b'14American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(TRIPARTITEcontinuedmembership. If say a port isarguably only a decade old andmorelikea3PLorevenan(CHOKEcontinued from from page 7) the fourth call in a loop, howrapidly evolving with IoT, auto- integrator like FedEx? Perhapspage 9)TEUvessels.THEAisalsomany slots are designated formation and Ai. And it is withineven like an Amazon with theChina Sea is a waterway for resumingtheFE4loopandthat port call as opposed to thethis context that the effective- AWS (Amazon Web Services)trademovingbetweenChina, replacing the temporary FE4first inbound port?ness of the alliance system willsupportingtheconsumerori- SoutheastAsiaandEurope extra loader service.However, a port also maybe measured. ented edifice. And if carriers doaswellasintra-Asiantrade, be the benefactor of an alli- expand beyond their traditionalwhich continues to boom and l andSidep erSpeCtive ancesinvestment.ManyofB eyond thep ool roles will their alliances also docontributetogrowthofports Theportperspectiveisthe carriers have investmentsThe main function of thethe same? Maersk has alreadylike Singapore. alittle different. Aportcall whole or in partin con- alliancesremainspoolingstarteddownthispathwithDr.Mark Valencia,who from an alliance is often antainer terminals. For instance,andcapacityallocation,butTradeLens. Whats beyond thehasstudiedtheregionfor allornothingproposition.MaersksAPMTerminals,thecarriersthemselvesarepoolperhaps an entirely newdecadesofferedtheanalysis Ifanalliancedecidesonaone of the worlds largest ter- evolvingandinevitablysoway of viewingshipping. shouldhostilities break out: portcall,allthemembersminaloperatorshasaroundwill the alliances. The obvi- ThosewestoftheDanger-rotatetheirvesselsthrough75marineterminalsinitsousareasofcollaborationousGroundwouldbethe the port. Rarely does an alli- global network. While it isntinvolvethedevelopmentof(ASBESTOScontinuedmostlikelytobechoked. ance member go it alone to aa guarantee of an alliance call,new fuels not only to complyfrom page 12) Thealternativeroutetothe specific port. Thus, the greatthere is no doubt it improveswith IMO 2020 but to lowerthe problem, said Maritec Oper- east of the Dangerous Ground liabilityforaportauthoritythe chances of acquiring andtheenvironmentalimpactsations Manager Alvin Lee. along the coasts of the Philip-isthatlosinganallianceisretaining an alliance call. tonet0.CMA-CGMhasI would say the majoritypine islands would probably really losing a series of callsFor the purchaser of ship- alreadyintroducedanLNGof vessels in operation containstillbeusable.Vesselsof with little chance of pickingpingservices,thealliance(Liquified Natural Gas) pow- asbestos,normallythroughnon-combatantscoulduse anything up from an individ- systemprovidesastructuraleredlinehaulsizevessel,spare parts in the form of gas- those or go around that is ual member. In this Big ShipframeworkprovidingatheJacquesSaade(seepic- kets, pipe gaskets and valvethrough the Indonesian archi-era that can happen easily ifuniformityofservicesthatture.) But bunkering LNG ispacking. Ashipcouldleavepelago or even south of Aus-one member introduces largerwould be hard to match oth- problematic and will requirethe yard free of asbestos buttralia althoughthatwould shipstotheallianceserviceerwise.Thealliancesystemanoverhauloftheexistingfind itself taking spare partsaddconsiderabletimeand loopthatcantbehandled to a pointalso providesbunkering system which is afromcountrieswhereeitherexpensetothejourneyand by a port. There is also pre- a backstop against service dis- major undertaking ultimatelyasbestoshasnotyetbeenthus to the cost of the goods.rogative for carriers within anruptionsthatindividuallycar- requiringabuyinfrombanned or where enforcementThetroubleisthatthere alliance to order and deployrierswouldhaveahardtimemore than one carrier. is weak. The problem is veryaremanymoremaritime ships of similar sizes on theirmatching. On the bigger ques- Fuelisnttheonlyques- much a supply chain issue,choke points that could create rotationsagaineffectivelytionofwhetherthealliancetion. Ocean carriers are expand- he said. a cut off of the flow of goods making the alliance a singlesystems are more cost-effectiveingbeyondtheirtraditionalPipe flange gaskets, valvethrough the supply chainper-carrier in terms of schedulingthan independent services, it isrolesintonewserviceareaspackingandcomponentsinhaps not as thoroughly as the althoughcompetingindivid- harder to answer as there is no rethinking what the businessauxiliarymachineryequip- Ever Givenbut with global ually for a shippers freight.frame of reference. The supplymodel for a carrier should be.ment,suchaspumps,com- impacts.Andshouldmore Another factor that impactschain of which the current alli- Withtheriseofe-commercepressors,condensers,andoilthanoneeventoccursimul-aportsperspectiveonanance system is a critical andwill the role of the carrier in thepurifiers, accounted for moretaneouslytheresultcould alliance call is how the slotseven essential, feature is brandsupply chain need to change?than 63% of all the asbestoseasilyexceedtheexperience aredivviedupamongthenew.TodayssupplychainisShouldanoceancarrierbefound on the vessels surveyed. of the Ever Given event.South Jersey Port CorporationBULK | BREAKBULK | PROJECT CARGO ADVANTAGESWorld-Class Deep-Water PortsExcellent Highway & Rail AccessAlways Customer FocusedDiversified Cargo Handling and ServicesFOREIGN TRADE ZONE 142101 Joseph A. Balzano Blvd. Camden, NJ 08103 EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE AT OUR PORTSwww.southjerseyport.comSERVING THE MID-ATLANTIC HEARTLAND(856) 757-4969'