidjan emerged the most competitive port in West Africa with its strongest links being its efficiency and performance, infrastructure and political stability outlook in spite of recent political turmoil. The Lagos Port Complex, West Africa's largest port in terms of scale and throughput, emerged fifth falling behind the Ports of Lomé, Tema and Dakar respectively owing largely to its political stability outlook. The least competitive port was the Port of Cotonou in Benin.

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“…Usually a port can be classified like a neutral point, a 'node' of several networks and channels promoting synchronization of flows and transport systems integration (land and sea) (Rodrigue, 1999). The characterization of the phenomena presents the ports' needs trying to link up with the trade logistics platforms as nodes of the big chartering companies (Perez-Labajos and Blanco, 2004).…”

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The role of European «ro-ro» port terminals in the automotive supply chain management

Dias

Calado

Mendonça

2010

Journal of Transport Geography

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a b s t r a c tThe aim of this paper is concerned with the design and development of a functional framework for maritime mode integration in European automotive supply chain management when considering outbound distribution. Furthermore, it provides a readjustment of traditional concepts and terminology with findings that the role of ro-ro port terminals should be considered as decoupling points, poles and postponement platforms. Case studies examine relevant Western European ro-ro port terminals for cars and respective links to assembly/factories of vehicles localized in the hinterland and concludes that ro-ro port terminals reduce logistical friction and impedance, as well as promote space/time compression.

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Competitive policies for commercial sea ports in the EU

Cited by 30 publications

References 3 publications

The Nicaragua Canal: scenarios of its future roles

The Nicaragua Canal: scenarios of its future roles

Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Port Competitiveness in West Africa Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

The role of European «ro-ro» port terminals in the automotive supply chain management

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