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Port Management
1999/2006
Victor Caldeirinha
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Setubal, May 07 from 2007
Texts on Port Management, 1999/2006
Author
Victor Caldeirinha
Editor
Job Issues
Index
Page
Introductory Note
................................................ .................................................. ..Article 9
IPort Marketing
1.Marketing
Port ................................................ ..........................
Article 11
2.Business Marketing
Port ............................................... ....... Article 14
3.Marketing Conference in Port
TOC ........................................ Article 16
4.Marketing of Container Terminals
1 ........................................ Article 20
5.Marketing of Container Terminals ........................................
2 Article 24
6.Marketing of Container Terminals ........................................
3 Article 29
Article 7Marketing of Container
Terminals ........................................ 4 Article 34
Article 8Marketing of Container
Terminals ........................................ 5 Article 38
Article 9The Price
Ports ............................................... ..............................
. Article 43
10.Options, branches or other alternatives to be used in this course of
studyPositive image of a Port in the "War" By
Guest ............... Article 45
11Purpose Port Marketing: Integrating
Product ............... Article48
12Customers
Ports .............................................. ........................
Article 51
13New Business Ports: Customers =
People .............................. Article 54
IIPort Planning
1.An Organized
Port ............................................... .......................
. Article 104
2.Port Authority: Company or
General? .................. Article 106
3.Port Authority: What is your role in the
Economy? ................. Article 108
4.Public Port Administration: General
Model ............................. Article 111
5.Cooperation Port Authority and Port
Community ............. Article 114
6.Autonomy / Diversification versus Vocation
Ports ....................Article 118
Article 7The century of human-
Consumer? ................................................. Article 122
Article 8Platform Logistics and Port of
Setubal .................................... Article 125
Course Note
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Preface
In the past, more or less near the port was administered. State action,
the purposes stated in the public interest and the fact that this is
strategic infrastructure ca away, ever, until recently, the reason to
manage the port as an economic unit in competition in the markets.The
very concept of port has evolved so that today continues to make sense
to ask: What is a port?
In the port state interests converge, on behalf of which the agents only
have the scope to manage what is in the law, which stipulates what can
and should take place for the attainment of public interest and private
interests , whose representatives can do everything that is not
prohibited by law, active delivery of services in competition for the
company in pursuit of profit.
Are two prospects that are facing in terms of model but which
complement the aims and purposes own the port activity. It is, therefore,
wide leather materials of port management.
Dr. Victor Caldeir inha, of course, with its frank, forward in a disciplined
manner by forming a regular basis and quality of thought to write about
topics of the management port. "Others could do it, too, enriching
everyone.
Innovative themes are, for example, port marketing, port business, voca
tion of the ports, 'national port', 'competition, complementarity and
cooperation' and models of relationship the city - port.To understand the
innovative sense it is necessary to read. Keep in mind that dealing with
marketing, business, vo cation and other issues of port management,
and derive from changes and how they are perceived today ports,
requires thorough knowledge of, ability to model and field instruments .
Themes domain of the technique are, for example, 'the town and
village', models of investment decision and 'to end Portuguese ports are
not stagnant. "Mastering technical cas, see models and learn tools
requires continuous effort in search of knowledge to consolidate
knowledge.This is a persistent research work banned by doubt to meet
the discovery.It is also dexterity with the humility of one who recognizes
walking through an endless path but with meetings and it is worth the
sacrifice.
In the end, as all the work reflection, the work remains incomplete to
remain the challenge.Can and must continue the path that is ca
mine.Congratulations on your initiative.
The vast majority of texts was published by the magazine "Cargo", with
emphasis on publication and quality in the sector.
Some of the texts, including the opinion, should be seen in context and
when they were published, revealing, of course, some changes in the
author's thought over time, as well as the influence of work that was
involved in the ports of Setubal and Lisbon.
Nevertheless, with the exception of one or other text, most subjects are
treated from an overview and cross-national port system, often based on
theoretical models applicable to any port in the world.
Must guard the reader to the fact that there is a recurring theme in
many texts: the application of the model AnyPort, J. Bird (1963) for
Portuguese ports on the broad trends in the development of ports, to
move away from the city center, increasing specialization of the
terminals, increased need for slope and size of vessels to serve.
I Port Marketing
Port Marketing
The port may be considered the local level with equipment, buildings
and means of organization and served by accessibility, which provides
the interface between sea and land transport, and offers the product
port, or services operating loads.
The policy instruments are the product port (1) the location and geo-
strategic position, (2) the technical attributes of the port, (3)
the logistics of port and (4) to mark the harbor.
a) physical space of the port where the ship and move goods,
given its size and layout;
b) how operations are carried out handling and movement of
cargo and vessels;
c) areas and forms of storage of cargo in the port;
d) management and control of logistic processes associated
with handling, storage and other services to the cargo terminal.
We are in time to take stock of the port industry in 2003 and we consider
that the national port sector performance was very positive despite the
economic adversity they have recorded.
The product port is the first tool that the terminal operating company
and the dealership have to implement the strategy to pursue.
The product essentially consists of services for the ship, such as
berthing, mooring, various supplies, plan loads, and cargo, as the
operation of loading, unloading, storage, small assembly, consolidation,
groupage and transfer other modes of transport.
March 2004
The seminar, discussions, conversations in the hall, stands in the fair and
lunch are a unique opportunity to exchange different opinions, so you
can open the mind to innovation and how the other ports are treating
their expansion strategies of marketing, performance improvement and
ca pational terminals.No part is to stop in time and to withdraw into
ourselves. It is worth going to invest in this aspect and in our port staff.
2. Portuguese participation
Also the main ports and some Portuguese companies had a presence of
important technical and were felt in the 2004 TOC.Positive note for this
new attitude.
An interesting intervention was that of Mr. Franc Pigna, the AEGIR Port
Property Advisors, U.S., who presented the main ideas of the port
business, the importance of not only measure the profitability or
productivity per TEU per tonne per vessel per meter quay, but also
assess and compare the returns on real state, ie of all port areas per m2.
And so, with the best return on real state, port authorities may
supplement their income, moreover, as has long been the port of New
York and New Jersey, landlord of many buildings.
It should be noted that the TOC has devoted an entire panel to port
marketing, and the Director of Marketing at the port of Rotterdam that
the important role of its leadership, with 100 employees, dedicated to
the promotion and encouragement of business of the port of Rotterdam,
and has representatives the world, as is the case also in the port of
Barcelona, Antwerp and Zeebrugge.
It is not easy for technicians who have lived entire careers without major
changes in the marketplace without a fierce competition, without the
need to "hear" the market and change the strategy according to him,
now realize why the port can not be limited to building terminals and
that it awaited the passage of the captive load, with nothing else to do.
It is worth looking at the larger ports, if we are to grow more than others.
5. Lock Road in England
Another important role was that of Mr. Steve Edkins, General Manager of
Community Network Services, which addressed the problems of
managing wait times for service truck in port terminals in England,
where delays and negotiations are already several years.
After several "arms of iron," in 2002, the terminals have agreed with the
major carriers experience a computerized appointment of withdrawal or
delivery of containers in the ordinance, the Vehicle Booking System.
2004
Marketing of Container Terminals 1
Recently completed, an additional quarter of a postgraduate degree in
Management of Maritime Transport and Port Management, which runs
for several years in the School of Economics and Management.
This is the change of the current management model based on the sale
of port capacity in cargo volumes, the technical and operational aspects,
investment and movement of ships, to a management model based on
integrated marketing.
About this issue has recently published a book critical of Ocean Shipping
Consultants, OSC, which I set a milestone in the Port Marketing and
inspire some of my upcoming articles.
The OSC provides so that the movement of world container port grow
from about 350 million TEU in 2005 to about 650 million TEU in 2015 (+
6.5% per year), of which about 150 million transhipment .
Compliance with the window of arrival for ships and trucks, the
optimal load distribution by ship, reliable and efficient
communication, up the priorities of each client and container, are
fundamental to the good performance of the terminals;
June 2005
Market Analysis
In deciding, you may choose to separate the port and the choice of the
terminal.For each one there are certain criteria and compared that
decision makers usually have in mind:
a) the proximity of the market, the road / rail links and there are
loads in the hinterland of the port to justify the scale are the main
criteria in choosing the port;
b) TCO - Total Cost of Ownership or total cost of owner, including
all port fees, shipping costs and waiting, authorities and service
providers, compared with revenue criteria are also very important;
c) the THC - Terminal Handling Costs and operating costs of the
terminals, are fundamental in terms of weight in the TCO;
d) additional costs for changing the terminal may be important,
especially to the needs of new offices, hiring, information systems,
legal issues and environmental standards specific s, etc..;
e) on the other hand, there are criteria for clients from
shipowners, including the value of the goods, the reliability of the
scale, frequency, time in port, documentation, facilities and
flexibility, customer service, habits, global contracts;
f) normal criteria are price, speed, demand, flexibility,
performance, reporting, tracking, documentation, service level,
safety and reliability;
Marketing Strategies
The terminals may seek to grow based on increasing its market share or
the extent of its value-added services.
Create new value-added services can strengthen the link with the
customer and increase the cost of switching port:
The promotion and collaboration with major global carriers can create
opportunities for new flows of cargo at the port and to attract new lines.
