Port competition and hinterland connections.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

Round table (Transport Research Centre) ; 143.

Round table ; 143

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harbors--Economic aspects.

Harbors.

Harbors--Law and legislation.

Containerization.

Harbors--Access roads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p. )

Other Title:

French title on t.p. verso: Concurrence entre les ports et les liasons terrestres avec l'arriere-pays

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD/ITF, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Round Table publication discusses the policy and regulatory challenges posed by the rapidly changing port environment. The sector has changed tremendously in recent decades with technological and organisational innovation and a powerful expansion of trade. Although ports serve hinterlands that now run deep into continents, competition among ports is increasingly intense and their bargaining power in the supply chain has consequently weakened. Greater port throughput is meeting with increasing resistance from local communities because of pollution and congestion. In addition, local regulation is warranted but made difficult by the distribution of bargaining power among stakeholders. Higher-level authorities could develop more effective policies.

Contents:

Cover and Table of contents

Summary of discussions

The relationship between seaports and the intermodal hinterland in light of global supply chains

Responding to increasing port-related freight volumes

Assuring hinterland access

The impact of hinterland access

List of participants.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-30271-X

9786612302718

92-821-0225-4