The document discusses the concept of an "Extended Gateway" which aims to shift ports' primary connections further inland into hinterland networks. This allows ports to better integrate into supply chains and compete through improved multimodal transport connections. Extended Gateways provide locations for value-adding activities and consolidation of freight near ports to reduce costs and congestion of moving containers to and from seaports.

1. Extended Gateways: Improving the Port/Hinterland Interface Extended Gateways: Improving the Port/Hinterland Interface Alasdair Crooke

2. Topics What is the Extended Gateway? Role of Port Integration with hinterland Extended Gateway Value Adding Hinterland connection Emissions & congestion

3. What is the Extended Gateway Concept? The Extended Gateway shifts the primary gateway of the seaport into the hinterland Offers efficient connections with the traditional gateways Provides a location for value adding alongside integrated multimodal hinterland networks ( Flanders Institute of Technology 2006)

4. Role of Port The role of ports has changed Ports now compete as elements within a supply chain Hinterland access is the area where ports can create a competitive advantage over their rivals Movement of containers from the port to the customer make up between 40 to 80% of total container shipping costs ( Notteboom & Rodrigue 2005)

5. Role of Port cont. “ routing choices, and to some extent port choices are strongly dependent on hinterland transport conditions and reliability of the route has become increasingly important to those in the supply chain making the routing decisions” (International Transport Forum 2008, p. 8)

6. Integration with hinterland Ports need to improve and consolidate their supply chain connections by integrating themselves into the chain in both directions linking themselves to their hinterlands (Notteboom 2008)

7. Extended Gateway Extended Gateways provide ports with an opportunity to further integrate themselves into supply chains by improving hinterland connections and establishing locations that support activities that add value to the freight that passes through them

8. Value adding Consolidation/Deconsolidation Building up/Breaking down shipments Transloading Transloading of maritime units to domestic Postponement Warehouse-based terminalisation Light Transformations Product and package transformations ( Rodrigue, Debrie, Fremont & Gouvernal n.d)

9. Hinterland connection Improving hinterland connections Reduce congestion at the port Freight delivered to extended gateway Freight consolidated at extended gateway Freight transported from extended gateway in loading sequence and just-in-time for transshipment Transported during off peak traffic hours Maximise vehicle utilisation Increase backloading

10. Hinterland connection cont. Less direct vehicle movements originating from the seaport and a greater use of shuttles linking the seaport to the extended gateways (Sannen 2009)

15. Emissions & Congestion Reduced port related traffic Trade off between reduction of truck miles compared to additional rail or barge miles incurred Make sure problem isn’t just shifted to a new location Consideration of new technology

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