September 2005
a) equipment;
b) staffing and training;
c) the size of piers and embankments;
d) intermodal connections and accessibility;
e) cost reduction;
f) information systems;
g) organization and administrative procedures.
a) Service multiuser
Owners who have to manage their various lines may agree schemes
dedicated pier or priority to their lines or alliances lines.
b) Client Co-producer
c) Dedicated terminals
October 2005
The Fees
The rate of terminal operators are the biggest share of the bill paid by
the port and cargo ship in port, in addition to the rates of towage and
pilotage, the port authority.
Regarding variable cost, the question arises who is billed as the rates
are determined, the principles of pricing, pricing strategies and
adjustment of discount structure of the terminal.
The rate base of a container terminal can be divided into:
a) move the vessel;
b) cargo handling;
c) intermodal operations;
d) parking and empty containers;
e) movement of transhipment;
f) discounts.
Other times, the Port Authority may determine the maximum level of
profitability of the operator or minimum levels of quality, which
influences the amount of fees the practice r.Rents set by the port
authority are always consequences in the final rates of the operator to
its customers.
The choice of the tariff depends on the size and buying power of the
state of the market and competition, the model of decision making by
clients, the objectives of shareholders and marketing strategy.
There are also charges for administrative costs and other services:
a) with the importation, receipt, submit documents to the
authorities;
b) change of weight class, class, IMO, customs declaration,
reporting, information systems;
c) plane loads;
d) use of the pier;
e) supply of water and energy;
f) connect or repair stores;
g) use of special equipment;
h) handling of hazardous materials;
i) consolidation and deconsolidation CFS;
j) inspection and decontamination;
k) weighing, labeling.
Can be defined pricing packages for such sets of services, with fee,
provided they met certain conditions, facilitating and being more
transparent.
THC Terminal Handling Charge, which includes the cost of the terminal,
is the term used by the owner to reflect these costs on your end
customer in a more simplified and can be broken down by type and size
of containers.
The standard contract between the owner and operator of the terminal,
the CHA, Container Handling Agreement, usually includes:
The discounts should not be general, but focus on certain types of loads,
customers or conduct and should have made a visible, real or
psychological.
Examples of discounts:
a) on rates of growth of volumes handled: 5% -10%, 11% -20%;
b) the volumes handled: 10,000 to 20,000, 20001-40000;
c) differentiated for the second, third or fourth liner of the same
owner;
d) to encourage new lines in its first year;
e) by type of market: the EU, EU-USA, Far East, South America;
f) for vessels that comply with the time of arrival or time of
operation provided;
g) as compensation for charges that take longer to be dispatched;
h) for parking of empty transhipment market;
i) for those who have and are required planning agreements with
the terminal, either on the ground, either on the pier;
Sometimes the owners put out tenders for various terminals, requesting
full proposals with prices for towing, and rates of pilotage authorities,
which valued discounts.
Pricing strategy focus on costs, the analysis ABC - Activity Based Costing
analysis involves allocates tion of all the costs of terminal fees for
services.But some overhead costs are difficult to allo cation, such as
research and development, legal costs, systems rmação info.Thus, you
can use the method of variable or marginal cost, defining also a portion
of fixed costs to pay for each container or vessel.
The targeted strategy for the competition depends on the position that
the terminal has the market:
a) leader - one who sets the market price, but must defend its
market share;
b) challenging - it can cut prices to capture market;
c) follower - not define your pricing strategy;
d) niche - can eventually charge higher prices.
One should note that there is always a certain inertia to switching from
one terminal to another and that not only the price influences the
decision.
May 2006
Marketing of Container Terminals 5
Communication Terminal
Communication Strategy
The objectives of the communication may be, for example, create the
brand value, contribute to the knowledge and understanding of terminal
services, influence the preferences lead to the choice and increase the
use of certain service.
The Message
On the other hand, some beliefs, attitudes and habits can influence the
perception of customers about the reality of the port or terminal. This
can be changed with the communication ca tion.Should be borne in mind
the psychological processes that influence the perception of people,
such as selective attention, selective distortion and selective retention.
The message should be aware of these issues and force the desired
perception. The frequency, the identity of the message, its impact and
the means of communi cation used influence the effect of the
communication effort.
In respect of direct contact, email and direct phone can be efica zes.The
communi cation by mail should be multi-step, be relevant and tailored to
the groups of target customers.The electronic newsletter, for example, is
an excellent instrument.Should be avoided messages very often
irrelevant content.
Customer Relationship
December 2006
The price is the economic tool that allows automatic adjustment of the
encounter between supply and demand of goods, canceling remains of
resources produced or unsatisfied demand.
Although the mechanisms are not perfect, and they can be distorted by
several circumstances of imperfect competition, monopoly or state
intervention, prices have been able to play its role in the economy over
time.
The variable costs should be clearly linked to the price of use of each
service or equipment, thus regulating their use, through market
mechanisms.
Fixed costs are sunk, even in the long term should be linked to the
extent of use of the port by ship and cargo, in the case of common
property (ie, means of security and surveillance), and by dealers, in the
case of embankments and piers.
Nevertheless, one can provide some degree of risk sharing between the
concessionaire and the grantor, the adaptation to market conditions,
using the mechanism of variable rates and rates of usage of the port,
also variable.
The price and port taxes are so essential tools in the port if it does not
compromise their competitiveness and become not only sources of
funding for growing current expenditure, unnecessary to the business of
the port.
Absurd could imagine a port without fees, but this would mean:
The price port can also be used as variable marketing the port, despite
the large inelastic demand for adaptation to the values of competition,
regulating the occupation of the infrastructure and quality of services or
attracting certain types of lines or loads interesting.
November 2003
Positive image of a Port in the "War" For Customers
The corporate image of the company comes as the sum of positive and
negative real and perceived by customers.This image and its comparison
with that of competitors, resulting in large measure the volume of sales,
profitability, future development of their market, the search for new
customers, the value created and existing employment and create.
Image Porto
In the image of the services offered at the port and its infrastructure and
superstructure must be accompanied by a strong and positive culture of
the port, the businesses and their employees, dedicated to providing the
best customer service, quality and reliability above the other ports.
Only with these two previous pillars, built in day to day, so strong and
positive, can the "communication" to convey a personality corporate
customers and the market, credible and real, communicating a positive
and desirable product and forming a image port competitive, conducive
to overcome the competing ports in all market segments and to attract
more ships and cargo, creating jobs and contributing to a region of
companies and people winning and competitive.
It is essential that those who live in a port, who feeds his family from
their work in a professional and competent in a port or have working
relationships with a port, is primarily intended to keep alive the positive
product of their port. And constantly spreading a positive image of the
organization where it is located, will help attract more traffic, more jobs,
more value and more life to your port.
A winner port generates more business, employment and benefits for all.
Why not go to a contributory "pie" bigger, rather than fight for a bigger
slice of a "cake" shrinking?
It refers to the concept of the customer who can choose their port in
Portugal or Spain, and you may choose to leave or enter, which is
constantly assessing the global supply of the port which must be
satisfied to come back.
They are not here to market segments captives, whom the state must
ensure a minimum public service quality.This is pure competition the
market segments in "War by customers" and clear objectives of
increasing sales, rather than theoretical wanderings without any
practical purpose.
It is here that fits the model of the positive business of a port, which
aims to attract and satisfy customers who have power of choice, in
conjunction with the use of other variables of port marketing.
August 2004
With strong world output growth, with world trade growing more than
production, which is due to the relocation of production of components
and increased cross-border trade and consumption, with the increase in
value of trade than the increase in volume due to increased production
of manufactured goods of high value and low weight, with the growth of
maritime transport at rates higher than the international trade,
enhanced by a greater increase in intercontinental trade, the world's
ports have experienced a sharp increase in volumes and the number of
containers, at rates ranging between 7 and 10%, and it expects them to
continue.
Maritime transport has thus seen a trend of pressure to reduce costs and
improve reliability, with the increase in vessel size and horizontal
concentration in large global competitors, which often also choose a
strategy of vertical integration along of intermodal.
The trend in the ports has been to reduce costs and red tape and
improving the speed of cargo and ships in port, integrated with ports
and supply chains and focusing on the management of port terminals in
major groups of operators, leading to networks competition between
groups of ports, terminals and logistics groups.
All set trends bring opportunities and good news for the ports, but also
imply the need not to stand still and change, adapt, invest, integrate or
disappear.
This is not to serve the public "minimal and cheap," but rather to provide
services where available, with a level of consistent quality, best price, so
committed, with after-sales services.It takes deep terminals are large
mounds, modern equipment, adapted to the markets you selected as
strategic.
It is here that the role of marketing in support of the port authority and
terminal operator, supporting strategic decision making, for the
positioning of the port in the markets for higher value, with competitive
features that achieve the quality level of best service supply chains
target, ensuring a strong position between the centers of production,
consumption and logistical.
October 2004
Customers Ports
Over the past few years, has been discussed, the middle port and aca
demic literature, the concept of client port.Although still controversial
topic for many years, interested bring some contribution to the
discussion.
Looking from the perspective of the Port Authority, the recent trend of
withdrawal from direct involvement in the management of port terminals
in public service, may lead some to believe that the term "landlord port"
should be equivalent to a mere landlord, the lease or rent, and you
should not worry about anything other than maintaining the ability of
business to pay the rent.
Obviously, those are the passengers and the airlines.The airport, its
shops, service providers to airplanes and passage iros providers of
connections to the city, officials and traders as a whole airport offering
the product consumed by customers.
The choice of destination and the airport is done by the passengers and
the airlines.They should be well served, although the agents themselves
sometimes have some influence on the routes.
