Port Land Management: A Review of Factors Affecting Port Competitiveness

摘要

Due to the growth rate in world trade and the need for improvements in port performance, governments and port authorities need to identify and invest in maritime sectors where their countries may have a comparative advantage. The principle challenge is the identification of value adding opportunities for the local, regional, and national economies available to each port they wish to develop, including possible synergies and spillover effects into other sectors. This paper reviews current and potential avenues for conducting this type of assessment.