Department
Management and Entrepreneurship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2007
Abstract
Given recent concerns about North American port congestion, this paper examines stakeholder involvement in expanding port capacity to meet significant volume growth. North American container port authorities were surveyed to identify key capacity factors and subsequent participation requirements by stakeholders such as terminal operators, longshore labor, railroads, steamship lines, truckers, and government. The resulting analysis indicates port frustration with participation currently offered by all stakeholders, especially the federal government and railroads. Such results further validate the requirement for a multi-stakeholder approach to port capacity expansion and suggest the need for national freight policy and planning leadership.
Journal Title
Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
Journal ISSN
1046-1469
Volume
46
Issue
1
First Page
23
Last Page
42
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.5399/osu/jtrf.46.1.971