The logistics contribution to the Port of Lisbon competitiveness

• Autor(a) principal: Mateus, Alexandre Miguel Tomé
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19639
• topic: Logistics; Maritime; Competitiveness; Ports; Transports

Today, maritime freight transport is a keystone on foreign trade between countries as well as in the world economy. This is a main engine of economic activity and in this case, is what allows globalization to arrive in every corner of the planet. A major percentage of world trade is done by sea and the cargo is maneuvered in ports, all around the world which in turn increases the economic and strategic relevance of maritime transport. Portugal is a country with an extraordinary maritime potential, for the development of activities related to sea shipping. Currently, maritime transport is developing faster in other regions of the world, namely in the Pacific (Southeast Asia), which are currently considered to be more competitive than other parts of the world. This research builds a theoretical framework regarding Portuguese ports and focuses on the future of the port of Lisbon. The adopted methodology will consist on a study and analysis, focused on the investigation of the competitive environment, factors of port competitiveness, and an analysis of how on a future we can increase the competitiveness of this port infrastructure. The present work will show that the interests of land and sea stakeholders are different because they have different expectations evidenced by their customers. The relationship between them is not always easy because when one side is affected, the other side will see the impacts, by causing serious imbalances in port activity and in order to prevent that, articulation and integration in terms of supply-chain and logistics is one of the objectives of this dissertation.