Building Resilience: A Framework for Maritime Supply Chain Risk Management in Logistics Enterprise

Abstract

In an era of profound shifts in global trade patterns and heightened uncertainties, maritime supply chain risk management faces critical challenges that traditional mechanisms struggle to address. This study investigates the core impediments to resilient development in maritime supply chains for logistics enterprises. Through a systematic analysis, it identifies three systemic bottlenecks: (1) a governance gap where traditional risk management mechanisms fail to cope with novel risks; (2) a collaboration gap stemming from disparate data standards that hinder industry-wide synergy; and (3) an investment gap characterized by the high costs and uncertain returns of building resilience. These three types of issues impede the resilient development of the maritime supply chain and also prevent enterprises from responding to supply chain risks and disruptions. To address these gaps, this paper proposes a multi-faceted solution: integrating resilience metrics into strategic performance appraisal systems, constructing a cost-resilience curve model to identify optimal investment timing, promoting data-sharing platforms and industry partnerships, and innovating with rental service models to lower the barrier to entry for SMEs. Finally, it emphasizes the need for multi-party collaborative efforts among the government, associations, and enterprises to build a flexible, efficient, economically sustainable, and highly resilient supply chain system.