1. Ports: Definition and study of types, sizes and business models
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Beatriz Amante García, María Goretti, Iván Roa Perera, Yessica Peña, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Projectes d'Enginyeria, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GIIP - Grup de Recerca en Enginyeria de Projectes: Disseny i Sostenibilitat, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GIIP - Grup de Recerca en Enginyeria de Projectes: Disseny, Sostenibilitat i Comunicació
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Ports ,lcsh:T55.4-60.8 ,Harbors -- Aspectes econòmics ,Ports -- Direcció i administració ,Process (engineering) ,Strategy and Management ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Logística naval ,lcsh:Business ,Business model ,types of ports ,Ports -- Gestió ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,lcsh:Social Sciences ,Management Models ,concessions ,Order (exchange) ,ddc:650 ,Economics ,lcsh:Industrial engineering. Management engineering ,Concessions ,Ports -- Aspectes econòmics ,Market share ,Marketing ,Harbors -- Management ,Recreation ,Industrial organization ,media_common ,lcsh:Commerce ,Types of ports ,ports ,Harbors--Management ,load ,Port (computer networking) ,lcsh:H ,lcsh:HF1-6182 ,Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Service (economics) ,Business logistics ,Load ,Loading and unloading ,Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions::Modelització de transports i logística [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,lcsh:HF5001-6182 ,Economia i organització d'empreses::Economia sectorial [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,management models ,Tourism - Abstract
Purpose: In the world today there are thousands of port facilities of different types and sizes, competing to capture some market share of freight by sea, mainly. This article aims to determine the type of port and the most common size, in order to find out which business model is applied in that segment and what is the legal status of the companies of such infrastructure.Design/methodology/approach: To achieve this goal, we develop a research on a representative sample of 800 ports worldwide, which manage 90% of the containerized port loading. Then you can find out the legal status of the companies that manage them.Findings: The results indicate a port type and a dominant size, which are mostly managed by companies subject to a concession model.Research limitations/implications: In this research, we study only those ports that handle freight (basically containerized), ignoring other activities such as fishing, military, tourism or recreational.Originality/value: This is an investigation to show that the vast majority of the studied segment port facilities are governed by a similar corporate model and subject to pressure from the markets, which increasingly demand efficiency and service. Consequently, we tend to concession terminals to private operators in a process that might be called privatization, but in the strictest sense of the term, is not entirely realistic because the ownership of the land never ceases to be public
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- 2013