Thus, the airport operator must ensure that the quality of service is
appropriate in the case of each service provider, and if the product port
as a whole, ensuring accessibility, quality of infrastructure, simplicity
and transparency in pricing, competitiveness global airport market and
its dissemination.
It is the airport manager to ensure customer satisfaction and the
airlines, to come back, whether it has licensed sheds, warehouses or
even parts of the airport.
When the mall manager responsible for ensuring the quality of service
offered by retailers, price transparency, compliance with schedules and
maintenance, performing cleaning and management of common areas,
and ensuring the security and global marketing of the mall.
Focus on Customers
The focus should be given to customers who choose the port or that can
eschew the ca rga and the ship.Where there is sufficient market, the Port
Authority should ensure that providers of port services are better than
one, vying for customers in the same conditions, thereby ensuring
adequate levels of competitiveness and quality.
In conclusion, the contacts with end customers are not the sole
responsibility of the terminal concessionaires of public service.The port
authority should be in permanent contact with shipowners and shippers
with the most important, knowing their needs, complaints, expectations,
logistics chains in which they live and providing them with
comprehensive solutions in port in partnership with dealers.In this
context, the Port Authority must also play its part in spreading the
benefits and capabilities of the new port.
February 2003
Businesses that take place in ports have been getting less and less
connected to the movement of goods and the logistics of cargo, and
more and more people and their needs for enjoyment of maritime public
domain, as a pleasant place to meet for the leisure and work.
Without calling into question the interest of many areas of the port,
while reserves for a future that is unknown and is not subject to
alienation by the state to private ownership, must nevertheless be
recognized the new people's interests and rights of use fronts the river,
even temporarily.
And we have new business in the ports because old people in other
countries. Do not forget that the twin towers belonged to the Port
Authority of N ew York and New Jersey.Business as cruise tourism and
luxury commercial stations, are the descendants of the packets, after
the development of aviation of way.The marinas, marinas, the poitas
anchorages, repair shops, ramps, sailing clubs and rowing.
All these new businesses that have always existed, but now flourish in
the waterfront can be, and are profitable.People are willing to pay more
per square meter, which can serv go to support the development of port
infrastructure elsewhere, and to reconcile this fundamental spaces,
functions, activities and schedules.And understanding the need to
balance growth.
Customers today are the port ships, cargoes and ... .. people who bring a
new life and momentum into the river fronts and pay more and have the
right to vote. A "population" is now a major customer of the port, which
deserves to be welcomed, served and satisfied out of the harbor.
February 2004
II Port Planning
Spatial Planning and Port Areas of Jurisdiction
This combination is needed for these ports form a single sector, since,
although the ports are forced to compete fiercely for shares of a
changing market, are also required to make heavy investments in port
terminals operated by other parties in accessibility sea and land in
protection work and equipment, which can only remain viable in the
medium and long term assets that are inflexible to market changes.
Port Planning
The plans provide the ability to protect an area that is sparse, the area
with potential port, freeing it from the normal flowering of urban areas,
the areas of tourism and protected areas in environmental terms.
Are well known examples of Lisbon, where the city has squeezed its
commercial port, and the example of Setubal, where protected areas
have been surrounding the port and industrial zone, reducing it to
certain areas in the Peninsula Mitrena.
This legal concept of port development plan, could balance the pressure
exerted by Polis plans, the plans of protected areas, by SPA, REN,
etc..The small port areas can all cases be protected without undermining
the flexibility needed to run businesses.
But if you visit European ports, one jumps out at first obvious physical
difference.Portuguese ports m seems to have been compressed into
narrow strips along the seafront and estuary, with 50 to 200 meters
wide, while European port authorities manage large areas free,
intermodal logistics and industrial, with connections to the port
terminals, also this wide space.
In Portugal, with few exceptions, the ports do not have these "belly"
needed to expand their businesses and create conditions for attracting
new business, losing competitiveness to the Spanish ports.Take the
example of Barcelona.
Thus, tablets in narrow strips of land along the waterfront, often not
cherished by the people, the Portuguese ports require the industrial and
logistics companies to use the only possible option, namely the creation
of multiple logistics centers, industrial and storage spread throughout
the hinterland outside the cities that transport costs are intermediate
port - storage center, and loss of time and resources.The well-known
bipolarities port.
This problem leads to the need for height, parking in port, which is
inefficient in the ordinance congestion at peak times and conf litos with
city traffic.This O PINION be a major factor reducing the competitiveness
of Portuguese ports.
January 2003
Reality International
A new phenomenon that has taken place in this sector and the transport
sector in the world, is the growing need of the industries are outsourcing
the functions of logistics and distribution.For this reason, new logistic
and supply chains dominated by specialist firms at the global level
which, from production to point of use and offers all the services of
transport, organization, distribution, assembly and small adjustment to
the final consumer demand.
The management of a port terminal takes usually one of four ways more
typical:
This inability may be due to the small size of the market or the lack of
space in the port, or even to security reasons.Moreover, this option ca be
justified when you can not choose clearly one party that has a project or
unique conditions and it is possible to consider the national interest, as
with PSA Sines;
Nature of Charges
The nature of the charge to serve the terminals, this usually takes the
form of:
The granting of a new dedicated terminal, or for private use, may lead to
withdrawal of a market share to the other terminal service to the public,
existing in a port.
On the other hand, always involves the use of a scarce resource, which
is the space port, and may include the option for a certain industry, and
not the other, by the owner and not the other, or by the operator /
supply chain and not the other.If you have to choose between various
stakeholders should be made a clear procedure of choice.
Imagine a country where there is only one port terminal, built by the
state.This was bound to be multi-purpose and service to the public, so
that the entire economy could use.
If there was critical mass, then one would have two competing terminals,
building the state or a private, the new terminal, so that the market
mechanism to regulate prices, quality and efficient service, avoiding the
disadvantages of monopolies.The competition would be the rule of
choice.
If a particular owner owned several lines at the port weekly, but the
existing terminals do not meet their specific needs, from full control of
its logistics network, then it could be assigned a space for private
construction, and operation of a terminal dedicated to the ships of the
shipowner.If the space or the market market was scarce and there were
more than a shipowner, then consideration should be given a notice or
other selection process.
Conclusions
December 2002
Developing Traffic Roll-on Roll-off at the Port of Setúbal
Market Roll-on Roll-off
Table 5
Figure 1
Basic assumptions:
a) export growth: +2.0% per year until 2015 and growth of
imports: +5.0% per year until 2005, after +2.0% per year until
2015;
b) traffic share the shipping of exports: 70% and imports: 60%;
c) share of traffic from the port of Setúbal in marine exports:
98%, 95% and 92% respectively in Scenarios 1, 2, 3 and
maritime imports: 85%, 75% and 65%;
Figure 2
Figure 3
The analysis of trade between Portugal and these countries shows that
shipping will have lost a market share of about 400 000 tonnes for the
benefit of road transport between 1994 and 1998.
The chances of traffic, allow one to consider three regular lines with
ships with capacity from 100 to 120 trailers:
a) line serving the north of Europe, Germany, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Denmark;
b) France-Portugal line;
c) line serving Mediterranean Italy, Greece and Austria.
• Area downstream:
a) a quay length of 220 m to -10.5 m (ZH), called Pier Ro-Ro;
b) a ramp 30 feet wide for ships equipped with a rear ramp
axial;
c) an embankment of the total area of 3 ha for cars and
trucks.
• Area below:
a) a quay length of 366 m to -12.0 m (ZH) called Pier 10;
b) u ma ramp 30 feet wide called Pier 11.This ramp is made up
of 4 Dukes of Alba to go serv vessels less than 145 m equipped
with rear ramp axial;
c) a slope of 15 ha for light vehicles.
Figure 4
The new draft of the extension of the pier Roll-on Roll-off Zone Amount
(Pier 10), was designed in order to regroup the set of port traffic of
vehicles in this area.
For many years, all have been observed, the national port system does
not keep pace of growth of Spanish port system.
While the national system has increased its level of activity, the ports of
the neighboring country have been increasing their movement, often at
rates in double digits.
This conversation is old, and this vicious cycle has remained almost
stagnant our ports, each running the burdens of others, with little new.
The city has a strong range of restaurants and shopping in their docks,
an enterprise that attracts many customers throughout the region,
including residents of the adjacent village.
The town has only two small cafes and old, with little space, which
sometimes also serve meals, and still not be sufficient to support local
needs, since the village already has an entire population and more
reasonable many parishes of the city.
The lack of space, and investment, not to offer a modern, with the
quality currently required, which is still aggravated by the difficulties in
finding skilled labor appropriate.
The bosses liked to expand, but around the residents do not want to
leave.Thus, limited as to make some paintings, renew the counter and
have created "mezzanines" to increase capacity, but the air became
irrespir ble.Little by on.
In contrast, in the city, the restaurants of the docks are wide of space,
modern furniture and rich colors have terraces, the views are panoramic
s.Whole region there is, from high society, the young teenager and the
poorer strata.
In the village after many years, the authorities realized that those two
coffees came to no demand and public money invested in creating new
infrastructure, access, parking and two new landscaped open spaces just
outside the village by the sea , where they intended to see built two new
restaurants.
After 15 years, the city has tripled its business, increased leisure areas.In
the village, everything was equal. They continued the annual painting of
the walls of the cafe, chairs and tables piled up and had to get many
people to get a table.
