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Implications of One Belt One Road (OBOR) on Malaysian Seaport
Capacity
R.Putri
Dr. Jagan Jeevan
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
This paper focus on the implication of OBOR strategy on Malaysian seaport capacity.
One Belt One Road (OBOR) strategy is win-win cooperation between China with 65
countries including Malaysia. This strategy linking the route connecting Asia, Europe,
Africa and the Middle East comprising two route which are ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’
and ‘21 st Century Maritime Silk Road’. Some projects that will be developed in Malaysia
under OBOR strategy are Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial park (MCKIP), Melaka
Gateway, East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), and Iskandar Malaysia. Since seaports in
Malaysia currently face an imbalance capacity due to the unpredictable trend in
maritime logistics, this research was conducted to analyse the impact of OBOR
strategy on Malaysian seaport capacity and to evaluate the preparation of Malaysia to
comply with it. This paper employs quantitative approach to analyze the impact of
OBOR strategy on seaport capacity especially in peninsular Malaysia. Questionnaire
has been distributed to 30 respondents including experts from seaports and seaport
users. Regression analysis has been conducted to evaluate whether the OBOR strategy
will give an impact to the capacity on seaports in Malaysia and proposing substantial
preparation of Malaysia to cope with OBOR strategy.
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