Horizontal Collaboration Types In Logistics Centres: A Case Study In Turkiye

Logistics centres were built in a specific area to facilitate logistical activities. Their influence on global freight traffic and their significance in sustainability and multimodal transportation are enhancing. Collaboration represents an advanced and long-term form of incremental cooperation, fostering mutual trust among partners. They are viewed as a modern approach to addressing various challenges in the logistics sector. Logistics centres are also examples of logistic clusters resulting from collaborations between logistics service providers. Therefore, logistics centres provide an opportunity to develop collaborations by providing facilitators such as physical proximity, relationships, and contract management. In this regard, horizontal collaborations and logistics centres are mutually driving and facilitating each other. This study aims to investigate horizontal collaboration types in logistics centres and the impact of logistics centres on the collaboration level between logistics service providers. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. The results were interpreted based on the analysis's findings.