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Assignment Execution Where Planning Hits The Road

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ASSIGNMENT EXECUTION 2

Assignment Execution: Where Planning Hits the Road

1. The Major Challenges of Seaport Operations in the Quest to Remain Competitive

Over the years, people have perceived seaports as centers for the exchange of business,

finances, and culture. Seaports are usually the main points where the exportation and

importation of goods in a country take place (Pinder & Slack, 2004). That said, governing

seaports is often challenging. The challenges are associated with the diverse stages in

geography, cultures, and history. Moreover, the challenges are associated with the diverse

types of administrative, economic, and political organizations identified in each stage.

In the past, approximately 2.5 decades, the associations between governments,

communities, and seaports have experienced significant changes especially in the

Caribbean and Latin America. Earlier, the activities in seaports had various

characteristics. For instance, seaport terminals were owned by the government, private

firms provided the intermediate hybrid ports, and the service ports were effectively

governed by the public sector (Ehnberg et al., 2019). As a result, most of the

governments decided to stop managing the operations and business in seaports directly.

Therefore, they implemented numerous reforms. Such resulted in the implementation of

the landlord seaport structure, whereby the capital owned by private sectors increased the

competition in seaports, which significantly decreased the fiscal burden. As such, the

seaports have implemented numerous decisions that are regionalized in every port to

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Running head: ASSIGNMENT EXECUTION Assignment Execution: Where Planning Hits the Road Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation 1 ASSIGNMENT EXECUTION 2 Assignment Execution: Where Planning Hits the Road 1. The Major Challenges of Seaport Operations in the Quest to Remain Competitive Over the years, people have perceived seaports as centers for the exchange of business, finances, and culture. Seaports are usually the main points where the exportation and importation of goods in a country take place (Pinder & Slack, 2004). That said, governing seaports is often challenging. The challenges are associated with the diverse stages in geography, cultures, and history. Moreover, the challenges are associated with the diverse types of administrative, economic, and political organizations identified in each stage. In the past, approximately 2.5 decades, the associations between governments, communities, and seaports have experienced significant changes especially in the Caribbean and Latin America. Earlier, the activities in seaports had various characteristics. For instance, seaport terminals were owned by the government, private firms provided the intermediate hybrid ports, and the service ports were effectively governed by the public sector (Ehnberg et al., 2019). As a result, most of the governments decided to stop managing the operations and business in seaports directly. Therefore, they implemented numerous reforms. Such resulted in the implementation of the landlord seap ...
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