SEA PORT

Sea Port

Sea Port

Introduction

Development of the Superstructure, along with cargo (product) handling processes is a difficult task for the sea port companies to accomplish. There are a number of responsibilities and handling them is an immense challenge. However, building or developing a superstructure of sea ports, as well as handling the cargo incorporates certain strengths and weakness which can either become a Competitive advantage for the company or even a threat (Haezendonck, 2001, pp: 12).

Following are the main strengths and weaknesses of superstructure and cargo (product) handling:

Compartive Anlysis of Private and Local Sea Port of United Kingdom

Cargo Handling

Weaknesses of Cargo Handling

There is no role of handling cargo operations; however, there are rare cases when the private sector plays their limited role in the operations of cargo handling. Mainly the operations of cargo handling in maintained as well as performed by the government.

At the time of the issue regarding the labor, there is minimal capability of problem resolving and tractability in terms of labor issues, as the administration of the port is moreover the key employer of labor working on the port.

Since there is no such competition in the market, it is therefore, many a times they lack the essence of internal competition, which leads towards inefficiency (Verhoeff, 1981, pp. 52).

Since there is a lot of government interference many a times there is wasteful utilisation of the resources

On the other hand, another significant weakness is that there is underinvestment due to the reliance on the budget given by the government.

Another crucial weakness is that all the operations of cargo handling are not client or even market oriented.

Since there is a limited budget approved by the government, one of the main weakness that arises is a lack of innovation. This is also due to the lack of competition that the ports lack innovation.

One fundamental weakness is that there is no access to the funds of the public. In some of the cases, there is limited access towards public funds meant for the basic infrastructure (Sardent, 1938, pp: 19).

Strengths and Weakness of Tool Port and Port Infrastructurein Private and Local Port of United Kingdom

Strength of Tool Port and Port Infrastructure

Any nature of investments in sea port infrastructure, along with its equipments such as a ship or shore tools are projected and funded via the public sector, as a result, it avoids repetition of amenities.

Weaknesses of Tool Port and Port Infrastructure

One of the main weaknesses is that the administration of the port, along with the private enterprise mutually share the services of cargo handling also referred to as split operation. This eventually leads to contradictory situations.

Strengths of Tool Port and Port Infrastructure

A sole entity, which is from the private sector, not only executes the operations of cargo handling but also has the ownership and controls the equipment of cargo handling. The operators of the terminal are very much loyal towards the sea port. It is therefore, that they are more expected to generate the required investments and funds due to the result of the ...