1. Portcentricity Does locating a warehouse adjacent to a port make sense?

2. Context Every supply chain is different Most important mode is Road Transport Driving time and driver times heavily regulated

3. NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA ASIA EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST World trade

4. Rotterdam11.7 Hamburg9.3 Antwerp8.6 Bremerhaven5.8 Valencia4.3 Algeciras4.3 Felixstowe3.4 Gioia Tauro3.1 Marsaxlokk2.7 Saint Petersburg2.5 Ports of Entry

5. Destination markets

6. Model 1 - Portcentric

7. Model 2 – Regional hub

8. 10 ports

9. 10 Logistics centres

10. RDC’s beat ports?

11. 57 78 66 166 72 63 188 70 151 74 93 152 134 94 135 124 139 110 119 120

12. Destination markets

13. rents

14. Conclusions RDC’s have bigger catchment areas than ports – 27% bigger on this sample RDC rents are virtually the same as ports in this sample – 3% more Does locating a warehouse adjacent to a port make sense? Not on this evidence