The Extended Gate Concept for Container Terminals: Expanding the Notion of Dry Ports

This article describes how different firms in multimodal hinterland networks, such as terminal operators, freight forwarders, information service providers, infrastructure managers, shippers and receivers, are trying to contribute to a better performance of the overall supply chain. For example, terminal operators are more and more involved in linking sea terminals with inland terminals, or linking terminals with end points in the chain, such as warehouses. They assume new responsibilities in addition to being a ‘stocking point’. This article addresses a crucial innovation that is currently developing in the hinterland of the main ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam: Supply chain and transportation network integration by extending the sea terminal gate into the hinterland. The article explores the relationship between the extended gate concept and the better known concept of dry ports. The authors argue that extended gates can generate substantial benefits in terms of modal shift, logistics performance and regional development when they are correctly implemented. Substantial bottlenecks still exist that hamper the development of extended gates in multimodal transport networks and this article will identify these bottlenecks and suggest avenues for solutions. The full implementation and adoption of an extended gate network in a port's hinterland will result in a fundamental change in the role of seaports in global supply chains.

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• Authors:
  • Veenstra, Albert
  • Zuidwijk, Rob
  • van Asperen, Eelco
• Publication Date: 2012-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 14-32
• Serial:
  • Maritime Economics & Logistics
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISSN: 1388-1973
  • EISSN: 1476-0592
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/41278

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container terminals; Drayage; Intermodal transportation; Modal shift
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dry ports
• Geographic Terms: Amsterdam (Netherlands); Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01365308
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2012 12:16PM