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Sea-land interdependence in the global maritime network: the case of Australian port cities
PortEconomics member César Ducruet, and Justin Berli (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 8504 Géographie-cités, Paris, France) and Mattia Bunel (Institut Géographique National, COGIT Saint-Mandé, France)- on their latest study, published at Networks and Spatial Economics latest issue, discuss main results in the light of network science, spatial science, and transport studies. Their study tackles the longstanding issue of intermodality head on. From ageomatics perspective, the authors model both maritime...
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Reflections: 50 Years of UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport, 1968-2018
PortEconomics members Mary Brooks and Patrick Verhoeven celebrate and contribute, along with other eminent guest essayists, in the history of the Review of Maritime Transport over the past 50 years, a publication that examines the past and future of maritime transport and its part in trade and development. Mary Brooks analyses the results of a survey exploring the opinion of some UNCTAD staff, selected UNCTAD collaborators and partners, as well as International Association of Maritime Economists members on how is the future of maritime...
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Tidying up inter-terminal connections
By Peter de Langen A study on better co-operation between terminals in Hong Kong by Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Management College has rightfully received industry attention of late. The study focuses on inter-terminal transfers (ITTs) between the five terminal operating companies in Hong Kong. The terminals charge for these ITTs, thus adding costs to already-high terminal rates in comparison with competing ports. Inter-terminal moves arise when a container arrives at, for example, terminal A, but needs to be moved to terminal B for the...
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The multifaceted objectives of the belt & road initiative: evidence from multiple case studies
The Belt and Road Programme (or Initiative) first initiated in 2013 constitutes the ultimate evolution of China's previous opening-up policies and spreads across over 65 nations located in Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa, corresponding to the 63% of world population and 29% of global GDP, with an overall project value of about 900 billion USD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2018). BRI aims to make China a global nation and a recognized economic force worldwide, breaking down political and economic boundaries with...
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ESPO’s Liber Amicorum: PortEconomics joins celebrations of 25 years ESPO
The European Sea Ports Association (ESPO) celebrates its 25 years with the publication of a Book of friends, gathering 30 memories and reflections of port people who are or have been instrumental in the life of the ESPO. Four PortEconomics members- Peter de Langen, Michael Dooms, Theo Notteboom, and Thanos Pallis- are among the contributors in ESPO's Liber Amicorum, bringing back memories and reflections of their extensive involvement in facilitating EPSO and its membership in advancing the interests of European ports. ESPO represents...
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Dutch and Belgian container ports: life in the fast lane
By Theo Notteboom Belgian and Dutch container ports are located in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta, the largest container port region in Europe in volume terms. Dutch and Belgian ports together handled 25.8 million TEU in 2017 or 7.9% more than in 2016. The Belgian-Dutch port region recorded a year-on-year growth of 6.2% in Q1-Q3 2018, so growth remains strong. In 2017, 23.9% of the total European container port traffic was handled by Belgian and Dutch ports. With these figures, the Rhine-Scheldt Delta port region is the most important port...
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Measuring environmental efficiency of cruise companies considering corporate social responsibility
With the importance of corporate social responsibility being increasingly recognised, PortEconomics member Grace Wang co-authored along with Xiao Yi and Kevin Li (Chung-Ang University), a study that aims to help a cruise company identify social and environmental issues that present risks and opportunities, while taking into consideration the most concerning environmental issues to the external stakeholders. A Super-slack-based measure model, combined with the Malmquist productivity index, is applied to measure environmental efficiency in...
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Maritime networks, port efficiency, and hinterland connectivity in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean has been one of the most active trading areas for millennia. Trade- and by extension connectivity- between Mediterranean riparian countries is one of the oldest and most studied topics in economic history. The Mediterranean has complex trade patterns and routes- but with key differences from the past. It is no longer an isolated world economy: it is both a trading area and a transit area linking Europe and North Africa with the rest of the world through the hub-and-spoke structure of maritime...
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