Container hub-port vulnerability: Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Xiamen

Strategy to Build a Transshipment Port as a Catalyst to Achieving Critical Mass for Sabah’s Economic Growth

“…No international port for direct shipment, no international air freight logistic hub and no highway or railway connectivity to major cities has led to a small niche market of Sabah (Sabah Development Corridor, 2018; Daily FT, 2018a). There is high logistics and operation cost in Sabah, inefficient inland transport and inland connectivity, lack of hinterland developments, and complex procedures have led to inefficient port handling in Sabah (Su, Hsieh, & Tai, 2016;Martin, Salvador, & Sauri, 2014). High handling cost charges and transportation cost per container and storage cost and inbound/outbound cost in Sabah are affected by lack of good road and railway connectivity to major cities town and industrial area ( Jeevan, Salleh, & Othman, 2018).…”

“…Figure 6 showed that extended theoretical framework on Game theory should explore the inputs, the process, and outcomes of making a strategic decision which fits into modern informative theories. Such strategies include containerization, privatization, market liberalization, capacity investment and hinterland infrastructure investments, which affects port managerial decision-making and promote healthy competition (Su, Hsieh, & Tai, 2016;Morley, 2018;Tu et al, 2018;Cheon, Dowall, & Song, 2010).…”

“…Having experienced and knowledgeable employees will increase the overall productivity of the port through increased terminal productivity and effective cargo handling procedures (Borsch-Supan & Weiss, 2016). Also, sharing technologies, labour resources, and consumer networks, will lead to increased hinterland development, which in turn strengthens the port"s reputation towards its marketing and promotion activities (Su, Hsieh, & Tai, 2016). The factor inputs are based on quantity and cost of resources such as natural resources, human resources, capital resources, capital infrastructure (Seguir, 2011).…”

“…There will be a decrease in the returns of port users for countries that have poor services (Homosombat, Ng, & Fu, 2016). At the moment, the port in Sabah is relatively small but handles many operations ranging from offloading, loading, and dispatching of goods; however, to stay competitive, there is a need to train employees on how to transition merchandise in the shortest amount of time to counter the rapidly increasing skill set of other neighboring ports and economies (Yang & Chen, 2016;Su, Hsieh, & Tai, 2016). It is crucial to continually investigate and compare competitive ports.…”

Innovative energy-saving technology in refrigerated containers transportation

“…Martins et al (2017) draw attention to necessity of new model implementations for planning and managing infrastructure of container terminals. Su et al (2016) indicated strategies that container carriers adopt at hub ports that influence ports vulnerability. In order to improve transportation efficiency Ruiz-Garcia et al (2007) pointed out intelligent monitoring systems for freight transport in refrigerated containers, traceability issues, IT systems, vehicle location technologies, and radio frequency identification.…”