Minimizing of logistics costs in container terminals: An international competitiveness tools for the Tangier Med Port.

Abstract

The problems of the logistic performance of the ports require an increasingly important interest on behalf of the researchers, became a major concern for the countries conscious of the importance the harbor places role in the growth of their economy, in particular, with the image of the current general context marked by the world economic recession, the aggressive competition and the evaluation of complexifications of activity. Morocco did not remain with the gap face at the accelerated rhythm of the maritime transport on a world level. Within this framework, he agreed during the three last decades of the considerable efforts in the development, the adaptation and the modernization of his harbor infrastructures, like at the legislative level by the installation of the institutional reforms. However, Morocco is confronted with a number of total constraints, which slow down the development of its logistic activities; On the one hand, with export, the costs and times of the passage of the strait are serious handicaps what discourages the Moroccan exporters. In addition, the complexity of the process of importation or taking out of bond weighs down the procedures along the chain. Another aspect to be announced relates to the heaviness of documentary flow what delays the export of the good of the port and generates a lengthening of the deadlines and an increase in the costs. With this is added an institutional vacuum what penalizes the development of effective and efficient supply chains. In front of this situation, the public authorities were harnessed to improve competitiveness of the harbor sector through several measurement shaving for objective to improve quality and the effectiveness of the offered services. These efforts could quickly cultivated their fruits, Morocco at passed from the 94 position in 2007 to the 55 position December 2013, according by the British specialized magazine “Container Management”. Within this framework this communication aims to analyze and evaluate the current level of the performance of the container terminals of the Tangier Med port, in order to detect the faults which slow down its development in term of optimization of the logistic costs of the containers forwarding by the port, in the objective to propose a plan of recommendations and the adapted tracks of reinforcement. Thus, the problems of research can be posed through the following key question: The optimization of the logistic costs of the containers forwarding by the Tangier Med port: Which prospects to support the role of its harbor installations in world maritime logistics?