December 2005
During the past fifteen years, the ports of the national port system,
located in the South, have been observed an increasing interaction and
integration of hinterland s resulting from the phenomena of improving
land access networks, the enlargement of the scope of business
community at local level to national level, the entry of multinational
firms in domestic port business, the granting of the operation of port
terminals, which have become more commercially active and increased
transparency and disclosure capabilities, facilities and services of ports
and the port authorities.
Strategic Alternatives
During this period, have been in dispute two major strategic visions for
the southern ports of Portugal, based on common, the aim of increasing
the international competitiveness of the region, port logistics, promote
development and economic growth, and better serve the needs
companies and well-being of populations.
One view is based on the theory of "OTA" and "RIO FRIO" port,
simultaneous charges for placing the ports of Setúbal and Sines as clear
alternatives to the port of Lisbon, but going further, arguing that should
be State to implement a transfer of the business, the port of Lisbon, for
those two ports, leaving the center of the coastal city of Lisbon to other
uses and functions relating to people.
The other view holds the expertise of three ports, in case loads, creating
a system of complementarity, not competition between the terminals of
each port and the State must invest in the expansion of public valences
set for each port, to have critical mass in each segment of the market,
ensuring the port of Lisbon, in this view, the consolidation of its markets
container and agri-food.
Do not weave any value judgments on any of the views described below,
however, it seems that the decision should always be taken to a higher
level of each port, taking into account national interests and not just the
community local port.
Alternatives
a) create one or more new terminals along the river next to the
bar or on the southern shore, a situation which has been studied
for many years.
Strategic
Lisbon
Setubal
Sines
February 2006
The Logistics and Ports
The critical factors are the link to the final customer, ensuring a single
contact door-to-door with information for monitoring the load, and in
services and transportation throughout the supply chain.The factors of
competitiveness are mainly in the adjustment and determination "as"
the price, time and reliability.
Who dominates the chain has to constantly test new solutions in the
maritime routes, means of transport, in collaboration along the supply
chain at ports in the system rmação info.MSC seems to be doing this
kind of testing now.
To become part of the logistics winners, the ports must meet minimum
requirements for admission.Some of these requirements are natural, or
external, and can not be controlled, but others can and should be
adapted.
a) be load of return;
b) have hits in any appropriate sea tide;
c) and a future areas of expansion;
d) have room for large embankment, piers and equipment;
e) have hits land free;
f) Tues logistics platforms in support of the port, close;
g) Tues logistics platforms forming bipolarities Tripolare or with
distant hinterlands;
h) incur low and good service;
i) order to have a fast and integrated information systems, who
dominates the chain (they are what make the standard);
j) its companies and partners with ties to the hinterland and the
foreland.
José Luis Stay, famous coach of Puertos del Estado and President of the
managing body of the Dry Port in Madrid in Coslada, stated that the
port's logistics platforms in Spain, only Barcelona and Seville are in full
operation, with the remainder in phase of study or development.He
mentioned that everything is very late in Spain in this field.
Platforms that make dry bipolar between ports and hinterland, the de
Coslada not seem to have been a success, due to the difficulties of the
railway service, the only means of connection used at the ports of
Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao, as well as due to difficulties in
maintaining the status of customs cargo to its next destination, in
Madrid, exempt from VAT to the head.
Looking for the Portuguese case, in particular in the case of the port of
Setubal, I know best, we can assess the logistics situation on two levels:
the port system and the bipolar system.
In terms of simple bipolarities, the port of Setúbal can use the railway, in
partnership with the CP, to get straight to the various logistics platforms
in its hinterland in Portugal and has a partnership with the TVT and can
be viewed partnerships with other platforms, as Elvas, Merida,
Madrid.There seems fi Carmos behind the Spaniards in this area.
May 2006
The Historical Evolution of Ports 1
Taking the interest to inform the people who work in the national
maritime and port, the work of Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Ph.D., Department of
Economics and Geography, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York,
originally from Université Montreal will make a few articles free
translation of his work available on the internet,
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Jean-paul_Rodrigue/, also using its
innovative graphics, in English, which is a language familiar to who work
in ports.
Before the industrial revolution, the ports were the most efficient means
of transport and were often loca complishments within the rivers.Thus,
many inner cities have gained importance due to its inland ports. London
and Paris, for example.
The locations subject to tides, had major problems with incoming and
outgoing vessels and stay at berth, subject to two times daily, so in the
eighteenth century, the floodgates were created and the ports closed.At
that time, as the loading and unloading of ships were slow and the ship
remained in port for several weeks, it took a lot of docks, which led to
the construction of piers perpendicular to the coast in order to make
good use of the few lines coast of deeper draft.
With the growth and complexity of the ports were created port
authorities in the early twentieth century. The Port Authority of London,
was established in 1908, and New York and New Jersey, was established
in 1921.
What was at issue was the idea that there was greater efficiency in the
management of the port and port operation, from a single port authority,
than the sum of management from each of the owners of private port
terminals.
But with the coming of the machines on port operation and the new
specialized container terminals, high productivity, the paradigm that has
been considered in almost all countries, was the granting of the
terminals and the type of land-lord port for the Port Authority, already in
the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
Over the years, the needs of modern ports for more space, access and
own equipment, powered the development of conflicts with the cities,
who came to look at riparian zones as areas of recreation and
Environmental Sensitivity.
City Size
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Ph.D.
On the other hand, greatly increased the intermodal integration with the
terrestrial side, with the participation in transport logistics chains
dedicated, specialized and complex, in need of greater regional
integration of supply logistics.
September 2006
Historical Evolution of Ports 2
From where the development of most cities has been linked to the
characteristics and development of their ports, whether maritime or
inland.
Historically, large cities were located along the sea, in estuaries or bays,
or along navigable rivers, since the needs of their growing populations
the growing population meant the exchange of goods and several other
cities and remote areas, were to supply abundant raw materials in other
locations and specific food items, was for the exchange of manufactured
goods in the manufacturing industries and in each region specialize,
making use of raw materials, knowledge and local innovations.
This c ow in the past, today there is still a strong competition between
the major cities in the world, for more population, more resources and
goods for further development and growth and more production, that
means, then in the political field, in well-being and a greater role in the
world.
And despite the increasing role that road transport has gained in
exchange for long-distance, intra-continental, there remains a strong
correlation between city size and growth on the one hand, and the size
of the ports that serve and their growth on the other.
Great town in need of major ports, although a large port does not
necessarily imply the emergence of a large city but is a necessary but
not sufficient.
Without a port that has expansion areas, embankments and sea and
land accessibility and uncongested appropriate, any city is bound to use
on loan, a more competitive port in another city nearby, relegated to
taking charge of transport and logistics and becoming less competitive
in the global chessboard, making their growth and development of well-
being of its inhabitants.
Take, for example, a regional city of average size, with a small port, you
want to grow as a city.You need to have a modern port, to become a
global city port like Barcelona or Rotterdam.
Need a port with large terraces and areas of expansion, to ensure the
constant need for long-term growth.Need accessibility sea, from -14 to
15 meters (not more) at all its terminals to receive the most modern
ships.
You have to go to areas of lower prices per m2, with potential to expand
the platform for another 3 to 5 km, continuous, with large areas within
and adjacent industrial-logistical.
I was also here that Oslo transferred, willingly, its port, withdrawing from
the center of the city to other cities that Rotherham moved its port to
the sea, where he created new land banks and Barcelona away a nearby
river, transferring out of the city, its new port, which doubles the
previous one, and that London has transferred its port to other ports,
next to the sea outside, out of town.
Thus in all major cities who want to gain weight and grow worldwide, so
competitive.
If we look at the Portuguese case, it is obvious and stands out, that the
city and the Greater Lisbon need to go through the same process.The
municipal pier in the center of the city are fed up and gagged by the
metropolis, but require heavy taxpayer investments in accessibility, to
move just a little load, and its worth much more land for other activities.
With the current situation, the city is less competitive and lose weight in
the global hierarchy, depending, their companies, far from Spanish
ports, where it is sent much of the merchandise to market in the world
market, and where the cargo is imported, consumption or for
incorporation into production.
However, the region is available to link all the other major port cities
have already taken. The creation of a new port at the outlet of the
Tagus, which is under study, or the use of existing nearby ports, Setubal
and Sines, with capacities and capabilities to sustain adequately the
growth and development of the Lisbon region deserves process already
underway, driven by the market.
November 2006
Figure 10 - Hinterland
The Hinterland is the geographical area where the terminal sells its
services and the locations of their customers as the principal nature of
the hinterland is commercial, depending on its importance in economic
activity which then develops and competition with other existing
terminals or modes of transport, not linked to the terminal.The
hinterland of a port can vary by type of terminal and type of cargo, and
its area, usually in proportion to the value of the cargo and the
conditions of accessibility of the terminal.
The cost of the terminals are usually inversely proportional to the cost
per kilometer of the main transport, they provide.
More recently, the rule of Antwerp came to tune the weights for the
goods:
a) Fruit - 47;
b) vehicles - 31;
c) Forest products -16;
d) containers - 7;
e) cereals - 4;
f) crude - 1.
Table 7
December 2006
SSS = Reorganization of the European Economy
This bet is intentional result of the need for free movement and free
trade among regions, linked by roads, which was fundamental to the
development of economies in the past and still remains.
However, this imperative in the past has been taken to the extreme at
present, the result of changing consumer demand, with the truck to
have a role in the economies and industries, which threatens to strangle
the supply of roads and the freedom of cir ment citizens.The new
demands of consumers in relation to time and freedom of movement of
citizens, become reality after all competitors.
