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PortReport 4 | Changing demand for maritime trades
Download PortReport No 4 - Changing demand for maritime trades Effective planning for transport infrastructures such as ports and their connections to roads, railways and inland waterways, requires foresight of what possible future maritime trade flows could look like. The future of maritime trade demand remains by nature uncertain. Due to the diversity in commodities transported at sea (oil, coal, iron ore, grain, general and containerized cargoes…), each trade could be subject to a specific analysis as maritime flows are affected by a...
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Is the 2020 summer cruise season still on? probably not
Based on the announced resuming date of cruise operations, it is evident that cruise companies are skeptical about the short-term future and the ability to operate in the market. With the COVID19 pandemic curve slowing down in several countries and in many parts of the world, the focus has turned on the restart of economic activities in lockdown countries, and then return to the 'new normal'. Tourism is one of the most sensitive economic activities in that respect, and cruise lines try to plan for the next day and the new policies and...
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PortGraphic: top-15 cruise ports in the Med reveal a booming industry in challenge (video)
PortStatistics of 2019 reveal the successful adaptation and growth of Med ports before the arrival of the pandemic. Article by Thanos Pallis, Aimilia Papachristou & George Vaggelas While cruise shipping and ports around the globe reassessing their future in the ‘new’ normal, PortEconomics is presenting you the top-15 ports in the Mediterranean Sea for the past year, 2019 as well as the trends comparing to 2018 and the evolution of cruise passenger movement since the beginning of the 2010s. PortStatistics of 2019 reveals the...
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Port of Brussels: the strategic role of inland ports in urban freight policy
Inland ports tend to be smaller in scale, when compared to seaports; this calls for a more detailed analysis of the activities that take place in such ports. Τhe strategic role of inland ports in urban freight policy is the theme of the latest port study by PortEconomics members Elvira Haezendonck and Michael Dooms along with their colleagues Geoffrey Aerts and Mychal Langenus. Analyzing the logistical dedicatedness and the geographic reach of economic activities that take place within a specific inland port, the Port of Brussels, the...
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Deep adaptation to climate change: a new paradigm in the maritime transport sector
Actors in the maritime transport sector need to consider greater threats than those currently identified and also prepare for a more advanced adaptation timetable argue PortEconomics members Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier in their latest port study entitled "Deep adaptation to climate change in the maritime transport sector – a new paradigm for maritime economics?" The study is published in the scholarly journal Maritime Policy and Management in open access format and its full version is freely available here. There are many...
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PortGraphic: top15 European container ports in Q1 2020
By Theo Notteboom Impact of COVID-19 on European ports only started to be strongly visible in March 2020. The table shows the container throughput growth for Q1 2020 in the top 15 containers ports in Europe. While the Coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, its impact on European ports only started to be strongly visible in March 2020. In February 2020, the supply shock in China, where the factories were unable to operate, generated a first wave of blank sailings. Given the sailing time on the Europe-Far East trade, the effect of...
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IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer for Week 20: Latin American ports more impacted by hinterland delays, dockworker shortages & truck driver availability
Compiled by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis the sixth edition of the weekly IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer Report, published every Friday, reports significant drops in extra port restrictions and delays due to changes in port call procedures. The full report covers worldwide port developments in Week 20 (4 May – 10 May) 2020 and might be downloaded here. The round-up this week was a mixed picture, with the global reach of the pandemic still being felt in varying degrees depending on the region. The...
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Opportunities for ports to embrace digitalisation and decarbonisation in the ‘new normal’
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom was among the speakers during the first in the series of the IAPH/IHS Markit ‘Coronavirus Webinars’ which was broadcasted this week. Under the guidance of IHS Markit Vice-President Maritime and Trade Peter Tirschwell, Theo joined Gene Seroka (Executive Director Port of Los Angeles), and Jan Hoffmann (Chief Logistics Branch UNCTAD) to discuss how ports could survive and thrive in the post-COVID19 landscape. Rather than casting a negative perspective on the current crisis inflicted by the...
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