Chapter 4
The Role of Ports in Supply Chains
4.1Definition “Ports”
In a very general way, the globally recognized maritime expert and lecturer Professor Gerhardt Muller35 defines the term “port” as: “a harbor or haven where ships may anchor, or a harbor area with marine terminal facilities for transferring cargo/passengers between ships and land transportation.” In this definition the word “marine” may imply that a port is a territorial unit established on a coastline, that is, located more or less directly at the open sea. This definition from Muller does not explicitly consider the existence of many river ports, which, in some cases, handle considerable international traffic although they may be dozens of miles away from the open sea (e.g., ...
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