The strength of Malaysian maritime cluster: The development of maritime policy

A comprehensive maritime industry policy that can be adequately monitored to achieve a competitive advantage is important. The Malaysian maritime industry comprises multifaceted sectors that are governed by fragmented governmental agencies. In this research, we investigated the Malaysian maritime industry cluster comprising three main sectors: Shipping, Ship Industry, Ports and Terminals. The Strength Indicator Model has been developed to reveals the maritime industry cluster. We find that the Competitions, Locations, Connections, Government and Chances factors affect the capability of the Malaysian maritime industry cluster. The result of this study will give a framework for Regulatory bodies and the various stakeholders to support the Malaysia maritime industry progressing toward a more competitive and sustainable development of the industry with the aim to become the developed maritime nation.

(1) illustrated the flow of process for analyzing the maritime industry strength, consists of the Location Quotient approach that will be used for structuring the Malaysian maritime industry into three main sectors: Shipping sector, Ship Industry Sector, Ports and Terminal sector; the Delphi process will be used for collecting information from maritime experts and Strength Indicator Model that has been developed during this study, designed to analysis data from the Delphi surveys that attempts to reveals the Malaysian maritime industry strength.The Policies and Strategies toward monitoring and maintaining this industry to ensure the maritime communities are in same plying field. This process will be Follow-up periodically to generate a new policy.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slideHighlights
► We evaluated and modeled all the factors which have contributed to the strength of the Malaysian maritime industry cluster.
► The research found that the industry cluster strength is related to the strategic locations, positive constructive competition and effective connections between the industry and government interventions.
► The maritime industry clusters can be monitored and managed towards a more competitive and sustainable development of the Industry.
► 20 policy features and 5 core strategies were developed to enhance the competitiveness of the maritime industry cluster.