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The role of Port Authority in seaport governance

Both the governments and port authorities have a significant impact on the maritime transport sector in general, and seaports in particular. In this paper, the focus is on the port authorities and their role in seaport governance. While central governments are focused on macroeconomic goals (such as economic growth and full employment) through active port policies, port authorities usually focus on financial and operational activities within the seaports. Although the common form is a local port authority, port authorities may also be established at the national, regional and provincial level. One of the core responsibilities of a port authority is to develop and maintain a seaport that is safe, sustainable and competitive. The roles of port authorities have evolved over time: at the beginning, they were usually considered only as regulators and landlords. However, port authorities possess the ability to evolve into real digital hubs and neutral data managers, which ultimately leads to the optimization of logistics processes, and more efficient use of transport infrastructure. In this paper, the theoretical frameworks of seaports, seaport governance and port authorities were provided. The authors have analyzed the differences between various types of port authorities and seaport governance models, emphasizing the importance of port authorities in port governance.

Seaports ; port authorities ; seaport governance ; governance models

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