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  • January 26th, 2021
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    An analysis of the CSR portfolio of cruise shipping lines

    An analysis of the CSR portfolio of cruise shipping lines

    Disruptions and resilience in global container shipping and ports: covid-19 pandemic vs. 2008-2009 financial crisis

    Disruptions and resilience in global container shipping and ports: covid-19 pandemic vs. 2008-2009 financial crisis

    Port funding strategies: concessions in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Port funding strategies: concessions in Sub-Saharan Africa

    European cruise ports: challenges since the pre-pandemic era

    European cruise ports: challenges since the pre-pandemic era

    What drives ports around the world to adopt air emissions abatement measures?

    What drives ports around the world to adopt air emissions abatement measures?

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    The correlation between the behaviour of ports and freight rates in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID19 pandemic

    The correlation between the behaviour of ports and freight rates in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID19 pandemic

    IAPH-WPSP barometer: one quarter of ports responding have an increased share of empty container handling

    IAPH-WPSP barometer: one quarter of ports responding have an increased share of empty container handling

    PortGraphic: top15 container ports in Europe in the first three quarters 2020

    PortGraphic: top15 container ports in Europe in the first three quarters 2020

    Video: changing demand for maritime trade

    Video: changing demand for maritime trade

    Top-15 ports in Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC): is this crisis different?

    Top-15 ports in Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC): is this crisis different?

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    PhD Opportunity: Maritime Economics -Emission control areas & French Med Ports

    PhD Opportunity: Maritime Economics -Emission control areas & French Med Ports

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    Resilience & adaptability of shipping, ports & supply chains to internal & external shocks

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    Lloyd’s maritime academy certificate in port economics by P. de Langen

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    PortEconomics members leading role in the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) reconfirmed

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    New book: towards a better port industry

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    Academic perspectives on the feasibility of mega container ships

    Academic perspectives on the feasibility of mega container ships

    The Analyst: e-commerce, service differentiation and port operations

    The Analyst: e-commerce, service differentiation and port operations

    Recycling supply chains and new business: experiences in Malaga

    Recycling supply chains and new business: experiences in Malaga

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    Port Transparency: a global survey

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    The UK Freeports initiative

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Pierre Cariou

Pierre Cariou is Senior Professor at Kedge Business School, Visiting Professor at the Shanghai Maritime University and at the World Maritime University (WMU). He is Head of the Maritime Governance, Trade and Logistics Lab of KEDGE Supply chain center of excellence and Associate member of the Hapag-Lloyd/Khüne Logistic University Global Logistics Research Center. He held the French Chair in Maritime Affairs at WMU from 2004 to 2010 and started his academic carrier as Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Nantes (France). He completed his PhD on liner shipping strategies and contributed since 2010 to several reports for various shipping-related companies (French shipowner Association, SKS Tanker, LDA, SOCATRA, CMA CGM…), Port Authorities (Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, Port La Nouvelle, and Marseille), Shippers (Casino/SRS Group…), Banks (NATIXIS)... His main research interests are in shipping/port economics and shipping environmental protection and safety, on which he published more than 80 peer-review articles. He is an associate member of https://www.porteconomics.eu/, and he was the International Association of Maritime Economists’ Vice President (2014-2016) and KEDGE Business School Director of Research (2015-2017).

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Video: changing demand for maritime trade

Video: changing demand for maritime trade

Containers
Towards low carbon global supply chains: CO2 emission reductions in container shipping Containers

Towards low carbon global supply chains: CO2 emission reductions in container shipping

How individual factors contribute to the carbon footprint associated with international maritime container supply chains? This is the key question of the latest port study co-authored by PortEconomics members Pierre Cariou, Francesco Parola and Theo Notteboom. The authors advance their research providing four key contributions: ...
Digitalisation drives modernisation of maritime trade Featured

Digitalisation drives modernisation of maritime trade

Pierre Cariou was involved in organising the ISLI Supply Chain Forum, “Emerging Challenges in a Complex Future”, held at the Kedge Business School in Bordeaux in March 2018. One of the panel discussions moderated by Pierre Cariou focused on the digitalisation of shipping supply chains. Dominique Lebreton, MGI chief business...
Toward digitalisation of maritime supply chains Featured

Toward digitalisation of maritime supply chains

Maritime Supply Chain is one of the key sectors for digital transformation. With its high degree of networking and its large number of interfaces, maritime supply chain offers a broad range of applications for digital technologies. Stakeholders across the supply chain see huge potential to improve maritime and port service level and...
Port state control in the EU: do inspectors' number & background matter? European Port Policy

Port state control in the EU: do inspectors' number & background matter?

The succession of maritime accidents in the last decades of the 20 century caused a strong political and public outcry for more stringent maritime safety regulations and measures. One of the most significant developments in this regard was the establishment of several regional agreements on Port State Control (PSC) – the first of...
Green liner shipping network design Containers

Green liner shipping network design

According to the International Energy Agency, the contribution of international shipping to carbon footprint is as large as some major countries. To curb emissions, containerized shipping lines have implemented some technical and operational. The latest port study of PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou co-authored with Ali Cheaitou...
Video: Hanjin bankruptcy impact supply chains (in French) Featured

Video: Hanjin bankruptcy impact supply chains (in French)

PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou explains in a short video (1’20) how Hanjin bankruptcy impact supply chains and why this should be a concern for final consumers.
Port sustainability and the ocean's carrier network problem Featured

Port sustainability and the ocean's carrier network problem

Port Sustainability and Ocean’s Carrier Network Problem (OCNP): PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou along with Lucie Sislian and Anicia Jaegler (Kedge Business School) review the literature of these interrelated concepts in their latest port study. The past literature did not establish a clear relationship between these two...
The impact of competition on container port (in)efficiency Containers

The impact of competition on container port (in)efficiency

Very few studies focus on the impact of competition on port efficiency. However, it can be assumed that a port in a monopolistic situation is subject to less pressure from customers and might be less efficient. Conversely, a port subject to high competition may be forced to overinvest in order to provide a higher quality of service to...
French seaports: assessing the new governance structure Featured

French seaports: assessing the new governance structure

The new governance structure of French seaports is the theme of the port study presented by PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou along with Dagnet Frederic, from Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, France and Fedi Laurent, Euromed Management, France during the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME...
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Top-20 cruise ports in the Med, 2010-2019
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Evolution of container volumes in European ports, 1985-2018
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