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Maritime connectivity: the evolving role of ports in global shipping networks
Maritime connectivity and the evolving role of ports in global shipping networks is the theme of the presentation delivered by Jan Hoffman, President of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), and Chief, Trade Logistics Branch at UNCTAD. Jan Hoffman presentation gives emphasis on questions such as "why connectivity”?, "how to measure it"?, 'Which are the challenges for seaports'?, and was delivered at the 30th IAPH World Ports Conference, held in Nusa Due Bali, Indonesia. The presentation was delivered in...
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Cruise ports & economies of scale in cruise shipping: the Med
By Thanos Pallis In 2016, cruise ports in the Med hosted efficiently and effectively over 13.000 cruise calls with the average number of pax/call exceeding for a second time in history 2.000 pax. At the turn of the century this average was standing at just 848 pax/call. In 2016, the total number of cruise passenger visits at cruise ports in the Med and its adjoining seas exceeded 27 million passenger movements. Comparing to the previous year, this number is 1,1% lower. Yet, the long-term trends make evident that cruise activities in the...
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The bottlenecks of global maritime shipping as transshipment clusters
By Jean-Paul Rodrigue Bottlenecks of global maritime shipping have been for decades the object of geostrategic considerations as obligatory points of passages for global trade. More recently, their geographical advantage inciting the convergence of shipping services in narrow areas has been expanded with the setting of transshipment hubs. This usually involves feeder services towards smaller ports, relays connecting deep-sea services towards different maritime ranges or interlining supporting different port of calls configurations along a...
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Revisiting port performance measurement
The development of a new port performance measurement model by taking the perspectives from different port stakeholders is the theme of the new portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Adolf Ng, along with Min-Ho Ha (Liverpool John Moores University), Zaili Yang (Liverpool John Moores University, Dalian Maritime University, University of Manitoba) and Man-Wook Heo (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea). The novelty lies in the modelling of interdependencies among port performance measures, and the combination...
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PortGraphic: Comparing trends in top-10 container ports - Europe vs USA
By Thanos Pallis and Theo Notteboom What happened in the major container ports in Europe and US in 2016? Have the trends been similar? What have been the long-term trends, i.e. when comparing last year’s volumes with those recorded the pre-crisis year 2007? While several indicators related to logistics performance, sustainability, innovation and economic impact are gaining ground, the cargo volumes handled remain a key performance indicator for ports, worth to be studied. Our PortGraphic presents the top-10 container ports in the...
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Inland waterways classification for South America
South America, as of yet, has not been able to take full advantage of its extensive system of naturally navigable waterways and in making them an integrated part of the region’s transport network to cater for the ever increasing demand for cargo and human mobility. Infrastructure limitations are one of the major obstacles for the development of inland navigation in the region and, to a certain extent, they are being addressed in most national and regional transport plans and projects Infrastructure limitations are one of the major...
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A multi-port cruise region: dynamics and hierarchies in the Med
The structures of the growth of the cruise port industry in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas the last decade is the theme of a port study by Portecoomics co-director Thanos Pallis and Kleopatra Arapi. The scholars analyse passenger movements in cruise ports in the region, focusing on the trends observed and concludes on the regional dynamics, i.e. growth variations, levels of market concentration, home-porting levels and seasonality. Cruise witnessed an uninterrupted growth over the last 30 years. While the global financial...
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The case of the “old-fashioned” Latinamerican ports
During the last 20 years, Latin America (LA) has seen an increase in investments in ports, as a consequence of important institutional changes. These investments have changed the availability and quality of port services, especially in the field of container ports. Furthermore, LA has been subject of greenfield or brownfield initiatives such as Lázaro Cárdenas, El Callao, Moín or Cartagena de Indias. However, similarly to other regions of the world, many Latinamerican ports remain located in the heart of big cities. These ports are...
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