Alternative forms are known. This is the case of Southeast Asia,
consisting mainly of islands and port city with an economy based on a
model of production, logistics and competitiveness based on shipping
and innovative solutions to marine base.
This is how Europe can avoid a "heart attack road" with the super-
congestion expected with a doubling of traffic in ten to fifteen years and
the inability to expand the capacity of roads in the same period, or even
the railroads .
It seems more economical to build new ports and support the owners,
with revenue increasing tolls on the roads, at ca rgas, allowing the
creation of the famous sea motorways.A new European tax, applied to
the transport of goods, could thus benefit the construction of several
port terminals dedicated to shipping walking distance., Embodying a
strong commitment of the European Union in reversing current trends.
Anyway, this new model will be the replacement of the truth of the
matter in economic terms, the costs to society, investment and
operation of each mode of transport, adapting to the great needs of our
times, ending with the distorting of consumer choice, through subsidies
indir ECTOS the highway.If this model are also added indirect costs, the
pollution, among others, the greater the truth of the matter to society.
SSS - Short Sea Shipping - remains on the agenda.The big news was
the presentation of the project "European Integration", as applied in
the Italian port of Cagliari and StoraEnzo terminal in Zeebrugge.
This is a new technology, docking cassette for two containers
stacked, moved by some AGVs - Automated guided vehicle - in the
roll-on roll-off.This technology allows yield three times higher than
those of normal systems, lolo - lift-on lift-off - and reducing the need
for investment in equipment for the park by 60%.
The new roro vessels, double deck, are an innovative and simple
configuration, rectangular, allowing the stowage without human
intervention.The upper deck can be accessed via a portable ramp, the
ship itself.
The AGVs can move tapes, standard and special containers, swap
bodie s, trailers, etc..The future of maritime transport starts to be
drawn, with the support of the European Union.
Finally, after several years of great mystery about the funding model
for the Spanish ports, there was light.How can go possu apparently
reduced rates to customers, always have positive financial results
and be constantly doing a lot of expansion work in all its ports?
The magazine Marinas and ships, "No. 49, announces the PEIT -
Strategic Plan for Infrastructure and Transport Spanish, for the years
2005-2020, indicating that the 250 billion of total investment planned
for fifteen years, about 9.4% will be invested in ports, ie, 23.5 billion
euros.
There are about 5 billion of short stories for the Spanish ports,
intended to increase port capacity by 75%, deemed necessary to
move the load of the plan of economic development of Spain.
Moreover, the plan calls for 15.7 billion euros for airports, roads to
62.7 and 108.7 for the railroad.Although the Portuguese port system
represents only cer ca 15% of Spanish, do the math.The population
and the Spanish government gives special importance to the ports.
November 2005
Terminals
Model of Investment Decision
One of the mathematical models more useful, to support management
and decision in the ports, is the systems model queues.
Arrive at the terminal each year, 101 ships, which take 3 days each, on
average, to be served by two existing cranes is ca.The frequency is
random, according to the negotiations, which the commercial is doing
around the world, and according to the availability of vessels and raw
material market.
Imagine that the average cost of waiting for a ship, per day, is 1,000
million (notional value).Therefore, the annual cost of ships waiting to
dock at the terminal, can be estimated at about 1.480 thousand euros,
ie (101 * 14.66 * 1000), corresponding to about 14.808 million euros at
the end of 10 years .
Imagine that the new crane will allow me to spend time average
attendance of each vessel in the berth, 3 days to 2 days s.In this case,
the model indicates that the occupancy rate could decrease to about
55%, ie (101/365) / (1 / 2).
The average length of the waiting vessels pass to 0.7 (Lq) and the
average waiting time of each vessel could be estimated at about 2.5
days (Wq), using the form as simple queues .
This will provide a new total annual cost of waiting, the ship, about 250
thousand euros, ie (2.5 * 101 * 1,000), corresponding to 2.503 million
euros in 10 years.
If we reduce the cost of the crane, incl uindo maintenance for 10 years,
we 12305-5000 euro or 7305 euro gain.It's a good decision.
Modelo Simples
µ Taxa de Serviço
1/µ Tempo Médio de Serviço
λ Taxa de Chegada
1/λ Tempo Médio entre Chegadas
s Nº de Servidores
ρ Taxa de Ocupação λ/µ
June 2005
Port Planning
The Lisbon and Tagus Valley
In this article, I address two issues that seem to have some current
strategy and harbor life:
This population, and these companies need to be served by land, air and
sea.By Sea, arriving in bulk food products, low-cost cement, scrap for
steel mills, wood, paper, steel, raw materials and finished products
manufactured from low cost and less urgent, essential to have cheap
houses and our supermarkets and shops full of cheap goods and varied.
By sea, are also disposed of many of the products that are produced in
our factories, and thus become competitive, and they come at low cost
to Africa, to our islands, the Americas, Europe and the rest of the world.
Thus, the change in this model can only be achieved in a gradual and
planned over several years, spreading to the objectives and phasing in a
transparent and allowing the adjustment of enterprises, their location,
officials, their homes, network of inland transport, means of transport,
basic infrastructure, schools, hospitals, etc..
Port Charges
It is common to say that the port charges and rents and concessions,
charged by port authorities, are high.It can happen, but often this is to
reverse the problem.
You can not practice low rates, no public undertaking rational, which
aims to maintain its financial stability in the medium to long term, and
be forced to be financed with equity, all or most of the investment in
new port infrastructure in order to develop its port.
Perhaps the state can finance all new works, but this would reverse the
logic of user pays, limited by the adjustment of prices to the market.
If the state budget to pay the new works, then the rates could be lower.
If you do not pay off, or pay only part, then the port charges have to be
mandatory higher.There's another about to give.
That is, competition from other port authorities, based on rates, depends
heavily on discrimination as defined under the policy of state aid.
Moreover, little can be done, that "taking a side to the other place or will
be a consequence of the location, cost management or revenue with
additional assets.
January 2005
III. Port Authority
An Organized Port
The port of Leixoes, is well known for being one of the most well
organized ports along the Atlantic, flowering in all aspects.
Taking advantage of the fact that they develop an extension of the area
concentrated geographically managed to organize the terminals, the
area access, concierge, excelling in technology, cleanliness, signage and
the maintenance.
In the logistics aspect, the port out of its traditional area of action and
went on to lead a component of value addition to the charges as a factor
for competitiveness of a modern port and is building the two logistics
platforms adjacent, who had planned.
In financial terms, the APDL able to balance the accounts and personnel
costs, and can now make the investments that are necessary without
indebtedness.
Replica r mind now this successful model in other ports.How to carry out
such plan, ports and communities with realities so different?It is a great
challenge.
At first glance, one could imagine that after the granting of the
terminals, the role is left to the port authorities will not be more than a
department of the State, the port authority only to collect fees to
maintain the infrastructure, to ensure security, secure communications,
to manage a balanced annual budget, to monitor, regulate and carry out
public works, with the state budget.
Within the model landlord port, the ports more advanced and dynamic in
northern Europe, have taken action submodels of port authorities, but
with strong roles for action and investment in financial and human
resources in the trade area angriação new charges together with its
operators and agents, and angriação new investors, shipping lines and
terminal operators.
The bet is the role of intervention in the development of new port
terminals for handling associated with new industries, located next to
the port or in the hinterland, in the preparation of new embankments,
new businesses to port, in attracting investors, in support to attract new
routes and loads, together with operators, investment in publicizing the
image of the port as a modern business center, and ensuring efficiency
and competitiveness of services provided.
In this case, the focus is done in the new business, satisfy the customer,
investing in profitable projects and the long-run equilibrium.
January 2004
For some time, people began to demand the re-qualification and access
to coastal areas, becoming the subject of vigorous political debate, in
times of elections, and strong pressure from urban and real estate.
That long of long fences that separated completely from the riverside
populations, their backs to the sea, just looking for time on the beach
during summer
In that context, during the 90 years, the European Union and the
Portuguese funded an extensive program of the FEDER of urban
waterfront redevelopment of vacant areas in ports, with the
establishment boardwalks, lawns, parks, recreational docks and areas of
catering and leisure.
To what extent should the government keep the port area and the direct
management of proprietary areas in urban and coastal fronts, re-
qualifying them, exploring them and developing them as extensions of
the cities and surrounding counties?
However, the appetite of people by sea and riverine port has come to be
strengthened with the successful experience of Expo 98, with each city
or small town in the country, passed that calls for its small Expo,
extended to all wet areas, resulting in both the wake of a growing
rejection of the port industry, in particular related to bulk "dirty" fuels.
In these cases, port authorities missed some extra income, but retained
its mission and its focus on port activities, core business which has been
strengthened, and maintained the ability to apply the revenues, with
port taxes, entirely on the development of port business.
But in cases where there existed the Polis, the desire of the people was
no less, and sometimes the port authorities have been redirected to an
increasing focus of its human resources, financial and time in upgrading
Ribeir inha.Almost lost sight of the core business, iro prime reason of
their existence, as bodies for promoting a pole of economic
development, industrial, commercial and logistics.
After all, what should be the role of port authorities in the national
economy? Managing municipal / dom iniais?Or submit the unoccupied
areas to municipalities, to enable them to reclassify, with the resources
of taxpayers?Should focus on their role as facilitators of the port
business, in supporting the economy?
November 2004
Public Port Administration: General Model
What should be the model that defines the role and priorities for action,
a public port authorities, anywhere in the world?
Mission
The main purpose will be above any other principle or political model,
philosophical or economic, is the starting point for positioning in society
and should be ensured.
