Author the red-med railway project a serious competitor to the suez canal for cargo containers?

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Salem Y. Lakhal
Souad H’Mida
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Abstract

Israel and China have finalized a project plan initiated in 2012. This project received the green light from Israeli cabinet in March 2014. With this venture, China will build a cargo railway line connecting the port of Eilat in the Red Sea to the ports of Ashdod and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast in Israel. This project will be a shipping alternative to the Suez Canal. This statement is the corner stone of this paper and considered an hypothesis to be verified within this paper. The methodology used is based on the concept of “market position.” The main conclusion, theoretically, the Red-Med railway could be an alternative to the Suez Canal for in the 4,000 TFE Vessels containers transportation as far as costs are concerned. However, other concerns, such as the security in the Suez Canal and the risk of its shutdown, must be considered too.

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Salem Y. Lakhal, Université de Moncton

Salem Y. Lakhal is a Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. He teaches courses on project management, and supply chain management. He has published papers, some of them in the European Journal of Operations Research. His research interests are the green supply chain applied in the petroleum, pricing, and value-added sharing. He holds a BSc in I. Engineering, an MSc in Operations Management and a PhD in Operations Management and Decision Sciences. His current researches interests include resilient supply and maritime transport design.

Souad H’Mida, Université de Moncton

Champs de spécialisation : Chaîne logistique verte; confiance dans les négociations internationales; commerce électronique et confiance; commerce électronique et gestion responsable

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