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    Risk-driven supply chain designs – a re-assessment with geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations

    Risk-driven supply chain designs – a re-assessment with geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations

    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

    A metric of global maritime supply chain disruptions: The global supply chain stress index - maritime (GSCSI-M)

    A metric of global maritime supply chain disruptions: The global supply chain stress index - maritime (GSCSI-M)

    ESG disclosure as a proxy of port corporate communication and sustainable management strategy: An LDA approach

    ESG disclosure as a proxy of port corporate communication and sustainable management strategy: An LDA approach

    From coal exports to green steel production? The role of circular economy precincts for sustainable port diversification

    From coal exports to green steel production? The role of circular economy precincts for sustainable port diversification

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    IAPH World Ports Tracker 2026 reveals state of global port sustainability

    IAPH World Ports Tracker 2026 reveals state of global port sustainability

    PortGraphic: Container port dynamics near Gibraltar

    PortGraphic: Container port dynamics near Gibraltar

    Top-10 PortReads in 2025

    Top-10 PortReads in 2025

    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?

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    Call for papers: Contemporary Maritime Economics: Transformations and Emerging Perspectives

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    ECONSHIP2026: Call for papers

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    Call for papers: 1st Florence Maritime Regulation Conference

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    PortEconomics co-director appointed Senior Scientific Advisor to the Florence School of Regulation

    Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy

    Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy

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    Port-city integration

    Port-city integration

    Commission unveils new EU Ports Strategy

    Commission unveils new EU Ports Strategy

    PortGraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in Q3 2025

    PortGraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in Q3 2025

    Maritime transport in net zero

    Maritime transport in net zero

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    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

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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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Chinese ports: quo vadis?

Chinese ports: quo vadis?

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PortGraphic: COVID-19 cargo concentration pattern Hamburg-Le Havre range Containers

PortGraphic: COVID-19 cargo concentration pattern Hamburg-Le Havre range

By Theo Notteboom It is early days to estimate the ramifications of #covid-19 on ports. Still, past crises reveal interesting facts. The graph shows the impact of past crises on cargo concentration in the Hamburg-Le Havre port range in Europe. The orange line gives the combined market share (basis=TEU) of the three largest...
PortGraphic: COVID-19 and blank sailing impact on European ports Containers

PortGraphic: COVID-19 and blank sailing impact on European ports

The Coronavirus has resulted in a high number of blanked sailings in container shipping. Until recently, these were caused by the sharply reduced port activity in China as factories across the country closed in the wake of the lockdown. In recent weeks, port operations in China turned back to normal after factories reopened, and...
PortGraphic: COVID-19 and how vulnerable are European container ports to the drop in Chinese port volumes? Containers

PortGraphic: COVID-19 and how vulnerable are European container ports to the drop in Chinese port volumes?

By Theo Notteboom At the time of writing there were more than 73,000 cases of the COVID-19 virus and more than 1,850 deaths. China, and particularly the Hubei province, is responsible for most of the recorded cases and deaths. The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has a huge impact on economic life in China with many factories and...
PortGraphic: The impact of COVID-19 to Chinese Cosco Shipping ports Containers

PortGraphic: The impact of COVID-19 to Chinese Cosco Shipping ports

By Theo Notteboom Below a graph showing the volume losses in January - February 2020 compared to the same period last year for the key #container #terminals of Cosco Shipping Ports. The impact of #COVID-19 is obvious. Chinese ports are slowly but surely becoming fully operational again, but it is expected also March 2020 will show...
The role of seaports in green supply chain management Containers

The role of seaports in green supply chain management

The latest portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Noteboom  and Larissa van der Lught along with Niels van Saase (Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics (Erasmus UPT), Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Steve Sel and Kris Neyens (VIL-Flanders Innovation Cluster for Logistics, Antwerp, Belgium) analyzes the role of seaports in...
Top 15 container ports in Europe in 2019: TEU volumes and growth rates Containers

Top 15 container ports in Europe in 2019: TEU volumes and growth rates

By Theo Notteboom The cargo volume handled remains a key performance indicator for ports. While also other indicators related to logistics performance, sustainability, innovation and economic impact are gaining ground, it remains relevant to observe how cargo volumes have evolved over time. The table shows the top 15 container...
Port choice by intra-regional container service operators: decision-making techniques between Malaysian and other Asian ports Containers

Port choice by intra-regional container service operators: decision-making techniques between Malaysian and other Asian ports

Intra-regional container service operators are challenged to design regular and reliable liner services connecting regional ports at the lowest cost and shortest transit time while considering customer demand. This port study of PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom co-authored by Noorul Shaiful Fitri Abdul Rahman (International Maritime...
The European container port scene 2019 and outlook for 2020 Containers

The European container port scene 2019 and outlook for 2020

By Theo Notteboom The year 2019 brought a range of challenges and opportunities for European container ports. In this contribution we summarize the main developments and present an outlook for 2020. Container volumes up, but concern about rising trade barriers The year 2019 will go down in history as a year that brought...
The impact of innovation on dock labour: evidence from European ports Featured

The impact of innovation on dock labour: evidence from European ports

The market environment of ports and terminals is continuously pushing terminal operators to achieve higher levels of dock labour performance. The latest port study by PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom along with Francesco Vitellaro (University of Genoa) proposes an original conceptual framework to identify, classify and evaluate...
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