Purpose
However, in order to achieve this goal, the Port Authority should have as
main purpose, make the port a functioning infrastructure to serve the
people, cities, industries, distributors, shippers and owners, ensuring
their operation and growth as a pole or anchor of regional, national and
even continental, with whom, and from which, to generate business,
affairs, capital gains and life.
General Features
To live up to its mission and achieve its purpose, the port authorities
should consider two sets of general functions, sometimes difficult to
reconcile, but none more important than the other:
Mix Instruments
In the last phase should be chosen to implement the models for each
policy instrument available to the port administration, manipulating
them, adjusting them and tuning them, depending on each individual
case and specific purpose.
This is about to choose the mix of instruments for the operation of the
port:
November 2004
In Bilbao, are known for marketing the Uniport.In Valencia, the port
community and the authority have created several joint projects, such
as the mark of quality assurance and the foundation of the port of
Valencia.In Barcelona, is well known the huge existing cooperation, to
"push" the development of expansion plans, for a combination of
strengths in the areas of logistics and industrial and intensive
cooperation in marketing and communication together.
But in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, port communities and port
authorities in several ways of further cooperation that not only meet
regularly for the community to make demands on the authority, aca
band around the relationship.Although this is already good, is not
enough.
Some studies, which have been performing in recent years have pointed
to the need for the creation of influential groups / discussion with the
port community, including different groups and sections of the product
offered at the port of goods.The solutions point to the creation of
thematic working groups within the port community, in order to discuss,
resolve or influence the various aspects of the port.
Mind:
a) put the focus of the Port Authority to develop commercial port;
b) bring some of the functions, and some of the material and
human resources, the Port Authority "out", putting them available
to working groups reported by other entities, which also would
push some of its resources and knowledge;
c) create value, making each euro invested, the potential to
create more business for the port.
a) common objectives;
b) image resolution of the commercial port;
c) joint participation in trade fairs and seminars;
d) approval of the Joint Communication and Advertising;
e) preparing and carrying out joint visits disclosure control;
f) preparation of brochures and magazines from home;
g) preparation of press releases and press releases to the press;
h) carrying out joint visits to potential markets and attracting new
business and lines.
a) deck;
b) trailers;
c) moorings and mooring;
d) waste collection;
e) water supply and electricity;
f) supply of bunkers to vessels;
g) shipbuilding;
h) overall quality of services;
i) quality of public service in port terminals;
j) quality of shipping agents;
k) contribution of information systems;
l) services provided by Customs and other agencies;
m) Security service;
n) free competition, regulation and restrictions on market access;
o) labor force port;
p) taxes and port charges;
q) Quality mark;
r) training.
a) dredging of channels;
b) new terminals and piers;
c) access roads, bridges and junctions;
d) rail access;
e) river traffic;
f) Industrial and logistics areas;
g) areas of port expansion and industrial;
h) plan and expansion of the Port;
i) capacity versus demand;
j) common objectives and long-term prospects;
k) development of new short sea shipping services (Marco Polo).
The normal functions of these groups would work to issue opinions, draw
up investment proposals, propose new legislation and regulations,
propose corrective measures, studies of common interest, to take joint
positions, define and implement projects funded in the regular way.
February 2005
Over the past few years, I have been sympathetic to the argument that
the ports can diversify the types of services offered and thus, creating
all kinds of port terminals that are most convenient, within each
autonomous port strategy, entering into competition with other national
ports and terminals, as a way to improve service, lower prices and let
the market operate freely.
This idea has always seemed wise, since these investments are carried
out fully, with the use of private funding or financing of each port
administration, provided that it is a vector-oriented financial viability and
commercial infrastructure, without public support, and provided they use
land and infill sites previously defined in the Development Plan for Port
and approved at national level so as not to occupy certain strategic
areas defined for use, and vocations of national interest.
It seems, after all, of great interest that each port has a broad range of
areas, which could devote itself, without interference of the
National Plan, the activities and types of port terminals to understand,
so diverse, including terminals of private industrial and terminal service
built exclusively with public financing, or require BOT - Build Operate
and Transfer, which will operate in the market for free competition.
However, this should not prevent certain areas of each port will be
defined as a national public interest, and included in the national port
plan, which may have their use restricted, and some areas are
considered earmarked for projects of national interest.Encompassed in
these cases for example, the construction of all port terminals for public
service, to include some percentage of public financing national or
community.
Only certain areas and certain projects, financed by all and the public
interest, would be part of a national plan for port investments, for which,
as it should be, would have to be carried out a strategic review, defined
skills and vocations, strokes objectives and choices made for allocation
of scarce public capital to the largest public interest, taking into account
the plans of economic and industrial development authorities.
Depth
Expansion Areas
Modernity Potential Bulk Energy
Motor Depth Rows Deep Sea
Sines Development Dimension Transhipment
So, should continue and strengthen the role of port authority, but put
great emphasis on the role of trade and marketing. Policy makers should
go outside to see examples of the best ports of equal size.No need to
invent a formula magi ca.
It is for people and businesses who work in ports, leading this change,
putting themselves forward in time, already becoming more
competitive, more useful and less costly to the rest of the economy,
maintaining their income by creating more value for customers.
The answer to this oppression was the culmination of the ideas of pure
socialism, equality of classes and communism, which sought to improve
the m distribution of social gains, to humanize the company,
intervened.A part of that time to go, took a break and great ideas
interventionist economic and developed social concerns.
At the end of the last century, the European paradigm has pointed to a
social and economic model that would guarantee the balance between
man and man-consumer-worker.It was the model of man-employee,
protected at work, but with a high standard of living.
We worked fewer hours, fewer days s, less years, increased the holidays,
the time of retirement, life expectancy and leisure time every
day.Wages grew from year to year, increasing the purchasing
power.Everyone would have access to an increasing number of goods
produced increasingly by machines and "Robots."
The unemployed, the poor and excluded would be less and less, and that
remained would be strongly supported in their social and economic
reintegration.
But now the century and the changes appear am, as always
happened.The parad igma man-servant led, in Europe, the man-
consumer.Each of us are not willing to abdi car more goods, cheaper and
faster, with an excellent support service, even at work have to be more
efficient, more versatile, flexible and focused on quality, with greater
instability and competition.
The turning point, in my opinion, was the time when the very cheap
goods begin to arrive from the east, China and India in all sectors.Fruit,
Cars, textiles, technology, toys, ca lçada, etc..Nor abdi camos them and
reach more and more.
Young people already have some job instability.It is the class of workers
between thirty and fifty years that have guaranteed employment, either
in the public and the private sector, with high wages and social
protection, the real problem of the rigidity of business costs and state
budget .
In the sector of tradable goods, ie goods and services that directly suffer
from competition from foreign entrepreneurs have been forced to reduce
benefits and guarantees, to enhance competitiveness, flexibility and
productivity.Is the case of banks, industries of consumer goods, logistics,
trade.
But there is a large section of public and private officials, and private
and state companies, yet well protected in their niche or non-tradable
goods to foreign markets closed, still living in the paradigm of the past
century, allowing them to charge strong artificial cost the rest of the
economy, though often they have serious shortages of productivity and
even quality of service.Medicine, pharmacy, education, electricity,
communi cations, railway, railways, gas, etc..
Maybe, but not at the moment. The privileged are expensive for others,
they have to compete with the outside world and become competitive in
the face of China or the U.S., and are intolerable in the medium and long
term.
April 2006
Platform Logistics and Port of Setubal
1. The port of Setúbal together four key business features that are
rarely observed together in another port and that, therefore, distinguish
and differentiate the national port system:
2. But the port of Setúbal also has other advantages, which are no less
important than those listed:
To achieve this trade, which has been after all the guidelines and
activities of the APSS and dealers?
December 2006
IV National Port Policy
After Portuguese Ports Are Not Stagnant
3. But this has not happened, and if we use the model of Bremen on the
enhancement of port traffic, we can see that traffic from Portuguese
ports in value will have grown about 35%, or about 3.5% a year, a result
of the change structural composition of its load of greater value.
This fact also can check with regard to construction and occupancy of
the infrastructure, which has seen a reduction in the occupation of the
port terminals dedicated to the liquid bulk and construction since 1990,
new multi-purpose terminal and container.
In the end, the result was that the total traffic volume in national ports
stagnated, remaining at the 56 million tons, up 2%, and the traffic of
Spanish ports increased from 260 million to 350 million tonnes, growing
about 35%, or about 4% per year.
Finally, be interested to demystify the idea that the ports of Portugal are
stopped and convicted, giving negative signals to the economy and puts
ndo endanger the future development of this sector.What should be
done by technicians in the industry is exactly the opposite, encouraging
and attracting charges for shipping and not repelling them.
However, this finding does not invalidate the facts it appears that Spain
has been in the last decade, betting heavily on investment in port
infrastructure, have been complying strictly with the expansion plans of
each port, the various segments of load .
Note - In the following figures, some of the growth percentages have been rounded to
facilitate understanding, keeping the bulk of trends.
October 2003
Regions Portuguese Port
This fact shows that the infrastructure of the ports of each port area
tend to meet the needs of their port regional economies in all the
different valences of consumption and production, despite the possibility
of the existence of inter-port competition at regional level for some
charges higher value, which permit additional costs to the average land
transport distance or that they are located in geographical zones of
indifference.
Figure 16
The similarity of the facilities for loading and unloading of goods to the
north and south, has shown that these are two areas of port, which can
be fully independent and serving two port regions with similar needs in
terms of quality, albeit with different volumes, by way of packaging.
