The Competitiveness of Ports in Emerging Markets : The case of Durban, South Africa
Abstract
This report provides a synthesis of main findings from the OECD Port-Cities Programme, created in
2010 in order to assess the impact of ports on their cities and provide policy recommendations to increase
the positive impacts of ports on their cities. This Programme was directed by Olaf Merk, Administrator
Port-Cities within the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate.
This synthesis report was directed and written by Olaf Merk; it draws on the work of a number of
other contributors: César Ducruet, Jasper Cooper, Jing Li, Ihnji Jon, Maren Larsen and Lucie Billaud. The
report has benefited from comments from Bill Tompson, Nils-Axel Braathen, Jane Korinek, Nicolas Mat
and Juliette Cerceau.
The synthesis report is based on findings from a series of OECD Port-Cities case studies. Such case
studies were conducted for Le Havre/Rouen/Paris/Caen (France), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland),
Marseille (France), Mersin (Turkey), Rotterdam/Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Antofagasta (Chile),
Bratislava/Komárno/Štúrova (Slovak Republic), Durban (South Africa) and Shanghai (China). Within the
framework of these studies, study visits to these port-cities were conducted, which included a series of
interviews with the port-city related actors and stakeholders in these places.
The OECD Port-Cities Programme also benefited from visits to the following ports and port-cities and
discussion with port-related actors in the following port-cities: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore,
Casablanca, Venice, Trieste, Genoa, Valparaíso, Varna, Gdansk, Koper, Vienna, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Los
Angeles, Long Beach, Sydney and Newcastle (Australia).
Contributions and inputs into the OECD Port-Cities case studies and related working papers were
provided by César Ducruet, Elvira Haezendonck, Michael Dooms, Patrick Dubarle, Markus Hesse,
Géraldine Planque, Theo Notteboom, José Tongzon, Jörg Jocker, Oguz Bagis, Angela Bergantino, Claude
Comtois, Nicolas Winicki, Thai Thanh Dang, Claudio Ferrari, Alessio Tei, Anna Bottasso, Maurizio Conti,
Salvador Saz, Leandro Garcia-Menéndez, Zhen Hong, Zhao Nan, Angela Xu Mingying, Xie Wenqing, Du
Xufeng, Wang Jinggai, Jing Li, Matthieu Bordes, Rachel Silberstein, Xiao Wang, Jean-Paul Rodrigue,
Jasper Cooper, Marten van den Bossche, Carla Jong, Christelle Larsonneur, Walter Manshanden, Martijn
Dröes, Evgueny Poliakov, Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Charlotte Lafitte, Caroline Guillet, Léonie Claeyman,
Suzanne Chatelier. The Programme has been enriched through the interaction with these experts.
Within the framework of the Programme, three different workshops in Paris were organised and
benefited from presentations by: César Ducruet, Markus Hesse, Elvira Haezendonck, Claudio Ferrari, Jan
Egbertsen, Ingo Fehrs, Stijn Effting, Michael Vanderbeek, Alessio Tei, Philippe Deiss, Birgit Liodden,
Johan Woxenius, Hyong Mo Jeon, Dimitrios Theologitis, Carla Jong, Lorene Grandidier, Dominique
Lebreton, Claude Comtois, Marten van den Bossche, Matt Bogdan, Alice Liu, Jan Green Rebstock.
Within the framework of the Programme, the Administrator has provided presentations and
interventions in conferences organised by: European Committee of the Regions (COTER), European
Seaport Organisation (ESPO), Moroccan Association for Logistics (Amlog), International Association of
Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, City of Shenzhen, Korean Transport Institute (KOTI), Korean Maritime Institute (KMI), French Association of Town
Planners (FNAU), Italian Association of Transport Economists (SIET), World Conference of Transport
Research Society (WCTRS-SIG2), Maersk, Port Finance International, BSR Clean Cargo Working Group,
Infrastructure Australia, International Association Cities Ports (AIVP), Inter American Committee for
Ports, International Transport Forum (ITF), Florence School of Regulation, Cargo Edições Lda, Logistics
Portugal, International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA), Port of Amsterdam, Port of
Rotterdam, Port of Hamburg, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, Colloque Axe Seine Acte II.
The Programme has benefited from the support of: the Netherlands Ministry of Economy, City of
Rotterdam, City of Amsterdam, Port of Amsterdam, Çukurova Development Agency, City of Helsinki,
Port of Marseille, Slovak Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development, Slovak Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, City of Hamburg, Transnet South Africa, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region,
Bouches du Rhône Department, Syndicat mixte du Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale Ouest Étang de
Berre, Communauté d’agglomération Marseille Provence Métropole, City of Marseille, Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Marseille Provence, the Agence d’Urbanisme de Marseille, the Union Maritime et
Fluviale, l’Agence d’Urbanisme de la Région du Havre et de l’Estuaire de la Seine (AURH), l’Agence
d’Études d’Urbanisme de Caen Métropole (AUCAME), l’Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme (APUR), l’Institut
d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la région d’Île de France (IAU IDF), l’Agence d'Urbanisme et de
Développement de la Seine Aval (AUDAS), la Ville du Havre, la Communauté d’Agglomération Havraise
(CODAH), la Communauté de l’Agglomération Rouen Elbeuf Austreberthe (CREA), le Grand Port
Maritime du Havre (GPMH), le Grand Port Maritime de Rouen (GPMR), Ports de Paris.
The report, as well as the Port-City case studies and related thematic papers can be downloaded from
the OECD website: www.oecd.org/regional/portcities
Further enquiries about this work in this area should be addressed to:
Olaf Merk (olaf.merk@oecd.org) of the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development
Directorate.
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