*HOD, Department of International Business, Dr. N.G.P Arts and Science College, Kalapatti road, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
**Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Dr. N.G.P Arts and Science College, Kalapatti road, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
***Assistant Professor, Department of International Business, Dr. N.G.P Arts and Science College, Kalapatti Road, Nehru Nagar West, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Online published on 11 October, 2019.
Seaports are important interfaces in the supply chain between sea and land transportation and a component of freight distribution as the entrance of produce, merchandise and passengers to a country, but as well as the exit door to all the exports to the international markets.
Seaports are points of convergence of inland and coastal transportation systems, defining a seaport's hinterland. This function may be direct, as freight reaches a port directly through road transportation, or indirect as freight reaches a seaport through an inland port (e.g., rail station) or through traffic consolidation at a regional seaport and shipped by coastal transportation. Likewise, seaports are points of distribution to inland and coastal transportation systems, defining a seaport's foreland.
Coastal transportation, container freight station, feeder vessel, consolidation
