Port Development: Competitive Factor In Value Chain

The importance of competition factor in all areas of business has lead to the development of a country. This study is focusing on the competition factor in value chains where the case studies in choose is Kuantan Port Consortium in Pahang. This study also takes into account Kemaman Supply Base in Terengganu as a competitor in petrochemical industry, oil and gas. There are several factors where both port elected in this study. Kuantan Port Consortium and Kemaman Supply Base port are within east coast economic region or better-know as ECER. Apart from that, both ports also have similarity in manning petrochemical industry, oil and gas because petrochemical industry is one of the potential field to be developed. One of the most interesting possibility with petrochemical, oil and gas development in our country was the development will create a great opportunity in Malaysia’s port industry. With this development, petrochemical industry can move forward to ensure that national economy can face change and state fall up which often occurs in material and product demand. As such, role of each port is necessary to improve and expand our economy as well as ensuring great competition in value chain especially in petrochemical industry.