Abstract
This study assesses trends and stakeholder comments on maritime port pricing and governance in South Africa. Content analysis is used to analyse Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) tariff applications, Ports Regulator records of decision and stakeholder comments for 2010 to 2012. The study gathers data on port pricing from 1999-2012 and uses descriptive statistics to analyse the trends in port pricing. The findings show the distinctiveness of South Africa’s complementary system of ports and its uniform pricing policy. The ports are financed and managed using a mix of elements from the European and Asian port doctrines, whereas the pricing methodology appears to follow the Anglo-Saxon doctrine. A port doctrine should be developed that would be consistent with the country’s vision and policies.
Highlights
The South African government has recognised the importance of promoting efficient and effective transport, including the strategic role of maritime ports in the logistics chain (NFLS, 2005; Havenga, 2010; Chasomeris, 2011a)
South Africa’s port context is compared and contrasted with the three port pricing paradigms identified in the literature, namely, the Anglo-Saxon, the European and the Asian port doctrines
The study gathered data on port pricing from 1999 to 2012 and used descriptive statistics to analyse the trends in port pricing
Summary
The South African government has recognised the importance of promoting efficient and effective transport, including the strategic role of maritime ports in the logistics chain (NFLS, 2005; Havenga, 2010; Chasomeris, 2011a). Several studies (Jones, 1988; Department of Transport, 2002; NFLS, 2005; Chasomeris, 2011b) show that South Africa’s maritime stakeholders have justifiably been dissatisfied with port governance, policy and pricing that has promoted: import substitution; intra- and inter-port cross-subsidisation; inter-modal cross-subsidisation; insufficient investment in port infrastructure and superstructure; bureaucracy and skewed pricing. This study critically assesses stakeholder comments on maritime port pricing in South Africa. South Africa’s port context is compared and contrasted with the three port pricing paradigms identified in the literature, namely, the Anglo-Saxon, the European and the Asian port doctrines.
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