Characteristics of port logistics

As a service, port logistics has its own characteristics because of its unique geographical location as a logistics center. The following is my appreciation of the characteristics of port logistics. Welcome to read the collection.

Characteristics of port logistics. The development of port logistics is closely related to the economic development in the hinterland.

For port logistics, the economic development, scale, transportation system and population density in the hinterland of the region will directly affect the development of port logistics. Most cities in the world attach great importance to the development of ports, and have formulated the development strategy of revitalizing the city with ports, encouraging and supporting the development of ports and making the relationship between ports and cities closer. At present, the port has become an inseparable part of these cities and a new economic growth point.

2. The development of port logistics is influenced by national policies and international environment.

In addition to general logistics services, port logistics services also involve special services such as customs clearance, maritime rescue and maritime court. National policies often determine the development level of port logistics to a great extent. Port economy is closely related to neighboring countries and regions, and a series of factors such as economic development level, economic system, opening policy and foreign policy of neighboring countries and regions will affect the development of port logistics.

3. Port logistics faces more intense direct competition than general logistics.

With the rapid development of international trade and increasingly fierce shipping competition, the trend of large-scale, high-speed and containerization of ships is irreversible. The port has developed a logistics center, which makes the competition of port logistics increasingly fierce. The competition faced by ports comes not only from neighboring ports, but also from foreign ports with regional strategic position. First of all, due to the construction of expressway, railway and inland transportation network in the hinterland, the traditional concept of hinterland has been broken, and the mobility, migration and diffusion of materials have been strengthened. For shippers and shipping companies, there is no problem of distance between major ports in the same area or adjacent areas, which mainly depends on the logistics service level of each port. Secondly, the logistics of large shipping enterprises participated in the competition of ports. Well-known international shipping companies are generally global logistics carriers and agents of multinational companies, so it is very important for shipping companies, especially large-scale international shipping intermodal companies, to choose which ports to use as their logistics distribution bases or as ports through which their logistics passes.

4. Port logistics occupies a core position in the international logistics chain.

In the development of modern logistics, ports have many unique advantages and are at the core of the integrated logistics service chain. With its unique collection and distribution capacity and good logistics network foundation, the port has become the leading and key point of modern logistics industry. More than 90% of the freight volume in international trade is completed by sea, so the port has always been the largest gathering place in the whole transportation chain. Port is the only connection point of land and water transportation mode, and the construction and service level of port is the key to the smooth operation of the whole logistics chain. At the same time, economic integration has further strengthened the importance of ports in the local economy. All local governments attach great importance to the investment in ports, so that ports generally have relatively advanced loading and unloading equipment, yards and warehouses with equivalent areas, advanced production organization systems and good collection and distribution conditions. The existence of these advantages has laid a good hardware foundation for the port to expand logistics services.

5. The development of port logistics reflects the overall level of logistics development in the whole country.

Due to the unique geographical advantages and relatively perfect hardware facilities, the port has formed an innate advantage. A large number of shippers, shipping companies, agents, retailers, etc. Have gathered in the port, becoming the intersection center of logistics, people flow, technology flow and capital flow. Compared with hinterland logistics, port logistics practitioners are more likely to come into contact with the most advanced technology and management. Advanced technology and management penetrate into the hinterland through the logistics chain, and then play a locomotive role in the development of hinterland logistics and even national logistics. Therefore, the development level of a country's port logistics largely determines the development level of the whole country's logistics.

6. Port logistics has distribution effect.

Around the port, due to the loading and unloading and transshipment of international goods, there are loading and unloading companies, shipping companies and land transportation companies; Ship fuel supply, ship repair and marine insurance are also produced because of ship berthing.

Characteristics of port logistics 2 1, specialization.

Specialization is the core of the development of foreign port logistics industry, mainly the construction of the core competitiveness of port logistics enterprises, striving to give full play to and embody their own advantages in the industry, and combining the layout characteristics of port-facing industries and the scientific positioning of foreign business scope, not seeking the biggest and most complete, but seeking the best and strongest.

2. flexibility.

That is, it can produce different products or services that meet the needs of customers, and the important point of logistics service is to meet the individual needs of customers.

3. scale.

Integrate port logistics resources, reduce logistics costs and improve port logistics competitiveness.

4. Cooperation.

It is a huge systematic project for ports to engage in logistics services. We should adopt the way of cooperative strategic alliance, strengthen cooperation and linkage with port hinterland and domestic and foreign ports, establish strategic alliance of port logistics, and improve its market share and competitiveness.

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