INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF MARITIME TRADE NEW TRENDS ON THE EGYPTIAN MARITIME PERFORMANCE

Prof. Sahar Elbarky, Dr. Hebatallah Mohamed Elmesmary, Dr. Sarah El Gamal, Marwa Mahfouz

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Maritime transport is the pillar of global trade. The economy is generally impacted by maritime transport and its related activities. Egypt's key geographic location within major East-West trade corridors renders its maritime sector of both economic and geopolitical significance. In addition to the recent initiatives of expanding the Egyptian port capabilities the sector faces rising regional volatility risks that could hamper performance. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of maritime trade new trends including the climate change, port disruption, structural shift in globalization, external disruptions, on the Egyptian maritime transport sector performance and to what extent the digitalization practices can enhance the performance within those new trends. The methodology is focused on qualitative research using a semi-structured interview tool with the head of maritime transport sector, chairmen of ports authorities and few of the dominant companies in maritime transport. The ports that adopted digitalization were the target sample. The Findings clarified the significant impact of those trends on the maritime sector in terms of expenditures, dwell time handling rates, average waiting time, penalty fees/charges, delays, and other key performance indicators (KPIs). Finally, this study is filling the gap in the literature review, and it gives insights to the policy makers and stakeholders on the development of the maritime transport sector in Egypt. For the future work, the researchers are conducting a quantitative analysis by utilizing an online survey tool and AMOS software for structural equation model analyses (SEM). 

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climate change, port disruption, structural shift in globalization, external disruption, digitalization, maritime transport performance.

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