Dry and wet inland ports: defining more powerful roles vis-à-vis seaports

Other conference contribution, 2019

The focus of this paper is on defining new roles for inland ports from an Inside-Out perspective. New strategies for inland ports are amongst others: redefining their role versus seaports with a central role for the inland port, governments should give more attention to the inland port and seek the development of strategic plans and strategies for the inland port as to realize their own objectives. Seaports increasingly seek partly ownership of inland ports and terminals and inland port themselves should analyze if these developments suit their ambitions. Inland ports could also develop certain network strategies that not solely focus on the closest seaports but also take adjacent inland ports into account. Cooperation/ merger with other inland ports can also be developed into a strategy that strengthens the role of the inland port versus seaports.