Proposal for review of restrictions and logistic opportunities in an east African port: notes from a technical mission/Proposta de analise das restricoes e das oportunidades logisticas em porto localizado no leste da Africa: notas de missao tecnica

• Published in: Future studies research journal Vol. 2; no. 1; p. 156
• Main Authors: Quinello, Robson, Nicoletti, Jose Roberto, Goncalves, Marilson Alves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies 01.01.2010
• ISSN: 2175-5825; 2175-5825

The logistics went over the century, as noted by Goncalves (2007), from a fragmented and diluted within and value of organizations profile to a critical role in the strategy of the networks and chains of international business. For the twenty-first century, as will be seen in this article, logistics goes beyond these functions going to represent a social and political role in international relations between countries. The installation of a port located in East Africa near the Red Sea, the critical incident will be reviewed during a technical mission undertaken by a researcher in 2009. This research field, in the form of checklist, appoint the main barriers in infrastructure, information, rules and norms. The results indicate critical constraints of infrastructure and institutional opportunities that impact the implementation of new developments there. We will show that the progressive development of organizational arrangement to a complex undertaking, such as ports, can be key role in reversing the condition of misery and poverty in African countries. Key-words: Logistics. Ports. Supply Chain. Global Operations. Africa. A logistica passou ao longo do seculo XX, como lembra Goncalves (2007), de um perfil fragmentado e diluido no interior e no valor das organizacoes, para um papel critico na estrategia das redes e cadeias de negocios internacionais. Para o seculo XXI, como sera observada nesse artigo, a logistica extrapola essas funcoes passando a representar um papel politico e social nas relacoes internacionais entre paises. A instalacao de um porto localizado no leste africano, proximo ao Mar Vermelho, sera o incidente critico analisado durante uma missao tecnica empreendida por um dos pesquisadores no ano de 2009. Essa pesquisa de campo, sob a forma de diario de bordo, apontara as principais barreiras no ambito das infraestruturas, das informacoes, das regras e dos principios culturais. Os resultados indicam restricoes criticas de infra-estrutura e oportunidades institucionais que impactam na implantacao de empreendimentos naquele local. Sera demonstrado que o desenvolvimento progressivo do arranjo organizacional de um empreendimento complexo, como o portuario, pode ser papel chave na inversao da condicao de miseria e de pobreza nos paises africanos. Palavras-chave: Logistica. Portos. Cadeia de Suprimentos. Operacoes Globais. Africa.