The Dry Port Concept – Theory and Practice

• Driven by the long-term stimulus of increasing worldwide trade and globalisation, the international freight transport industry thrives on continuous change and development, as reflected in managerial, regulatory and technological innovations within the sector. For container ports, in particular, the dynamic nature of such an environment has been most acutely felt in terms of considerable increases in the size of containerships (Cullinane and Khanna, 1999, 2000; Imai et al, 2006), the rationalisation of cargo handling operations in pursuit of greater efficiency (Cordeau et al, 2001; Imai et al, 2001; Zhang et al, 2002; Kim and Moon, 2003; Park and Kim, 2003; Vis and Koster, 2003; Christiansen et al, 2004; Guan and Cheung, 2004; Hansen et al, 2008; Cullinane, 2010), the devolution of port governance (Brooks and Cullinane, 2007) and the need to reorient the marketing of port services for strategic positioning within inherently competitive supply chains, rather than simply within essentially captive hinterlands (Robinson, 2002).

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

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