Container terminals collaboration: the case of national container terminals of Egypt
Abstract
The benefits of collaborating can be classified into efficiency / cost reduction,
knowledge and competency, positioning of the terminal, as well as marketing and service
benefbenefits. This study investigates the horizontal collaboration initiatives of c ontainer terminals,
the case the three National Container Terminals of Egypt. It also examines how collaboration
initiative can be managed effectively.
At first a literature reviereview has been conducted. Secondly, an in in-depth case study based on
semisemi-struc tured interviews with managers from the three National Container Terminals of Alexandria, Port Said and Damietta have been carried out. Both (literature and case study)
have bee n comp compared and discussed.
This paper shows that terminals may collaborate in the field of marketing and business
development, operations, administrative and regulatory. It also handlehandles joint purchasing, joint
coordination of operational sequences and con sultinsulting, as additional activities.
This study provides useful strategies and recommendation for decision makers in three
National Container Terminals of Egypt . It also, makes several contributions to the limited
available literature of horizontal collab oratiooration in the container terminal industry.
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