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  • October 24th, 2025
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    Geopolitical risks and port-related carbon emissions: evidence and policy implications

    Geopolitical risks and port-related carbon emissions: evidence and policy implications

    Investments and financing challenges of the EU’s port managing bodies; findings from a comprehensive survey

    Investments and financing challenges of the EU’s port managing bodies; findings from a comprehensive survey

    Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents:  Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

    Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents: Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation

    Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation

  • Presentations
    Port reform: World Bank publishes the third edition of its port reform toolkit

    Port reform: World Bank publishes the third edition of its port reform toolkit

    When will we admit that maritime transport will not be decarbonised by 2050?

    When will we admit that maritime transport will not be decarbonised by 2050?

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    The World Ports Tracker in TOC Europe

    The World Ports Tracker in TOC Europe

    Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

    Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

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    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    PhD posts in the area of ports and energy transition

    PhD posts in the area of ports and energy transition

    PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

    PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

    Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?

    Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?

    Cruise Port-City Compass

    Cruise Port-City Compass

  • Viewpoints
    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

    Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

    In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

    In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

    The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

    The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

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Theo Notteboom

Dr. Theo Notteboom is co-founder and co-director of PortEconomics. He is a professor in port and maritime economics and management with about 25 years of experience in this area. His work is widely cited. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and a rapporteur/expert to leading organizations in the field. He is Chair Professor at Ghent University in Belgium. He is a visiting Research Professor at China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain of Shanghai Maritime University. He also is part-time Professor at University of Antwerp and the Antwerp Maritime Academy in Belgium. He previously held a full-time position as High-end Foreign Expert / Professor at Dalian Maritime University in China (2014-2016) and an MPA visiting professorship in port management at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is immediate past President (2010-2014) and Council Member of International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). Between October 2006 and October 2014 he was President of ITMMA of the University of Antwerp. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belgian Institute of Transport Organizers (BITO), an institute of the Belgian Federal Government.

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Port studies in MPM: reviewing advances, discussing challenges, identifying research streams

Port studies in MPM: reviewing advances, discussing challenges, identifying research streams

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SMPs in multi-port gateway regions: the case study of northeast of China PortStudies

SMPs in multi-port gateway regions: the case study of northeast of China

"Peripheral challenge by Small and Medium Sized Ports (SMPs) in Multi-Port Gateway Regions: the case study of northeast of China" is the theme of the new study of PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, ITMMA-University of Antwerp together with Lin Feng, Dalian Maritime University, that is published in the 20th Special Issue of the...
Port labour in belgian ports: PortEconomics co-director shapes public debate Featured

Port labour in belgian ports: PortEconomics co-director shapes public debate

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom appeared on national Belgian TV program 'De vrije markt' ('The free market')  on Saturday 21 September. The program devoted to the theme of port labour in Belgian ports, with the other panel member being Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of the port of Antwerp. You might share Theo's views and enjoy the most...
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Cargo volumes in the european port system

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom contributed in the latest Port Technolgy International , an article on "Cargo volumes on the European container port system".   source: Theo Notteboom (2013). Cargo volumes on the European container port system". Port Technology International, no. 59 An earlier contribution in Port...
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Ocean freight Logistics: special IJLM issue on current issues

Ocean freight logistics play a significant role in facilitating international trade. A special issue in International journal of Logistics Management on "Strategic Management of Ocean Freight Logistics in An Ever-Changing Global Economy" edited by Jingjing Xu (University of Plymouth) and PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom (ITMMA...
PortEconomics highlights contribution of 40 years Maritime Policy & Management to port studies Featured

PortEconomics highlights contribution of 40 years Maritime Policy & Management to port studies

The flagship journal Maritime Policy & Management celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. To celebrate this occasion, Chung Ang University in Seoul (host of the Journal) organized an academic conference inviting distinguished scholars to review past and future developments in shipping and port research.  PortEconomics could not...
European container port system Containers

European container port system

By Theo Notteboom PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom contributed in the latest Port Technolgy International issue No 58, an article on the European container port system. In his article, Theo deals with the dynamics in the European container port system and analyzes to what extent the economic crisis has affected the...
Porteconomics co-director chairs Port Lunch Flanders 2013 Featured

Porteconomics co-director chairs Port Lunch Flanders 2013

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom moderated the 'Port Lunch Flanders' event in Antwerp. Some 140 participants joined the event which was organized by Management Producties. One of the highlights of the day was a panel discussion with Ben Vree, CEO APMT Europe and Maurizio Aponte, executive director Europe at MSC. The discussion...
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New OECD study on port-cities: Rotterdam & Amsterdam

A new OECD report on "The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities; The Case of Rotterdam/Amsterdam – The Netherlands" was presented on May 10, 2013. The report was co-authored by OECD's Olaf Merk and PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, but it draws on the work of a number of other contributors, including PortEconomics members...
PortEconomics @ Duisport corporate development council Featured

PortEconomics @ Duisport corporate development council

Theo Notteboom, co-director of PortEconomics.eu, gave a keynote presentation during the meeting of the Corporate Development Council of Duisport in Antwerp on 29 April 2013. The Duisport Group is active in a large array of logistics activities, but is particularly known as the owner and management company of the public ports of...
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