Background: To improve port productivity, safety, and sustainability, the use of information and communication … technology is being promoted as a smart port. The utilization of a terminal operation system (TOS) is important for advanced port … port management system in Japan. Results: Japanese TOSs are characterized by a lack of automated functions, such as ship …

This paper bridges port governance and stakeholder theory to contribute to new understandings of changed stakeholder … terminal commissioned to and developed and operated by Meridian Port Services (MPS), in the Port of Tema, Ghana, provides the … knowledge relevant to the many hybrid port governance systems seen today. Moreover, it wants to inform authorities and companies …

This study investigates the effect of integrated global supply chains and port characteristics toward a strategic … alliance, strategic Alliance on port strategies such as maritime accessibility, physical port infrastructure, integrated … information technology system, and terminal handling charge, and port strategy on port performance. Data were collected through …

, what drives these tensions, and how these can be resolved. The drivers of port competitiveness are generally conceptualized … 'hard', quantifiable factors, the qualitative relational underpinnings of port performance are often overlooked. This paper … explores how inter-organizational relations function as a major underpinning of port performance and competitiveness …

Concerns about performance and efficiency in port terminals led many national governments to embark on port reforms …. The Federal government of Nigeria, for example, adopted the Landlord port model which brought about concessioning of port … still complaints about level of service offered to port users. This paper applied key performance indicator metrics and …

concession procedure. -- Port Management ; Terminal Management ; Privatization …

that currently affect all port-cities regardless of size or location. To answer these challenges, further efforts must be … market integration and to intensify international relations. Dealing with these tasks, the European port cities have learnt … globalised knowledge society. So at the end of intense discussions and analyses involving 10 European port cities there is a good …