Figure 17
a) Northern Region
Container cargo and bulk liquids - are dominated by the port of Leixoes,
which has no competition in the area, although competing with the port
of Lisbon in containerized cargo, in inter-regional;
b) Southern Region
Bulk liquids - are totally dominated by the port of Sines, mainly energy;
Bulk Solids - are divided almost equally between Lisbon, Setúbal and
Sines, although the latter with a market share below;
Figure 18
Figure 19
(Note: In 2006, the port of Sines reached 100 thousand TEU, having been with a
significant share of the market in the South)
In conclusion:
c) it appears that the two port regions handle all forms of packaging,
in similar proportions of loading and unloading, independently,
seeming to be only competitors in some segments of containerized
cargo, the highest value;
The findings are purposely controversial, but just want to launch the
debate on the model of specialization and competition from Portuguese
ports.
2002
Regulation of Ports and Port Services
The regulation should take into account for each activity, the issues of
market size, security and response to the question, competition is
feasible or even desirable?
New partnerships between the public and private sectors can also
consider different models of distribution between the state and
businesses, the risks involved in activities, including the risk of design
and construction / acquisition, cost of operation and management,
maintenance, market and revenue, funding and security and the
environment.
From the model and Tujillo Nombella, 2000, we can point to appropriate
levels of regulation for ports, with the government to keep responsibility
for defining the general laws of functioning and development of ports,
laws preventing anti-competitive definition of the sectoral and the
national plan for ports and setting tax rates and allowances.
The Port Authority is the role of licensor, price control, monitor activities,
sanctions and technical regulation, and other specialist authorities, it
would be monitoring the quality of services, environmental regulation,
health and safety and security of competition.
To allow the operations will take place quickly, you can include in
contracts the minimum safety standards and service times.You could, for
example, I NCLUDES income variable rate with a waiting time or mooring
of vessels or to the rhythms of loading and unloading, encouraging the
operator to have improved performance.
December 2003
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It is a complete and innovative law in relation to European legislation,
market liberalization of port services business, centralizing and
controlling the activities of port authorities and that, therefore, came to
meet strong opposition in some port authorities and Spanish companies,
which has partnerships cemented with the ports.
The previous Spanish government and the "Port del Estado", the central
coordinating body of the Spanish ports, did not feel satisfied with the
results of a decade of excellent performance:
With regard to planning, the new law establishes a set of plans subject
to the national economic plan, the plan of the transport system and the
strategic plan of the port system are needed for each port a strategic
plan, a master plan, a plan use of port areas and a business plan.
In conclusion, although you start hearing about the possibility of the new
Spanish government to come back to this law of ports, it is an
undeniable work and efforts to modernize the ports and to introduce the
normal laws of economics in this world apart , integrating it into the
general rules of society and the objectives of contributing to the well-
being of populations.
The only danger ahead is the period of adaptation to new rules when
problematic and chaotic, and the consequent potential impact on growth
dynamics of the activity of Spanish ports.
A new political cycle begins and inevitably devotes r some lines to this
subject.What seems important to stress, and remember, do not forget
that the public investment made in the ports is the reproduction of the
transport sector and is one that has major impacts on the economy, as
has been indicated car all studies in this area.
But let's not mess.You should keep the competition between terminals,
between economic groups and between port authorities, commercial
competition in the market and by funding from the state.
Setúbal Port
Ready to serve the entire region of Lisbon, the port of Setúbal has the
best port infrastructure in the country, with the capacity and capability
for all types of cargo and almost unlimited expansion, only 40 km from
the city center of Lisbon.
The first to move to the new infrastructure will certainly have important
competitive advantages, which will remain for many years.
Another positive note was to have found the port of Setúbal strong
reductions in the TUP - User Fee for 2005 in Porto, the order of 30%,
about 90%.Moving a container only costs 0.5 euros, which clearly
outweighs the distance from Lisbon and that adds to the known benefits
of decongestion, fast access and low prices of land for recreational
second line.
Solution: Entrepreneurship
Each company has its plan, motivated by the profits of companies with
awards for achievement.
March 2005
There is no logic in asking for a port that does not compete with
others.This is the nature of things. It is the law of the market ca.And
we're in a market economy market.
If not compete with each other, they will have incentive to be more
competitive and to compete with other ports. Is leveling mediocre or
stagnation.
Should the authorities r is stagnant, quiet, real estate?Not the ca that has
occurred in European ports.Quite the contrary. Port authorities are
increasingly commercial, fighting hard for the success of its dealers,
meeting with customers, and sales representatives throughout the
world, providing facilities to welcome customers.
If next year my port does not have an attractive proposition, the traffic
of the nearby port can escape to a Spanish port, and not for me.The
traffic, the loads are infidels and are very aware of the global market.
Where should then realize the competition between ports, terminal and
between port authorities?
January 2006
I write from Porto Santo, near the house of Christopher Columbus, since
advanced maritime Atlantic, where the browser certainly dreamed with
overseas findings, the unknown.
This piece of land that looks like a large ship at anchor, and Madeira,
were populated from the national ports and those formed in the past, a
logistics platform in support of new discoveries, to colonialism and the
shipping trade.
Lost the Portuguese colonies and the domain of fleets and the world
trade routes, our ports resign themselves to European trade and import
of raw materials, or of Chinese products by feeder from s European hub.
This evil has lasted since the nineteenth century, when our time analysts
have complained about the same. But in the last 10 years, simply
marking time in port activity, although we have taken advantage of to
improve the ports, the technologies, terminals, and to reorganize the
business.
We were watching the Spanish double the activity and capacity of its
ports, with the strength of its economy and the umbilical connection to
Latin America.
But look to the future and let us mourn with the past. The twenty-first
century be the century of China, in day and Brazil, the major emerging
powers, analysts say.
We were in India and China, but already lost Maca u and Goa, among
others.We have large shippers, do not control the lines, nor do we have
large population centers to justify hub s with intercontinental ranges.
We have a good position for crossing lanes and Sines is to use this
location, using the variable price-competitiveness and collaboration with
an international carrier in the first level.
Here, the path between Portugal and Brazil, near the house of Columbus,
I wonder why there can be a clear commitment to make the Portuguese
port warehouses of Brazilian products to Europe?
Maybe it's an illusion. The orange juice brasile go to already have its own
terminals in several ports in northern Europe.The lines of Brazil already
silent es Spanish ports and the north.
But could not we'll be creating a great center of Brazil, the products in
Portugal for connection to Europe?Could not we go and start to invest,
attracting businessmen from Brazil here, waving facilities for language
and centuries of trade relations?
May 2006
Many say that there should be a national port for a variety of reasons
and arguments.Some, because they defend the national ports must
simply be coordinated.Others, who must be defended to the foreign
companies.Others, because it could guarantee the investment without
duplication and others because it should guarantee the existence of
competing terminals in each port.
Some argue that the shareholder is the same and the ports should not
compete. Others who should not have a ca of his plan, but there must be
a single plan.Other than that there should be a plan for us to pick up the
Spanish ports, which have grown much more than us and still others say
that because public money, including the port authorities, should be
implemented in a coordinated nationwide.
The trend worldwide is to give greater autonomy to the ports and their
communities, to compete with each other, to support their dealers in the
market.Port authorities increasingly serve as true managers of shopping
centers or managers of areas of logistics activities, participating in and
promoting the competitiveness of the port.
But then, if so, what is now a national port?It plans to reach each port?
It will serve to define what is the port that is in this market and what is
with that?Serv will distribute ca rgas the ports?To privilege some dealers
at the expense of others?To upset the competitive conditions of market
market?
In fact, only an independent body can balance and keep balanced, which
any of the other players could have the tendency to distort.But you must
think very well if that is what you want or if it is better to keep the
current imbalances.
A plan should include the definition of policy goals that are based on a
vision that inspires people and economic agents to work harder to
cooperate on issues of common interest and also to better compete with
foreign competitors ports.
Then, you should define a strategy that results from an array of choices
in variables instruments of national policy, excluding an intervention
distorting the existing market.
But in trading port, which should be the role of the national plan?
The plan should not close a claim and then to others, without any
political justification, highly evaluated and discussed.In the case of the
closure of some terminals at the port of Oslo, for the development of the
urban waterfront, the plans were approved by the National Assembly
and echoed the aspirations of older people.
But what the plan is not to say that the dealer gets the market X and Y
with another, without adequate policy justification, because it would
distort the market and act without discretion.Can not say that the
current operator will be helped by the state and the other not.
Nowadays, this type of procedure is not allowed in the market economy
of the European Union.
a) set the priorities for public investment of the State and the
European Union with regard to accessibility to ports and the
construction of new terminals for public service;
d) study the future needs of the economy and ensure that there
are conditions to meet in port;
e) ensure the strategic autonomy of Portugal in port in various
aspects;
October 2006
What are the criteria that determine national policy that we should not
create more container terminals in Lisbon, but only in Setubal? Or none
at Setúbal, but only in Lisbon? Or in Sines?
You must be the day to day in port, to know their abilities and needs, to
invest in port and have the flexibility to respond to demand and new
proposals without losing the plan for the future and restrictions on uses
in the areas .
The competition takes place at the state budget and funds, trying to
better justify the investment projects for each port and obtain the
approval by the holders of political or technical.
Only then, the decision maker can choose to know and all options for
this or that project, for this or that port, in an objective manner.
