REPORT MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN: HINTERLAND CONNECTION OF SEAPORTS IN MALAYSIA
INTRODUCTION
Maritime is primarily an adjective that describes objects or activities related to the sea. Why maritime important to grow up economy? It is because It is the main means for transporting goods internationally, and many cities rely on their ports as a major source of revenue. The maritime industry, which is a subsector of the transport sector, globally accounts for over 70% of transportation requirement of the world. Developing countries are expanding their participation in a range of different maritime businesses. They already hold strong positions in ship scrapping, ship registration and the supply of seafarers. They have growing market share in more
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The main points for the topic is ports around the world-ranking, function of seaport, hinterland connections, functions of hinterlands and cascade effect.
PORTS AROUND THE WORLD RANKING
Ports handle a variety of traffic other than containerized shipments. Therefore, there are multiple ways to measure port activity. The American Association of Port Authorities has produced a “World Port Rankings” for the top 100 ports in the world in 2013 based on both cargo tonnage and container traffic. In order to get a more accurate measure for the most active container port one must rank based on container traffic, measured in TEU.
As the largest exporter of goods moving on container services, Shanghai, China ranks as number one in the top fifty global container ports. Furthermore, Singapore still ranks as number two mainly because it is an important hub where containers from one-liner service are transferred to another liner service for on-carriage to their final destination. The top ports around the world ranking demonstrating the truly global nature of the liner shipping business and the importance of the networks of ports that facilitate timely and efficient ship and cargo movement.
FUNCTIONS OF
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One possible reason for transhipment is to change the means of transport during the journey, for example from ship transport to road transport, known as trans-loading. Port of Singapore as the world’s largest transhipment hub, the Port of Singapore handled a total of 32.63 million TEU terminal operatorsfor Singapore. Being the top transhipment hub, Singapore is connected to 600 ports in 123 countries globally. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) works closely with both port operators and shipping companies to regulate and develop the port into a global
As new ideas traveled main trade routes, such as the Silk Road and the Mediterranean, the effects of such were felt through an influx of contact between countries due to increased desire for new information and countries gaining a larger presence on the world stage. This phenomenon can also be seen through the lens of cultural exchange that took place during this same time period in Eurasia. A major component of the Eurasian trade networks, such as the Silk Road and Indian Ocean, was that they fostered interregional contacts that had ceased to previously exist. When a country had a desire for study or technology, they earned more respect on the global stage. This can be further examined by looking at Marco Polo’s voyage into Asia.
Shipping goods through Detroit to the Port of Halifax provides the opportunity to use vacated industrial centers by repurposing these facilities for transshipment and manufacturing. Detroit as a transshipment hub provides a distribution system for goods to move to worldwide markets. Many manufacturers have failed due to a lack of an adequat...
Comparing and Contrasting the Manorial Trade Network, the Indian Ocean Trade Network, and the Trans-Saharan Trade Network
There were many things that were continuities in the Indian Ocean Basin. One major continuity in the commerce of the Indian Ocean Basin was the emergence and use of the same trade routes for both imports and exports of goods. Another continuity was the goods being traded during this time period. The goods being traded included gold, ivory, and iron. These were major exports from Africa due to the profit that came from exporting these materials. Also, the way that the traders traveled was tradition. The sailors on the trade routes used the monsoon winds to help sail their ships.
Container shipping industry is kind of international trade and destined restricted by los of regulation, such as ocean environment law, nation’s imports & exports law.
Throughout the history of the earth we have seen many countries leave their homeland. Most of these countries however, are those that are not landlocked. Countries which were not landlocked organized themselves and set sail for new territories to explore. Boat technology allowed for travel, resulting in the whole world becoming more accessible and allowing people to overcome what was thought to be indestructible geography. Obviously access to the sea lowers transport costs and aids economic growth. Yet this mattered less in earlier centuries. Even in some ancient civilizations, they learned to overcome the problem of not having technology. The original silk route from China to Europe used the camel rather than the ship. Only when ship design became advanced from the 15th century onwards did sea-borne trade gain centre-stage.
Eurasian trade when conditions along the Silk Road were unfavorable. For this reason, the geographical context of the Silk Road must be thought of in the broadest possible terms, including sea rout...
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The seaport of Rotterdam is the largest in the world, transhipping tens of millions of tonnes of goods per year. And Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is the fourth largest airport in Europe for both passenger and goods traffic. Dutch transport companies are clustered around the two main import and export centres: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and the seaport of Rotterdam.
Grouchier, C & Walton, L. 2013. The maritime world: The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean World. Vol 2. London & New York.
In conclusion, the Silk Road was an important landmark as it connected the west and the east which created an international trade system. Even after its disappearance due to the fall of Constantinople, its success was so huge that its existence in history still inspired and encouraged others to find ways to repeat its achievement. Although Christopher Columbus eventually failed to discover another path that links the east and the west, his endeavors that were inspired by the Silk Road led to the rise of maritime exploration, and even more importantly the discovery of the New World. Therefore, the Silk Road has demonstrated itself to be a significant aspect of the human experience, as from it, we are able to experience globalization, record the rise of some of the greatest civilizations, and also oversee the rise of maritime exploration.
More than forty thousand merchant ships, and countless number of smaller coastal craft, ply world oceans which comprise nearly seventy percent of the earth’s surface. Each year approximately ten million containers of cargo, containing raw materials to finished goods are transported by seas. The ships are owned by different states, private companies or individuals and manned by mixture of seafarers from different countries, mixed together from various nationalities. These ships are perhaps the most autonomous entities on earth as rule of law allows frequent change of their allegiance or identity by choosing a flag to suit their requirement.
The authors try to emphasize the importance of new growth dynamics for containerization not just for being a transport unit but also as a supply or commodity chain unit as well. The group of authors also briefly explain that Containerized freight is commonly characterized by the movement of manufactured goods and parts from manufacturing facilities to retail activities with the whole range of distribution activities in between, such as terminals and distribution centers. The way containerized freight is used is a benefit in multiple ways from the space flexibility to movement of goods shown in terms of distribution efficiency. Containerization dynamics has for some time relied on a variety of factors that are noted as being derived volume linked with globalization, the substitution of break-bulk traffic into
In logistic industry, they have been through lots of challenge in worldwide market. As the containerization of the global economy scopes, a phase of development and explanation, ports find themselves inserted in ever changing commercial environment where logistics is the forefront. Thus, this industry reaches a phase of maturity and rationalization due to the process of logistic on land.
Transportation is vital to a nation's economy. Reducing the costs of transporting natural resources to production sites and moving finished goods to markets is one of the key factors in economic competition. The transportation industry is the largest industry in the world. It includes the manufacture and distribution of vehicles, the production and distribution of fuel, and the provision of transportation services. In the 1990s, approximately 11 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product and an estimated 10 percent of all jobs in the United States were related to the transportation industry.