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A strategic appraisal of the attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: the Southern African case

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The past decade has brought significant growth at, and competition between regional gateway ports and intermediate hub container ports in Southern Africa. Corridors are the essential link between these ports and continental hinterlands. Capacity expansions of seaport and corridor networks (resources), in conjunction with efficient transport services/operations (capabilities) are important to guarantee the attractiveness of a port–corridor combination. This paper focuses on the attractiveness of three Southern African container gateway port corridors (Southcor, Natcor, and Trans-Kalahari Corridors), all contesting the same continental hinterland, namely, Gauteng. By means of a corridor stakeholder survey, this study merges the corporate strategy concept of resource and capability appraisal, with various theoretical principles of corridor attractiveness. The resultant adapted resource and capability corridor appraisal model is then applied to the three corridor cases in question. Consequently, this study presents an empirical framework which identifies each corridor’s key strengths, key weaknesses and the extent to which each corridor is deemed ‘attractive’ by its stakeholders. Furthermore, this study reconciles theoretical assumptions of corridor attractiveness against actual perceptions of corridor attractiveness from surveyed stakeholders.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Journal of Transport Geography

No. Panggil

ATC PO FRA a

Penerbit

Belgium : Elsevier., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

52 p.

Bahasa

English

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Port resources and capabilities
Seaport system

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Darren Fraser

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