Ports: Definition and study of types, sizes and business models
Abstract: 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
Author: Ivan Roa, Yessica
Peña, Beatriz Amante, MarÃa Goretti
Journal Code: jptindustrigg130083