This port must not only Ro-ro, not be the one to do Ro-ro. It should be no
competition between terminals in a port and / or between different
ports.But it should be respected the principle of critical mass ca capital
when investing public, especially when competing internationally.
Must not be created with two terminals ca pital public that are not viable
if one could be viable.Common sense and the constraints of reality must
be respected.
So when you put out tenders for the grant, competes with other tenders
for the granting of terminals other ports, so this ca, governments
compete again.And it is fundamental.
But a port of Lisbon saturated can not ask the same income that a port
of Setubal expanding.It makes no sense, is unnatural and strange
creates distortions in the economy.
Customers should they choose, but the "applicants" must "do their dress
and put themselves beautiful."
April 2000
Law Ports
After being mentioned in the guidelines of the Government for the port
and maritime sector, similar to what already exists in neighboring Spain,
briefly, is expected to be prepared a new Law on Ports, even that does
not change anything, will have surely advantages.
Certainly join the various acts currently held by simplifying and clarifying
ndo, or at least update it.But with some additional effort, you can not get
r here.Will be an opportunity ca only ones to improve the legal
framework for ports.
Regardless of the issues that are preparing to "move" more or less, and
objectives that will be set for the new law, it would be important to state
at the outset the broad principles that should be coherent and fit the
new law , evaluating the choices during the work of the legislature.
Free Competition
There is a vast work that can be done in opening the sector to the
economy, with clear advantages for customers and for the economic
development of the country, eliminating barriers to entry for new
competitors in different segments of service ports, such as case of
stowage.
Should be well defined a very limited set of basic port services in the
public interest that would have any protection technique.The rest should
be liberalized without constraints of any kind.
Competitiveness
The ports and port companies should be encouraged to reduce costs and
profit margins, with positive impacts on the final prices to customers.
The impacts on the economies of the ports are more than 80 euros for
every euro of public investment, they say the medical experts, more
than any other transport sector.
However, the state tends not to give due importance to the ports. To
invest millions and millions on bridges, airports, highways and railroads
and almost nothing in the ports.
With 1% of the value of a bridge over the Tagus, can be built a port
terminal state of the art. However, the state has no investment in ports
increasingly to private.
We must realize that in Europe, in all countries, the United States are
strongly committed to public investment in ports. Spain, France. Belg ca,
Netherlands, Germany.Only then will become the most competitive
economies, since the ports are important centers of economic
development.
Reduce costs and fees, reduce bureaucracy, reduce staff, definitely out
of the operation of berths and terminals, to reduce the presence in the
provision of port services.Let the market work market.
Can these be the guidelines for the new role of the ports:
Improving the monitoring of public service, lease it, simplify procedures
and computerization, to focus on the existing and potential customers,
providing the services of ports, invest in new embankments and ca
public is to lease, improve the facilities.Regular and give transparency to
the market market.
Logistics Integration
The Law of ports should not be the ports, but an overview of the
logistics, allowing better integration, ensuring the ability to carry out
value-added logistics in ports, no extra stowage, thereby taking
advantage of the "dead time "the charges. This is imperative to realize.
Business Diversification
You can not look at the ports to mere points of loading and unloading of
ships.
Security Guarantee
The safety of navigation and ship operations in port security from the
beaches and estuaries, the safety of persons and property, national
security, control and detection of illicit and illegal transport of persons
must be subjects of the election public.
You can not pollute more and more, to consume all the resources of
future generations, leaving them a legacy of irresponsible, taking the
nature of everything, without giving anything in return.
January 2007
VRiparian Management Zones
City-Port: Model Relationship
In France, Spain and Portugal, the ports are more connected to the
central power of the country due to its regional importance, which did
not contribute to such a good relationship with the city. However,
Spain is the relationship with the autonomous regions, which
sometimes make the bridge with the cities.
Whatever the outcome of this showdown and its results, there are
several formal models of collaboration between the port and the city
that involve higher or lower levels of autonomy, participation,
flexibility, commitment, financial contributions and quick decisions:
Also meant to apply this model in Polis programs, but funding was not
sufficient and not organized events mobilizers.
July 2004
During the past two years (2003 and 2004) was the marketing
director of the port of Lisbon and, among other things, manages the
docks of Lisbon, Cargo Terminals, Cruise Terminals, the various
concessions and licenses proprietary riparian areas and the
implementation of many of the protocols of cooperation with 11
municipalities of the Tagus, Oeiras Vila Franca and Alcochete to
Almada / guesthouse.
April 2005
Porto vs City
The Case of the Port of Oslo - Fjord City Plan
In 2000, the city of Oslo that approved the overall strategic development
of the promenade of Fjord and established an agenda too ambitious by
2011, based on the transfer from the port handling charges for a single
local area known as Sjursøya in Sydhavna, which will be restricted.
They are currently in lively debate issues related to the coupling
between the ports and cities in a context of growing enthusiasm of the
people for coastal areas, with quality and freely accessible to fruition.
This propensity has been held in various cities of the maritime world
through the conversion of port areas and industrial redevelopment and
sometimes areas of port activities, which are transferred to other places
or other ports for cultural functions, tourism and leisure.
The Director of the Port of Oslo, addressing the strategic plan states that
its objective is to create a port with more efficient space management,
improve service to port users and provide benefits to the city of Oslo.
The Port of Oslo moves about 6 million tons per year, 160 thousand TEU,
120 thousand cruise passengers, 2.5 million ferry passengers and has 10
km of quays, with a front port 39 km, 4 porches Dock and 19 roro ramps.
For several years the city of Oslo had decided to recover some of the
vacant areas of the port for use by citizens, but it was in 2000 that the
plan for overall strategic development of the promenade of Fjord, having
been revised in 2002 and established a program works very ambitious,
by 2011, based on the transfer from the port to load a single location,
known as area Sjursøya in Sydhavna, which will be restricted.
Sjursøya will have about 645 meters of quay cranes and 4 receive
containers Filipstad, and Bjørvik Ormsund, the bulk of the traffic and
Revierkeia coastal Tjuvholmen.
The transfer will take place in a gradual and planned to prepare the
target area on a phased basis, with funds that are being obtained
through the sale of renewed urban areas.
The conversion will be led by the Agency, the city of Oslo, for the
Planning and Building Services and the Department of Planning of the
Maritime Front of Oslo.
a) Terminal Filipstad
The company chosen to tender the project will explore the development
of the peninsula released, providing 9 ha of parkland, with access to 2
km of waterfront, a hotel, a museum, shops, restaurants, offices, a
panoramic tower and residences, which users should begin to settle
down from 2007.
d) Terminal Bjørvik
Containers will be transferred to Sjursøya, and the area by a single
company, which will be responsible for developing the area for urban
uses, 66% controlled by the Port Authority of Oslo.
It will be built a floor area of about 100 ha for trade and residence, for a
total of 69.6 ha of land.
e) Terminal Ormsud
July 2006
Riverside Area Setúbal
One of the most beautiful coastal areas that I know is to Lisbon, where
the work carried out in its restructuring, revitalization, promotion and
international profile, helping create a world reference for quality in a
pleasant and beautiful, for leisure and fun the model and lessons we
should try to replicate elsewhere in the country bordering
The fronts of coastal cities are unique places, which should provide high
levels of quality of life to the public and places of attraction and relief
from city stress, and should, in this sense be regarded as places of
public interest for which there is a be used by port activity.
The river front of Lisbon extends from Algés Cais do Sodre, but also
offers the Garden of Tobacco and the area of Expo 98, the marginal
Oeiras and the old harbor area of Pedrouços, where there is a high
potential for creating a area of enjoyment of high quality, open to the
public and various public facilities and leisure to develop with the "hair
of the dog."
By selling a small plot of land farther from the water, housing, applying
all the money in the recovery and revitalization of the public area,
stimulating a huge recreational dock in the existing dock and providing a
major international event with entrance fees, style Expo 98, but with an
original concept, as did Barcelona, creating the Forum of Cultures (and
launched a brand of global area, ca PTand funds for further
developments), the intervention would be self-sustaining.Is the recipe.
He was the director and manager of the riverside area of Lisbon for two
years, I was able to understand the area well and understand the rules
of their success, also well executed by APL. Rules are simple but
fundamental to the business and the quality of the waterfront, as we
know it, making it also a place with public interest, it is important to
protect and preserve.
b) new buildings should be low, stay away from others and the
sea, or else they must convert to the existing ones;
b) major new private buildings near the sea, as barriers to the sights;
Coming now to Setubal, the waterfront is the subject of this article will
be interesting to note that until a few years ago, that area was a
planned process of development and revitalization inspired by the
Lisbon process, while respecting local traditions.
It was arranged the garden of the sea, the front of the dock fishing,
recreational dock of Fontainhas (ferry), the garden of palm trees, beach
garden of Health (the waves of grass), all in public places designed by
architects who opened the river to the townspeople.
In its origins, the program had merit, but lacked the plans drawn up and
what should be done.
a) transfer all traffic Luisa Tody Avenue to the marginal sea area
of Setubal, creating an unnecessary barrier to link town river,
ceasing to be easy to stop the car to enjoy the sea views or cross
the street walking weather;
Now we wait patiently for the end of the works in Luisa Tody Avenue
and the serious consequences for the riverside area around it, but we
are hopeful that approaches the end of the program Polis without
doing more damage.
December 2006
Index of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments:
Professor J. Augusto Felicio, an expert in management and
marketing in Portugal, by whom I have great appreciation and
admiration since I met him in a class at ISEG, a friend who has supported
and determined in my work in graduate and in the field of Marketing Port
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