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Inconsistent port charges

  • Arbitrary port charges

Nature

Few ports at present have a wholly rational port-pricing system. One reason is that the concept of the autonomous port is a relatively recent one. In the past, many ports were administered by bodies such as customs or municipal authorities or directly as a government department, and port charges were therefore established and amended to satisfy not only the port requirements, but also those of the other parties involved. As a result, most port-pricing systems are very complicated; in consequence of technical progress in the operation and use of ports, such old-fashioned pricing systems have become unsatisfactory.

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Strategy

Applying charges
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • undefined » Ports: sea, air
  • undefined » Finance
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024