Port supply chain integration: analyzing biofuel supply chains

Stevens, Leonie C. E.; Vis, Iris F. A.

doi:10.1080/03088839.2015.1050078

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“…Therefore, Stevens (2016) highlighted the need to use the biofuel supply chain, attract new flows, and conduct and foster value operation flows by making the bio-industry a new cluster. Port authorities need it to introduce alternative energy sources into seaport operations.…”

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Incorporation of Dry Ports into the National Transport Policy: A Proposal for International Trade Acceleration

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The Malaysian National Transport Policy (NTP) aims to develop a conducive ecosystem for the transport sector, facilitate seamless cargo movement, promote public mobility, enhance public transport competitiveness, and build an intelligent and green transport system. However, the policy does not comprehensively cover the lack of assimilation of inland components with the seaport system. To close the gaps, this paper thoroughly discusses the three main objectives proposed for the study: first, to understand the current practicability status of the Malaysian NTP; second, to identify policy limitations concerning the integration of seaports and dry ports in Malaysia; third, to give constructive insights for future strategies to upgrade the Malaysian NTP for national and international trade development. This study adopted a traditional literature review method incorporated with an integrative literature review analysis (ILRA) to scrutinise literature analysis. The findings of this paper indicate that Malaysia should develop a novel and comprehensive seaport-inland policy model integrated with the existing NTP model. Integrating dry ports with the seaport system is crucial to determining NTP sustainability and enriching the nation with an effective transportation system.

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“…through providing increments to consumers' and producers' surpluses" (Goss, 1990). Traditionally, the value propositions of ports have been targeted at the final customers, such as shippers, shipping lines and freight forwarders, who choose their port of call based on a balancing of factors including location and hinterland, costs, efficiency, capacity, infrastructure, service and cooperation, to name a few (Kim, 2014;Kristiansen et al, 2016;Stevens and Vis, 2016). Port authorities must therefore adjust the activities and scope of value creation according to the various stakeholders in a value chain.…”

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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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“…Nevertheless, by reviewing the literature in logistics supply chain integration related to dry ports, several research gaps could be addressed. Firstly, most of the relevant research advocates that ports are critically integrated into global supply chain (Host et al , 2018; Panayides and Song, 2009; Stevens and Vis, 2015; Woo et al , 2013). For instance, Bichou and Gary (2005) suggest that in the era of globalisation, ports need to be considered as integral parts of supply chains by serving and facilitating multimodal transport intersection.…”

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Empirical study on improving international dry port competitiveness based on logistics supply chain integration: evidence from China

Zhang

et al. 2021

IJLM

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PurposeThe importance of international dry port integration in the supply chain has received a great deal of attention and been widely discussed in the literature. This study empirically examines the relationship among dry port logistics supply chain integration (DPLSCI), its operational performance (OP) and dry port competitiveness (DPC) in the context of China.Design/methodology/approachThe authors developed a structured questionnaire based on the supply chain integration (SCI) theory and resource-based view, and collected data from the dry port operation enterprises and their stakeholders in central and western China. A structural equation model (SEM) is used to test the research hypotheses.FindingsThe results demonstrate that DPLSCI has a positive effect on logistics cost performance (LCP) and service quality performance (SQP), which further improves DPC. Meanwhile, OP (LCP and SQP) is a full mediator between DPLSCI and DPC.Practical implicationsThis paper provides guidelines for dry port operators and their stakeholders to integrate supply chain resources and develop the OP for improving the overall competitiveness of an international dry port. The government could also invest in physical infrastructure and system platform to strengthen the OP of a dry port and further enhance its competitiveness.Originality/valueThe authors emphasise that the international dry port is a proactive and integrated system in providing a supply chain logistics service. This study fills up a research gap in the extant literature on theoretically proposing and empirically testing a new theoretical model. It also contributes to dry port stakeholders by providing useful guidelines to enhance OP and dry port competitiveness.

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Port supply chain integration: analyzing biofuel supply chains

Cited by 19 publications

References 25 publications

Incorporation of Dry Ports into the National Transport Policy: A Proposal for International Trade Acceleration

Incorporation of Dry Ports into the National Transport Policy: A Proposal for International Trade Acceleration

Reviewing the challenges of port authority business model innovation

Empirical study on improving international dry port competitiveness based on logistics supply chain integration: evidence from China

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