Strategic Cooperation Dutch Seaports

MTBS has been assigned by the Dutch Seaport Alliance of the ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland and Groningen together with the Departments of Infrastructure and Economy, to advise and assist the port authorities to indentify strategic cooperation opportunities between these four major Dutch seaports. The objective of the project is to determine the main effects of cooperation and market focus on the competitive position of the Dutch seaports in the Hamburg - Le Havre range.

Various analyses (strategic positioning analysis, a portfolio analysis, diversification analysis and  a SWOT analysis for the individual ports) were used to facilitate the workshops for the stakeholders, for private players and the port authorities and to come to a shared vision on cooperation between Dutch Seaports.