how the container ports develop and maintain effective relationship with the customers or stakeholders discuss in detail over the years there has been a continuous change in the role of container ports in response to the competitive business world according to cdfd container ports played a significant role in in acting as the physical interphase between various sea and shore providing service in 1960s some of the services it provided include loading temporary storage space discharging as well as navigational aids in about the 1980s the logistics concept gradually emerged and transformed their roles to one specific center they majorly added value to the goods that were passing through such facilities in the early 2000s the role of the container ports drastically changed due to the increased competition from the business level to the supply chain level hence leading them to collaborate with freight forwarders sea carriers and other actors that tend to provide a safe flexible efficient and environmental friendly transport service throughout the chain