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Short sea shipping in Europe: issues, policies and challenges
PortEconomics associate member Adolf Ng, together with Sergi Sauri and Mateu Turro, recently published their study on "Short Sea Shipping in Europe: Issues, Policies and Challenges" in a book, entitled: Regulating Transport in Europe (edited by Matthias Finger and Torben Holvad, Edward Elgar). In this study, the authors discuss the major issues affecting short sea shipping (SSS) development in Europe focusing on the European Union's (EU) regulations and initiatives. Apart from an overview of SSS in Europe, it also analyses the most current EU...
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Port labour in belgian ports: PortEconomics co-director shapes public debate
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom appeared on national Belgian TV program 'De vrije markt' ('The free market') on Saturday 21 September. The program devoted to the theme of port labour in Belgian ports, with the other panel member being Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of the port of Antwerp. You might share Theo's views and enjoy the most interesting discussion with the only condition that you understand Dutch, by simply watching the video (in Dutch).
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Cargo volumes in the european port system
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom contributed in the latest Port Technolgy International , an article on "Cargo volumes on the European container port system". source: Theo Notteboom (2013). Cargo volumes on the European container port system". Port Technology International, no. 59 An earlier contribution in Port Technology International titled ‘Recent traffic dynamics in the European container port system’ discussed the impact of the crisis on the port hierarchy in the European container system. The focus was mainly on...
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PORTOPIA: PortEconomics leads the flagship european project
PortEconomics members, joined by leading researchers and firms in Europe embark in a new major reasearch program aiming at improving the resource efficiency and competitiveness of the European Port System. This is one of the flagship research projects financially supported by the European Commission, in an attempt to facilitate policy-making and, ultimately, the competitiveness of the port system in Europe PORTOPIA aims at creating an integrated knowledge base and management system of port performance to serve the industry's stakeholders in...
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Challenges to port restructuring: lessons from (failed) reforms
During the Irish Ports Association 2013 Conference, held in Dublin, PortEconomics co-director Τhanos Pallis presented the lessons that European ports and policy makers might learn from cases of countries that failed to conclude port reforms, extracting lessons from the Greek case The 2013 IPA conference brought together an elite panel of speakers that looked at recent policy developments in Ireland and beyond, as well as presented examples from around the world as to how ports have adapted and responded to changing regulatory...
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Look beyond GDP: challenges for making port throughout forecasts
PortEconomcis co-director Peter de Langen gave an invited presentation at the 7th International Port Finance & Investment Seminar that was held in Amsterdam. Peter's presentation focused on challenges for making port throughout forecasts, inviting participants to rethink conventional ways, in particular the ways that they should look beyond GDP for key drivers of freight flows. Visitors of PortEconomics might freely download and read the presentation.
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Port & the city: economic challenges to port-city relations
PortEconomics co-directors Thanos Pallis and Theo Notteboom were invited by the OECD to shape the OECD Conference on Port-Cities that take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. PortEconomics reports, on the key themes of their presentations. Theo's keynote speech on "Economic challenges to port-city relations" was delivered in a session where Theo shared the platform with Bill Johnson, Port director Miami; Hervé Martel, CEO, Port of Le Havre; Cathy Berx, Governor Province of Antwerp; Ron van het Hof, CEO Euler Hermes World Agency; and Arjen...
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2013 PortExecutive seminar: the diary of a successful event
Participants from three different continents - Asia, Europe Oceania - joined the PortEconomics team at the premises of the University of Antwerp, Europe's second largest post and enjoyed two days of interactive discussions on all those that port professionals need to know about ports. With the group of participants including the perfect blending of professionals working for port authorities, terminal operators, shipping lines, consultants, and trade unions, the seminar fulfilled its aim to share knowledge, experiences, examples and...
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