Research On Strategic Alliance Of Ports Around Bohai In Supply Chain Environment

At present, international shipping industry is taking great change, ship companiesand the owners of goods are getting more and more powerful. It means thecompetition that ports are facing is getting more and more fierce. At the same time,the thought of supply chain represents the characteristics of the times, such as digit,network and information, and supply chain environment is becoming the newcompeting environment for modern ports.How to face the rigorous challenge is the first thing that modern ports have to doat present. In Bohai area where big ports gather, the competition between ports is sosevere that it' not easy for ports to cooperate with each other or with other enterpriseson supply chain. To build strategic alliance of ports around Bohai would bepracticable to get out of the dilemma.The paper starts from the status quo of ports' competition and cooperation aroundBohai, analyses the important part ports play in supply chain environment, and pointsout the necessity and feasibility for ports around Bohai to build strategic alliance. Onthis base, the paper discusses the model about how to build strategic alliance of portsaround Bohai, including different modes, choice of alliance partners and analysis ofalliance profit. At last, in the light of the management of the strategic alliance of portsaround Bohai, the paper raises some related measures and suggestions.