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Med ports: MoS and the efficient accommodation of mega-containerships
PortEconomics co-director Peter de Langen gave a key-note speech at the Euro Mediterranean Forum in Livorno, Italy, on opportunities for Mediterranean ports to take advantage of the Motorways of the Seas and efficiently accommodate mega-containerships The event brought together a large group of industry experts from Europe, to discuss important issues like the challenges ahead for Mediterranean ports and port cooperation potentialities, the extension of Motorways of the Sea to Southern Mediterranean countries, and the views of the port...
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Entrepreneurial port development
By Peter de Langen Port economics co-director Peter de Langen gave a presentation on 'Entrepreneurial Port Development' at the IAPH Europe & Africa regional meeting in Amsterdam. Based on experience in Rotterdam as well as with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Peter showed some stylized steps in entrepreneurial port development projects. He also discussed the benefits such an approach can bring and implications for policy makers. The presentation was summarized, in an innovative way, by a cartoonist. ...
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Enhancing terminal operations, hinterland access & logistics chains
PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue contributed in the Port Technolgy International , an article on "Enhancing terminal operations, hinterland accesss and logistics chains". Source: Jean Paul Rodrigue (2013). Enhancing terminal operations, hinterland access and logistics chains. Port Technology International, No. 59. It is difficult to argue against strategies that reduce costs while improving the performance of supply chains. However, assessing the value of such improvements is challenging. While 'beauty is in the eye of the...
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LNG as a ship fuel: perspectives & challenges
The upcoming stringent environmental regulations enacted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), particularly at the level of the emission control areas (ECA), serve as a catalyst for exploring the use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom joined by Siyuan Wang (ITMMA, University of Antwerp), examines the perspectives and challenges of LNG as a ship fuel in a viewpoint publish in Port Technology International You can freely download the article @PortEconomics...
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Port studies in MPM: reviewing advances, discussing challenges, identifying research streams
With ports being a key component of modern tranportation system, there is a growing research interest in port economics, management and policy issues. Maritime Policy & Management (MPM), the flagship journal of maritime studies, has been a publication that advanced the knowledge and understanding of ports since its inception in 1973. With MPM celebrating its 40th anniversary, PortEconomics co-directors Theo Notteboom, Thanos Pallis and Peter de Langen, joined by PortEconomics member Aimilia Papachristou, have published a port study...
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Port performance & strategy
Port Performance and Strategy is the theme of the 8th volume of the scholarly journal Research in Transportation Business and Management. PortEconomics members Mary Brooks and Athanasios Pallis edit this special issue that contains 21 port studies presenting state of the art research on port governance, organisation and performance. Why this issue? Advancements in port governance, organization and performance have been significant over the last two decades. As Brooks and Pallis, had noted in the examination of the port literature to 2000...
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OECD Round-Table on port investment and container shipping markets starts on Thursday (Santiago, Chile 7-8 Nov)
The OECD International Transport Forum Roundtable on Port Investment and Container Shipping Markets, planned jointly with the Government of Chile, will examine the broader issues that influence the development of container transport, will take please this week in Santiago, Chile, from 7 to 8 November 2013 PortEconomics members will have a pivotal role in advancing the Roundtable discussions. Thanos Pallis will act as the Rapporteur for the OECD-ITF, Mary Brooks chairing the discussions of the round-table, whereas Gordon Wilmsmeier will...
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Cautius confidence
By Thomas Vitsounis In the new post-crash reality, port operators and investors have started to behave in a very different way when it comes to investment, finance and portfolio management. PortEconomics member Thomas Vitsounis comments on the shock from the economic crisis and the prospects of ports finance options in the post-crisis era, in an article published in Port Strategy. Read the article @ Port Strategy: Cautious Confidence...
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