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December 31st, 2015
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PortEconomics is celebrating the ending of 2015 recapping the articles that have captured the interest of the visitors of our web initiative so far for 2015. As measured by Google Analytics, the list of the top-5 portgraphics presented at PortEconomics within 2015 are: Top-15 container ports in Europe. Alliances in container shipping: Searching for the best dance partners. Top-13 container port regions in the world: the rise of China. Holland vs. Belgium in the container business: do we have a winner? Cruise Ports:...
December 30th, 2015
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PortEconomics is celebrating the ending of the year recapping the articles that have captured the interest of the visitors of our web initiative so far for 2015. As measured by Google Analytics the list of the top-5 news presented at PortEconomics in 2015 on shipping and who it affects ports are: 1. Concession agreements and market entry in the container terminal industry When shipping lines are interested in operating container terminals, the capabilities and strategies required for obtaining a concession to operate a container terminal in...
December 17th, 2015
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Like other sectors of the global industry, ports are keen to point out their national economic impact, writes Peter de Langen at his column "The Analyst" in Port Strategy. However, there is no internationally established approach to calculating this impact. A recent report for the US ports industry is striking: it claims that the economic impact of its ports is $4.6tr. As this physical amount is hard to put in perspective this impact is expressed as a percentage of US GDP, which the report claims is a staggering 26%. In comparison, an...
December 11th, 2015
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Political instabilities and their consequential economic lags have to some extent misaligned the pace of institutional reforms in Southern African ports compared with ports in the developed world. Some ports in this region (South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Mauritius and Madagascar) have however, over the last 10 to15 years begun to follow the port reform trend, and as such have undergone various degrees of institutional reform. The latest port study of PortEconomisc co-director Theo Notteboom along with PortEconomics associate member Darren...
December 4th, 2015
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By Theo Notteboom Chinese container ports are feeling the full impact of the Chinese economic slowdown and the weak global economic situation. Over the years, we have become used to seeing high growth rates in Chinese ports, so the sudden change might come as a bit of surprise to many. How significant is the slowdown in container throughput in Chinese gateways and how do the figures compare to the situation in other key container port regions around the world? The infographic shows the year-on-year growth in container throughput in the...
November 30th, 2015
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The funding options available to South African container ports given their respective institutional position and port capacity needs are at the centre of the port study developed by PortEconomics co-director Τheo Notteboom and PortEconomics associate member Darren Fraser latest port study. The study under the title: The port development in Sub-Saharan Africa: competitive forces, port reform and investment challenge, is included as a chapter in the book Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy, Volume 2: Emerging...
November 26th, 2015
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By George Vaggelas Following a series of delays in the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) privatization process that started back in 2010, it seems (?) that the long suffering privatization will come into an end on early December with the submission of the economic offers from the interested bidders. PortEconomics member George Vaggelas contributes to the latest issue of "Naftika Chronika" magazine with his viepoint on the latest developments regarding the privatization of the biggest Greek port. Despite the fast approaching deadline, the Greek...
November 24th, 2015
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Do we really know what smart ports, shipping and supply chains are? Thomas Vitsounis,  explained the issue at the AusIntermodal Conference, held in 19-20 November, Sydney, Australia. Thomas joined the discussions regarding the critical issues affecting containerised freight.  The themes of the discussions spanned from the planning, funding and successful delivery of major infrastructure projects, to improving supply chain efficiency and ensuring Australia has the regulatory framework for a competitive and sustainable...
November 20th, 2015
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"Container shipping remains at large a humble hero. It's not popular, doesn't attract much attention but works in the background to deliver (pardon the pun). Some might even say that container shipping is boring. Steel boxes are consolidated in ports, loaded into vessels, then usually after a very long journey, they reach their final destination. Doesn't sounds very exciting right? Well, I beg to differ." PortEconomics member Thomas Vitsounis is "thinking inside the box" in his article @ his bi-monthly column in My Logistics...
November 17th, 2015
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By Theo Notteboom Having demostrated (see inforgraphic below) how strategic alliances among container shipping companies have changed in the past 20 years, PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, explains the scenarios on alliance formation in container shipping today. Four alliances are operational in the market: 2M, Ocean Three, CKYHE and G6. Alliance partnerships often evolved as a result of mergers and acquisitions (e.g. merger between P&OCL and Nedlloyd and the take-overs by P&O Nedlloyd and SeaLand by Maersk) and...
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