Impacts of Seaport Investment on the Economic Growth

Jouili, Tahar; Allouche, Mohamed Anis

doi:10.7307/ptt.v28i4.1933

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“…The findings in this study are in line with the research results of [39]. In their research in Tunisia, authors concluded that the public investment in the service sector port infrastructure was the recipient of the most significant benefits from the port sector investment.…”

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The Impact of Infrastructure Spending on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Indonesia

Syadullah¹,

Setyawan²

2021

Komunikácie

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This paper aims to analyze the impact of infrastructure spending on economic growth in Indonesia, which includes investment in road, port and irrigation infrastructure. The period of observation was 2011-2018, which covered 29 provinces with consideration of data availability. This study employed the growth model with a panel data analysis, which analyze the relationship between the economic growth and government investment in infrastructure in the long run. The most essential finding in this study is that the economic growth is positively influenced by government investment in road, port and irrigation infrastructure. Road infrastructure investment has a significant positive impact and the effect occurs in the fourth year after infrastructure development. In comparison, port and irrigation infrastructure investment have a positive but not significant impact to other variables.

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The Impact of Infrastructure Spending on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Indonesia

Syadullah¹,

Setyawan²

2021

Komunikácie

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“…Their competitiveness is decisive for the position of the whole sea-land transport chain [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. There are many factors that are decisive for the competitive position of seaports, including, first and foremost, geographical location, appropriate technical facilities, efficiency of the port operation (including ship handling speed and transshipment rate), handled cargo weight, technological advancement, technical and operational innovativeness within the port, level of port fees, and the scope of additional port services on offer [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. When a seaport is viewed as a fundamental but not the only link in a sea-land transport chain, it is necessary to account for its competitiveness factors, such as the total time and total cost of cargo delivery [48], including the hinterland transport costs [49] and the quality of the hinterland transport connections [50].…”

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Inland Shipping to Serve the Hinterland: The Challenge for Seaport Authorities

2018

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The competitiveness of seaports is predominantly affected by factors external to the ports themselves, connected mainly with the quality of the hinterland and foreland infrastructure. Measures taken in these areas are reflected in the main objectives of the port strategies. Concurrently, the measures may have adverse environmental impacts (pollutant emissions, noise, land occupancy, etc.) and deteriorate the life quality of the port city’s communities. Therefore, measures taken by seaport authorities to improve their competitiveness must also heed the idea of sustainable development (sustainable port strategy). The answer to this challenge is the idea of green ports, being an element of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of seaports. One of the elements of this concept is promoting more environmentally friendly transport modes/transport chains in serving the hinterland as an alternative to road transport. Inland shipping is the most environmentally friendly and also cost-competitive mode of transport. Therefore, a modal shift from road to inland waterways is one of the elements of the European Union sustainable transport policy, as well as also gaining importance in the development policies of seaport authorities as an element of a green port strategy. However, this issue has been relatively rarely addressed in the seaport economics literature. In particular, there has been a lack of studies that would make it possible to answer the question of what kind of action should be taken by seaport authorities in order to increase the share of inland shipping in hinterland transport. This article aimed to develop a concept of a promotion policy to be applied by seaport authorities to increase the share of inland shipping in hinterland transport. The study used the elements of a multiple case study design method which included the following seaports: Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and the Marseilles–Fos port complex. This article was dedicated to identifying, analyzing, and classifying the policies implemented by these European seaports to promote inland waterway transportation. The research showed that these actions were quite similar in terms of their scope. The actions were classified as external and internal initiatives. The most common external actions included initiatives that improved the quality of inland waterways and the quality of shipping connections with the hinterland. Internal initiatives focused on improving the port’s infrastructure for barges and on implementing an appropriate information policy. The presented concept of a promotion policy can be a road map for all port authorities aiming to improve the quality of inland shipping as a mode of hinterland transport.

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“…Seaports play a substantial role as a cluster of loading, unloading, and transshipment activities, shipbrokers, warehousing, and storage services [26]. As a determinant of the economic growth, seaports contribute to the development of economic sectors and to the generation of economic benefits [21]. Seaports, as nodes in extensive global transport networks, create environmental impacts as well through their logistics function (i.e., transport, terminal, and warehousing activities) and industrial and semi-industrial function (i.e., goods and energy production, assembly, and recycling activities) [31].…”

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An Overview of Modern Technologies in Leading Global Seaports

Skender

Ribarić

Jović

2020

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This paper provides an overview of the modern technologies used in selected global seaports, and their possible impact on future development of seaports. The research problem stems from inefficience of customs procedures, dispute information flow, unneeded container manipulation in port area, and time lost due to bureucracy procedures. Methods used in this paper are the descriptive method, method of analysis, classification method, and compilation method. Since the majority of leading global seaports are placed in China, the authors decided to analyze the most successful seaport from each country, in order to achieve heterogeneity and global insight into used modern technologies. In total, eleven seaports placed on Lloyd’s list Top 100 Ports have been analyzed. Key findings in this paper are: (1) different level of development of a particular country affects different levels of implementation of new technical and technological achievements, resulting in different levels of development of each seaport; (2) future development of modern technologies in seaports leans towards autonomous technologies such as autonomous drones, and self-driving trucks. Modern technologies may improve the safety and efficiency of operations in and outside seaports.

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Impacts of Seaport Investment on the Economic Growth

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Cited by 14 publications

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The Impact of Infrastructure Spending on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Indonesia

The Impact of Infrastructure Spending on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Indonesia

Inland Shipping to Serve the Hinterland: The Challenge for Seaport Authorities

An Overview of Modern Technologies in Leading Global Seaports

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