Container Shipping Services and Their Impact on Container Port Competetiveness - Softcover

Yap, Wei Yim

 
9789054876465: Container Shipping Services and Their Impact on Container Port Competetiveness
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9054876468 ISBN 13: 9789054876465
Verlag: ASP VUB PR, 2010

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<div>Introducing a new methodology for measuring&#160;competitiveness in shipping ports, this&#160;analysis provides policy makers, industry practitioners, and academics with a pragmatic approach to the peculiarities of large ports&#160;around the world.&#160;Using quantitative measures as well as&#160;holistic and cultural considerations, the manual describes the general workings of the container port and shipping industry and provides in-depth case studies of ports in Southeast Asia, the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and Northwest Europe.</div>

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<div><strong><B>Wei Yim Yap</B> is head of strategic planning for the maritime and port authority of Singapore.</strong></div>

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Container shipping services play an important role in determiningdynamics between container ports. While container ports compete with each other to expand and entrench their captive hinterland and erode those of their competitors, the research showed that complementary relationships could also exist between these ports. These relationships are infl uenced to a large extent by container shipping lines that try to optimise their shipping networks in relation to their objectives which may be strategic, commercial and/or operational. Hence, container ports which are focused on the competition aspects may become myopic to win-win relationships that can be forged from intercontainer port complementarity.

Contributions of the research can be found in four areas. First, analyses of inter-port relationships would be incomplete if complementary aspects were not accounted for. Second, a method was proposed to account for factors that are difficult to quantify in evaluating port competitiveness so as to present a holistic assessment. Third, an attempt was made to distinguish between competitiveness that is based on cost and that which is basedon prices. Fourth, the research showed that analyses conducted at an aggregated level would miss out on the richer dynamics involved in relationships between container ports. As a whole, the research attempted to relate theoretical premises and empirical findings for relationships between container ports and port competitiveness to policy implications that policy and decision makers should be concerned. The pragmatic approach and scientific analysis would be of great interest to policy makers, industry practitioners and academics.

About the author

Wei Yim Yap was born in Singapore and has spent many years in the maritime industry through his role as head of strategicplanning for the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. His responsibilities included strategy formulation, policy recommendation, policy implementation, economic assessments, market research and strategic planning initiatives at various levels of the organisation and other government agencies focusing on enhancing the competitive position of Singapore as the premier hub port and leading international maritime centre in the Asia-Pacific time-zone. On the academic side, he has various publications in major international conferences and journals, such as Transportation Research, as well as vast experience in lecturing at BSc level and executive training in the fields of maritime and port economics. Working closely with the industry, government agencies and reputed universities, his responsibilities as head of market research and strategic planning in both the public and private sectors consists of hands-on involvement in working with senior management to complete numerous projects to the benefit of industry and academia.

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Verlag
ASP VUB PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9054876468
ISBN 13 
9789054876465
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
536
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