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    Determinants of sustainability reporting in the present institutional context: the case of port managing bodies

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    GREPORT 2020: all about Greek ports

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    Liner shipping, containerisation and mega carriers: structural changes for industry operators

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    The Analyst: further steps needed for new merger

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    Port clusters' social licence to operate

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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: further steps needed for new merger

The Analyst: further steps needed for new merger

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Future scenarios for maritime transport in Europe European Port Policy

Future scenarios for maritime transport in Europe

The IV Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona, recently presented, includes a projection on the maritime traffic trends in Europe for 2040. PortEconomics member Peter de Langen partnered with the consulting firm blueFocus, analyze these trends two decades ahead to establish long-term traffic forecasts. Given the difficulties in making...
The Analyst: a strategic plan, it may tick all the boxes but is it radical enough? European Port Policy

The Analyst: a strategic plan, it may tick all the boxes but is it radical enough?

By Peter de Langen The French Haropa ports, Le Havre, Rouen and Paris are steadily implementing the full merger announced over two years ago; the final step should be ready June this year. As an important part of the integration, they recently published a strategic plan until 2025.  The plan is an interesting read and clearly...
What drives ports around the world to adopt air emissions abatement measures? European Port Policy

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

The reduction of Greenhouse gasses (GHG) and other air emissions represents a major challenge for ports. Ports so far have only taken limited steps to this end, but there are large differences between ports. PortEconomics members Henrik Sornn Friese, Peter de Langen, and co-authors René Taudal Poulsen and Agnieszka Urszula...
The Analyst: e-commerce, service differentiation and port operations Featured

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

By Peter de Langen E-commerce had been growing impressively before COVID-19, with growth rates as much as 10 times higher than the growth of sales of physical stores. COVID-19 has obviously accelerated that growth. Currently, around 20 per cent of all retail sales are online, with huge differences between commodities. For books the...
Recycling supply chains and new business: experiences in Malaga Containers

Recycling supply chains and new business: experiences in Malaga

With the cruise industry stalled and uncertainty of containers, Malaga needs to expand into other cargo areas While we may associate the circular economy with more local value chains, a recent initiative from Malaga shows that this is not necessarily the case, writes Peter de Langen - in a viewpoint first published in his column as 'The...
The UK Freeports initiative European Port Policy

The UK Freeports initiative

The UK, after claiming that the EU had been holding back the development of UK’s ports, launched a UK Freeports initiative as a major instrument to shape the UK’s economic development post-Brexit  by Peter de Langen Up to 10 Freeports are foreseen. These Freeports are to be privately developed in rail, air and seaports -probably...
The Analyst: HHLA and Eurogate cooperation Featured

The Analyst: HHLA and Eurogate cooperation

By Peter de Langen The news from end of May 2020 that HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG) and Eurogate are holding discussions on cooperating in the container segment in northern Germany, may well mark a turning point in the German Hanseatic port development tradition, comments Peter de Langen. HHLA is the market leader in...
Public purchase of Imperial questioned Thematic Area

Public purchase of Imperial questioned

By Peter de Langen The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to lead to increased state involvement in the transport industry; for airlines it has already begun, writes Peter de Langen. Such state involvement is always complicated, as demonstrated by the Ryanair complaint that governments bailing out flag carriers amounts to state aid. Against...
Consequences of circular economy on the business model of the port authority European Port Policy

Consequences of circular economy on the business model of the port authority

The circularity transition leads to changes in PoA’s business model, with an increasing focus on new services that create synergies, and a decreasing importance of the share of port dues in the total revenue mix. There is a gradual but clear transition towards a circular economy (CE) that will potentially have significant impacts on...
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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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