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Chapter 12 – Analyzing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Seaport Clusters 187 compared to Houston. Third, the diversity of the cluster is limited, and fourth, the presence of intermediaries is limited. Fifth, the LMPC is a ‘low trust cluster’ compared to Houston. The only strength of the LMPC compared to Houston is the low level of congestion. These strengths and weaknesses indicate that the LMPC is a weak cluster. Agglomeration economies are absent; the main strength of the cluster is absence of congestion. These are not ‘advanced strengths’. The following performance indicators are available to compare the LMPC with other Gulf ports (see Table 83, Table 84, and Table 85). Table 83: Market shares of the LMPC and three other gulf ports in the total US port throughput. Market shares 1990 1997 2000 2001 LMPC 18.0% 18.1% 17.6% 17.2% Houston 5.8% 7.1% 7.8% 7.6% Mobile 1.9% 2.1% 2.2% 2.0% Tampa 2.4% 2.4% 2.2% 1.9% Table 84: Performance of the LMPC as container port Year 1980 1985 1990 1995 1998 2001 New Orleans 279,500 380,000 157,000 198,000 245,000 247,000 Houston 300,000 363,000 502,000 705,000 968,000 1072,000 US Gulf 580,000 812,000 822,000 1188,000 1479,000 1652,000 Total USA 7,658,000 11,480,000 15,266,000 22,339,000 26,175,000 30,471,000 Market share LMPC in Gulf Market share LMPC in USA 48.2% 46.8% 19.1% 16.7% 16.6% 15.0% Source: US Army Corps of Engineers (2003) 3.6% 3.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8%
188 Table 85: Concentration patterns in five US ports (2002) The Performance of Seaport Clusters Economic activity Mobile LMPC Houston Tampa LA/Long Beach Support Activities for Water Transportation 10.4 15.3 3.4 2.2 1.0 Freight Transportation arrangement 1.6 2.3 2.0 0.8 2.3 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers 1.6 1.7 3.2 0.7 0.5 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services Source: US Bureau of Census (2003) 0.5 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.7 These figures show that the LMPC has lost market share, especially in container throughput. This is explained to some extent by natural factors, and also because of the LMPC’s weaknesses, most importantly its lacking capability to solve collective action problems and develop an adequate system for handling containers and moving them into the hinterland. Apart from containers (the only growth market), the LMPC has not lost market share, predominantly because it can operate at low costs (land prices are low and internal competition secures low handling rates) and does not face congestion problems. Another indicator of the performance of the LMPC is the relative concentration of various cluster activities. ‘Support activities for water transportation’, the ‘core’ of a port cluster, are strongly concentrated in the LMPC. These firms have to be located at deepwater facilities. Activities that can locate in seaports, such as logistics consultants and transportation arrangement firms are less concentrated in the LMPC. This indicates that the cluster does not attract a large share of footloose port related activities. This can be explained by its weaknesses: the cluster is not diverse and customers and suppliers are absent in the LMPC.
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PETER W. DE LANGEN The Performance
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