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March 29th, 2020
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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 truck drivers and dock workers resumed their activities. The current wave of announced blank sailings is caused by the sharp decline in demand from Europe as virtually all European countries have implemented full...
March 23rd, 2020
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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 logistics flows still being affected. As global supply chains are severely disrupted, production and consumption centres around the world are starting to be affected by the situation in China. Several organisations...
March 21st, 2020
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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 negative figures for most Chinese ports. The full impact of the virus on European and North American ports will only start to be visible this month. If China is indicative, then prospects for these ports are...
March 19th, 2020
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PortEconomics member Adolf Ng was given grant as a part of $25 million in funding from the Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to carry out a study on supply chains resilience under the pressure of a global pandemic like COVID-19. Adolf will study how resilient  supply chains are during the crisis, especially considering the impact of the novel coronavirus on major ports like Vancouver. The study will look at the current strengths and weaknesses of the Canadian current supply chain system locally and...
March 15th, 2020
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Sustainability reporting has proved to be an important management tool in the understanding of where an organization is situated along the sustainability pathway. However, industries have shown different behaviors toward embracing this practice. In the latest port study of PortEconomics member Michael Dooms, along with Magali Geerts (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), the attention turns to the port industry, using the metropolitan inland Port of Brussels (Belgium) as a case study. Given the contested nature of port activities within urban...
March 9th, 2020
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By Jean-Paul Rodrigue The emergence of e-commerce has allowed for new forms of logistics and freight distribution that are starting to have noticeable impacts on ports and terminal operations. This digitalization of retail required the setting of physical distribution components relying on home deliveries, which include several facilities designed and positioned to answer demand promptly. E-commerce is a distributional form of consumption since demand is dependent on the available distribution capabilities, particularly its...
February 28th, 2020
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PortEconomics has scientifically coordinated the most successful Cartagena Cruise Dialogue on “Cruise, Ports and Cities” which took place in Cartagena, de Indias, from 19 to 21 February 2020, Focused on “Preparing Ports, Cities, and Destinations for the next day of cruising”, the Cartagena dialogue involved a unique blending of industry and academia interactions. PortEconomics members involved in the study of cruise ports joined 100 participants and had the opportunity to discuss with cruise ports, destinations, and tourism...
February 26th, 2020
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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 the greening of supply chains in two ways. First, the fields of action to pursue GSCM objectives in ports are identified and grouped. In the empirical part of the study, this typology is used to analyze green...
February 21st, 2020
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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 ports in the European Union in 2019 based on container throughput expressed in TEU. It also includes container growth figures compared to 2018 and pre-crisis year 2007. The final TEU figures for Felixstowe were...
February 3rd, 2020
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By George Vaggelas A decade after the concession of Pier II to COSCO Pacific, followed by the construction and the commencing of operations of Pier III and three years after the sell of the 51% of the shares of Piraeus Port Authority SA to COSCO Shipping Co., the port of Piraeus is advancing among the top container ports in Europe and internationally. In 2018, Piraeus port was the second biggest container port in the Mediterranean, the sixth biggest in Europe and the 37th in the world. No doubt, the presence of an International Terminal...
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