Upgrading port-originated maritime clusters: Insights from Shanghai's experience

Shi, Xin; Jiang, Haizhou; Li, Huan; Wang, Ying

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.11.002

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“…Through recourse to the free trade ports and free trade zones, a series of innovations in shipping systems and policies have been conducted and extended to other parts of the country, and the level of transport convenience has significantly improved. Shanghai International Shipping Center has been basically completed, and modern shipping service systems such as shipping trade, shipping finance and insurance, maritime arbitration, shipping and legal information service have undergone continuous improvement [5] . In the 2000 Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index Report, Shanghai International Shipping Center ranked among the top three in the world for the first time, and global shipping resource allocation improved to a considerable extent [6] .…”

Section: Major Recent Achievements In China’s Shipping Industrymentioning

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The future development and restructuring of the international shipping industry: Conference report

Tong

2022

Marine Policy

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With the worldwide spread of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19), the shipping industry has played an essential and irreplaceable role in combating the effects of the pandemic, promoting a trade-led economic recovery and maintaining the stability of industrial supply chains. The North Bund Forum advocated jointly promoting the continuous innovation and wide application of green low-carbon technologies and effectively implementing the reduction strategies of global greenhouse gas emission, thereby contributing to the creation of a safe, smooth and green global supply chain. With the epidemic under control worldwide, the international shipping industry has also ushered in a new development cycle and growth opportunities, which brings new strategic opportunities for the development of Shanghai International Shipping Center. Shanghai will accelerate the building of the world’s first-class shipping center characterized as convenient and efficient, fully functional, open and integrated, green and intelligent. The forum is intended as a platform for exchanging ideas on major issues in global shipping, for incubating governance rules and norms of the international shipping industry, for releasing the latest policies and regulations in China and the world, and for showcasing the Shanghai International Shipping Center.

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Section: Major Recent Achievements In China’s Shipping Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

The future development and restructuring of the international shipping industry: Conference report

Tong

2022

Marine Policy

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“…SMSPs may contribute to each of the three conceptions, based on their nature-being ferry, cargo, or mixed port. However, the linkage between maritime cluster and the existence of (small and medium-sized) ports is strong, bearing in mind similar objectives to improve competitiveness [57,58] and hinterland connections [59] for all affected actors. Therefore, maritime clusters contribute as important institutions to regional development and thus to RIS3 as well [60].…”

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Integration of Baltic Small and Medium-Sized Ports in Regional Innovation Strategies on Smart Specialisation (RIS3)

Meyer

2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Small and medium-sized ports in the Baltic Sea Region find themselves in a dilemma to participate in the governance of innovation policies such as Smart Specialisation. The Smart Specialisation policy introduced by the European Commission supports regional economic and innovation development focusing on regional strength through selection of defined priorities, offering smaller ports an opportunity to overcome their dilemma. Currently, all European regions are monitoring and evaluating their performances alongside with the Smart Specialisation policy to make adjustments for the upcoming funding period. The Blue Growth concept entitles a large contribution to reach the emphasised goals and thus, ports can be an important actor and key driver for a sustainable and green future development. Hence, this paper analyses the current significance of smaller ports in Baltic Sea NUTS-2 regions reflected in the individual RIS3 maritime and/or logistic priorities as well as Blue Growth sub-sectors from the funding period 2014–2020 to contribute to the future design of RIS3. Yielded results will illustrate whether regional governances are aware of the potential small ports bring up to their economies with consideration to Smart Specialisation, Green Deal and Blue Growth Strategies and how RIS3 might effects small port performances.

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“…It appears that in a very pragmatic way, these hubs prefer to follow a soft sustainability approach rather than a hard one. Even if there is an underlying trend which, as observed by Shi et al [38], tends to upgrade port-originated maritime clusters into maritime clusters that feature ecologically friendly ports, a maritime logistics hub remains a nodal point creating and facilitating value-added services [39] rather than a concentrated platform which could mitigate externalities through economies of scale.…”

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National Integrated Maritime Policies (IMP): Vision Formulation, Regional Embeddedness, and Institutional Attributes for Effective Policy Integration

Paridaens

Notteboom

2021

Sustainability

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Integrated maritime policies (IMPs) provide a comprehensive governance framework to support the sustainable use of the seas and oceans while ensuring a horizon of prosperity for the population of the surrounding coastal regions. This paper focuses on how IMP governance can be arranged to support more effective policy integration. We identify and discuss a number of key strategic and institutional issues which are expected to promote more effective policy integration in IMP development and implementation. First, vision statements of IMPs are scrutinised using the triple bottom line framework and by analysing the process of stakeholder involvement and related public disclosure. Second, we introduce the vision-down plans-up approach on stakeholder participation and management in IMP development to overcome the limitations of the widely used bottom-up and top-down approaches in policy formulation. Third, we analyse the tension between policy convergence and regional embeddedness in national IMPs. We argue that policy convergence does not and should not exclude regional embeddedness. Finally, we study IMP governance changes under the dual lens of time frame and institutional plasticity. The findings provide recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders on key strategic and institutional considerations which should enhance effective policy integration during the formulation and implementation of a national IMP.

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Upgrading port-originated maritime clusters: Insights from Shanghai's experience

Cited by 25 publications

References 38 publications

The future development and restructuring of the international shipping industry: Conference report

The future development and restructuring of the international shipping industry: Conference report

Integration of Baltic Small and Medium-Sized Ports in Regional Innovation Strategies on Smart Specialisation (RIS3)

National Integrated Maritime Policies (IMP): Vision Formulation, Regional Embeddedness, and Institutional Attributes for Effective Policy Integration

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