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    Container terminal automation: assessment of drivers and benefits

    Container terminal automation: assessment of drivers and benefits

    Americas 1H2023: Is port activity accelerating or decelerating?

    Americas 1H2023: Is port activity accelerating or decelerating?

    Impact of the Mediterranean sulfur emission control area on trade and countries

    Impact of the Mediterranean sulfur emission control area on trade and countries

    Innovation ecosystems in ports: a comparative analysis of Rotterdam and Valencia

    Innovation ecosystems in ports: a comparative analysis of Rotterdam and Valencia

    The strategy of the port development company: a business ecosystem perspective

    The strategy of the port development company: a business ecosystem perspective

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    Top-15 European container ports, H1 2023

    Top-15 European container ports, H1 2023

    ESG in ports: transparency and integrity

    ESG in ports: transparency and integrity

    OECD Peer Learning Group meeting of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Republic of Togo

    OECD Peer Learning Group meeting of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Republic of Togo

    Impact of the Mediterranean sulfur emission control area on trade and countries

    Impact of the Mediterranean sulfur emission control area on trade and countries

    Ιmpact of IMO sustainable policy and data management on maritime industry

    Ιmpact of IMO sustainable policy and data management on maritime industry

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    Call for Abstracts: International Academic Conference on Shipping, Sustainability & Solutions

    Call for Abstracts: International Academic Conference on Shipping, Sustainability & Solutions

    Transitions: readiness and challenges in the shipping industry

    Transitions: readiness and challenges in the shipping industry

    PortEconomics members to analyze port strategy and performance in the new global scenario

    PortEconomics members to analyze port strategy and performance in the new global scenario

    Developing China’s ports, how the gateways to economic prosperity were revived

    Developing China’s ports, how the gateways to economic prosperity were revived

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    As expected, large containerships are arriving in Latin America

    As expected, large containerships are arriving in Latin America

    The Analyst: Amsterdam’s bold move on cruise may be a missed opportunity to promote sustainable cruise tourism

    The Analyst: Amsterdam’s bold move on cruise may be a missed opportunity to promote sustainable cruise tourism

    OECD Peer Learning Group meeting of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Republic of Togo

    OECD Peer Learning Group meeting of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Republic of Togo

    Ιmpact of IMO sustainable policy and data management on maritime industry

    Ιmpact of IMO sustainable policy and data management on maritime industry

    Top-20 container ports in the Caribbean in 2022

    Top-20 container ports in the Caribbean in 2022

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Peter de Langen

Dr. Peter de Langen is the owner and principal consultant of Ports & Logistics Advisory, based in Malaga, Spain and established in 2013. Peter de Langen is part-time professor at Copenhagen Business School and held a part-time position as professor Cargo Transport & Logistics, at Eindhoven University of Technology, from 2009 to 2016, From 2007 to 2013, Peter worked at Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR), department Corporate Strategy as senior advisor. From 1997 to 2007, he worked at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). Peter is co-director of the knowledge dissemination platform www.porteconomics.eu, co-organiser of conferences and training events and regular speaker at industry conferences on ports and shipping.

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The Analyst: Amsterdam’s bold move on cruise may be a missed opportunity to promote sustainable cruise tourism

The Analyst: Amsterdam’s bold move on cruise may be a missed opportunity to promote sustainable cruise tourism

Cruise
The strategy of the port development company: a business ecosystem perspective Category

The strategy of the port development company: a business ecosystem perspective

In his latest port study, PortEconomics co-director Peter de Langen advances a conceptual understanding of strategies of port development companies (PDCs) by applying the business ecosystem perspective. Peter's analysis. which is published in the scholarly journal Maritime Transport Research, leads to a distinction between four...
Circular economy indicators for ports European Port Policy

Circular economy indicators for ports

Based on earlier exploratory research, PortEconomics members Elvira Haezendonck, Michael Dooms, and Peter de Langen, P. join Lynn Faut and Fanny Soyeur, in a port study on how best to ensure a circular strategy implementation by world ports. The study recently published in the Journal of Maritime Transport Research focuses on...
Deep uncertainty and decision-making in ports and shipping European Port Policy

Deep uncertainty and decision-making in ports and shipping

Comment by Peter de Langen. A UNCTAD, in its yearly flagship publication, the review of Maritime Transport, has flagged the considerable uncertainty facing shipping and ports. UNCTAD has developed four scenarios, based on key uncertainties in the geopolitical context and the COVID recovery. Broadly, based on these four scenarios, we...
The 2M breakup; (how) will it affect ports? Containers

The 2M breakup; (how) will it affect ports?

Comment by PortEconomics member Peter de Langen: The 2M breakup in 2025, announced recently, came a bit as a surprise, though especially Maersk portrays it as a logical consequence of their integrator strategy. This integrator strategy implies a focus on providing a larger bundle of services than just shipping. As a consequence,...
The Analyst: Maersk Line’s clean fuel efforts; gaining competitive advantage through moving early? Featured

The Analyst: Maersk Line’s clean fuel efforts; gaining competitive advantage through moving early?

By Peter de Langen Maersk is clearly an early mover when it comes to transitioning to clean fuels. It has decided to opt mainly for green methanol and has now 19 ships with dual fuel engines capable of sailing on methanol on order. In addition, Maersk is focusing on securing the supply of green methanol, and currently has 7...
London Gateway: the steady private development of a ‘port business ecosystem’ Containers

London Gateway: the steady private development of a ‘port business ecosystem’

"DP World, the developer of London Gateway, made two recent announcements, signalling the steady development of the London Gateway port business ecosystem" - comments Peter de Langen in his "Analyst" column in Port Strategy "First, it will invest around £350 million in a fourth berth project, which will increase London...
Developing China’s ports, how the gateways to economic prosperity were revived Featured

Developing China’s ports, how the gateways to economic prosperity were revived

Many countries in Africa and Asia have coastlines that present opportunities for them to become gateways for trade between the hinterlands and global trading routes. However, policy makers struggle to translate this potential into engines of economic development and social transformation. In the past 40 years, China has taken advantage...
Productive arrangements in container logistics Containers

Productive arrangements in container logistics

PortEconomics co-director Peter de Langen wrote a policy report to help shape port policies in Brazil. The report ‘Productive Arrangements in Container Logistics: Policy Challenges for Granting Terminal Concessions’, was commissioned by the leading Brazilian terminal operator BTP, and written, in full independence, by Peter de...
Revolutionisation of how ports operate Containers

Revolutionisation of how ports operate

By Giovanni Prati, CNN How this technology could shake up logistics at major ports Dubai (CNN) In Dubai's Jebel Ali port, a new technology is being tested that aims to speed up, improve and automate the way shipping containers are stored, moved and shipped. Typically, at major ports, shipping containers awaiting transport are...
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