Business and threat analysis of ports’ supply chain services

Abstract

Maritime supply chain is a dynamic system in which a set of organizations, people, activities, information and resources are involved aiming at delivering a service or a product to the final users. The paper describes the business processes of a representative example of a cross-border supply chain service, namely the “Vehicles Transport Chain”; analyses its interdependencies and threats; revealing the limitations of existing risk management methodologies in terms of addressing the cascading effects and the complexity of the maritime security ecosystem; highlights and underlines the need for a targeted risk assessment approach applicable to maritime supply chains.