Lions or gazelles? The past, present and future of African port authorities: The case of East Africa

Dooms, Michaël; Farrell, Sheila

doi:10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.12.002

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“…Marred by recurrent scams and subsequent reshuffles in its top echelons, the TPA and the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) have both been at the centre of recurrent public scandals. 'Lost' containers and unpaid port and tax duties have remained a habitual feature; dwell times, or the number of days that cargo remains within the port, have worsened, with container vessels queueing for more than 10 days on average; and the port and its adjacent roads have become synonymous with congestion (Dooms and Farrell 2017;World Bank 2016). The TPA has benefitted from much less autonomy than the GPHA, as is evidenced by the Tanzanian presidency regularly bypassing the TPA in leading projects (Dooms and Farrell 2017).…”

Section: Governing Mobility and Security In African Portsmentioning

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“…'Lost' containers and unpaid port and tax duties have remained a habitual feature; dwell times, or the number of days that cargo remains within the port, have worsened, with container vessels queueing for more than 10 days on average; and the port and its adjacent roads have become synonymous with congestion (Dooms and Farrell 2017;World Bank 2016). The TPA has benefitted from much less autonomy than the GPHA, as is evidenced by the Tanzanian presidency regularly bypassing the TPA in leading projects (Dooms and Farrell 2017). Thereby, the trajectories of producing order logistically in Tema and Dar, despite running parallel, have progressed asynchronously.…”

Section: Governing Mobility and Security In African Portsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mobilising security and logistics through an African port: A controversies approach to infrastructure

Hönke

Cuesta-Fernandez

2018

Mobilities

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Section: Governing Mobility and Security In African Portsmentioning

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Section: Governing Mobility and Security In African Portsmentioning

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Mobilising security and logistics through an African port: A controversies approach to infrastructure

Hönke

Cuesta-Fernandez

2018

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“…Yet, in many developing regions, such in Africa or Latin America, contestable hinterlands are very limited, so port choice issues may not always be relevant. In Africa, significant investments have been done in the recent years to develop inland corridors to ports (Pelletier and Alix 2011;Fraser and Notteboom 2014;Dooms and Farrell 2017), eventually contributing to expand contestable hinterlands.…”

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Impacts of transport connections on port hinterlands

Guerrero¹

2018

Regional Studies

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In this paper is examined the spatial distribution of international trade flows between the French NUTS-3 regions and West-European ports. The research question focus on the impacts of the quality of inland and maritime connections on the scope of hinterlands. The results of a spatial interaction analysis show that distance remains a strong barrier for port choice but slightly less than in the past. Its effect is significantly lower when intermodal connections -such regular barge or rail servicesare available. A case study focused on East Asian trade shows that factors related to maritime connectivity such the frequency of containerized services at ports and their ability to accommodate large vessels also contribute to limit the distance impedance. However these effects considerably vary depending on the value density of cargo.

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“…Creating micro level business model innovation in port authorities can entail significant changes at the organizational level including the vision, strategy, corporate culture and managerial logic (van der Lugt et al, 2013;Dooms and Farrell, 2017). Thus, making the managerial aspects of business model innovation a focal point to consider both in theory and practice when discussing the future challenges of port authorities.…”

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Reviewing the challenges of port authority business model innovation

Kringelum

2019

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The port industry is in a state of flux and port authorities are increasingly expected to create new avenues of value creation and value capture by managing multiple business models. To explore the challenges accompanying this qualitative shift in competition for port authorities, this paper presents a systematic review of port research in which four business model development challenges are analyzed, including: 1. diversification of port customers, 2. requirements for new value creation, 3. changing possibilities and constraints of value capture and 4. network effects, clusters and strategic partnerships. Based on the four challenges, it is argued that business model innovation by port authorities requires changing the underlying business logic, the activities and resources and the configurational fit with other port actors' business models. This proposition is based on a discussion on the interplay between the macro level port industry, the meso level rule structures within port systems and the micro level of port authority organizations.

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Lions or gazelles? The past, present and future of African port authorities: The case of East Africa

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Mobilising security and logistics through an African port: A controversies approach to infrastructure

Mobilising security and logistics through an African port: A controversies approach to infrastructure

Impacts of transport connections on port hinterlands

Reviewing the challenges of port authority business model innovation

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