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June 5th, 2018
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A better understanding of what matters to whom… from the Court to the Cloud!  The emergence of the expansion mindset Port managing bodies and the cities located near or around them often have long, common histories of joint economic and social development. For a number of ports, this has been extensively documented by researchers in economic and social history. Often, port development, through mostly outward expansion projects has led, especially during the second half of the 20thcentury, to great sacrifices by surrounding local...
June 4th, 2018
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By Jean Paul Rodrigue Automation is bringing a series of paradoxes to the shipping industry. Since maritime shipping is in the derived demand business, it is misleading to assume that automation does not affect the demand for shipping as well. Although automation is mostly considered by the industry at the port terminal level, it also takes place across entire supply chains, a process associated with the fourth industrial revolution (manufacturing 4.0/4IR). The impacts of automation may thus be more significant on the...
June 3rd, 2018
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GREPORT2018, the second edition of the bi-annual Report on Greek Ports, has been produced by PortEconomics members George Vaggelas and Thanos Pallis, and published by Ports & Shipping Advisory (P&SA). The report covers all the developments in the Greek Port System over the last years, including a detailed analysis of the througput and financial evolution of the major Greek ports, and terminal operators in Greece. In particular the four Section of the report are: Section I presents the key developments in the national and...
June 1st, 2018
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PortEconomics is attending the second day of the #ESPO2018, the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Association (ESPO) and provides live coverage of all you want to know about the latest discussions of European port authorities. * You might recap discussions of the first day of #ESPO2018 via The PortEconomics Diary: #ESPO2018 Day 1 Day 2 Erik DE NEEF, Chairman Koninklijke Roeiers Vereeniging Eendracht, opens discussions of the second Investing in efficient, sustainable and safe mooring operations: "Safe mooring in every port....
May 31st, 2018
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PortEconomics is at #ESPO2018, the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Association (ESPO) and provides you live coverage of all you want to know about the latest discussions of European port authorities. Eamonn O’REILLY, Chairman, ESPO:  "Developing a basic infrastructure to serve Europe is more than important. Energy and climate challenges change the environment. Building acceptance, societal integration of the projects if we are going to build, is too important. TEN-t networks demand inter-border relations, transnational...
May 29th, 2018
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By Theo Notteboom The PortGraphic shows the container throughput growth for Q1 2018 in the top 20 EU container ports. Not all ports have published figures for Q1 2018 yet. Most ports show healthy growth with many ports reaching double-digit growth. Top performers include Gdansk (+47%!), Piraeus, Barcelona & Zeebrugge. Valencia, Algeciras & Piraeus are contending for the number one spot in the (European) Med. Europe's largest container ports, Rotterdam and Antwerp, remain on the strong growth paths of the past few years, while...
May 23rd, 2018
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By Peter de Langen This year’s Danish Port Days were held in Esbjerg, with the theme of ‘port transformations’ guiding a conference that included sessions where academics and industry leaders discussed management research issues worth exploring One of those issues came straight from a tour of the port: over the last few years Esbjerg has developed into the leading Danish offshore wind port, hosting a large number of companies involved in construction, assembly, and transport of components of offshore windmills, as well as related...
May 22nd, 2018
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Port authorities  have transformed to hybrid organizations mostly disassociated from operational activities and port services provision. Still, they maintain a key role as managing bodies advancing the prospects of respective port and associate clusters. Marketing is among the functions working towards this end. In a new port study, PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Thanos Pallis - joined by Marcello Risitano and Marco Ferretti - develop an  innovative conceptualization of the marketing strategies developed by Port Authorities...
May 17th, 2018
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An introductory presentation on the theme "What makes a competitive hub?" gave PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom during the World Ports Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 8 to 11 May 2018. Theo moderated also the panel debate on the same theme during of which panelists shared experiences from Panama, Djibouti, Trieste and Dubai as well as the EU on how to develop successful logistics hubs. Guimara Tuñón Guerra, Gilles Bergot, Michael Proffitt, Zeno...
May 9th, 2018
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Contested industries have fallen under increased scrutiny of the public eye when it comes to their environmental performance. In particular the transport industry is still considered as a large polluter. Therefore, stakeholders put pressure on the industry to work on their environmental footprint. Shippers assess whether their supply chain as a whole can be increasingly ‘greened’, given increasing environmental awareness from both customers (in B2B settings) and consumers (in B2C settings). Ports, as important nodes in transport...
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