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Strategies in maritime and port logistics
In recent decades, the strategic thinking of shipping lines, private port firms and port authorities has been approached from various analytical perspectives. The introduction of constructs and theories from management research has allowed maritime and port studies to make substantial progress in the understanding of firms' behaviour, organizational challenges and public–private interactions. In particular, management disciplines such as strategic management, operations management, human resources management and environmental management have...
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International maritime transport costs: market structures and network configuration
'States and nations are redefining their place in the world at the present time in the wake of the economic, political and cultural transnationalization processes that have occurred in recent decades. Each country, each region is seeking to recast its role and potential in accord with its geographical location, its history and the times. This positioning is, of course, conditioned by multiple factors, which include conditions of production, economic and political interests and transport-related issues especially. Maritime transport is the...
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Port Effectiveness: The AAPA Customer Service Initiative Report
A team directed by Mary Brooks, member of the PortEconomics team, worked with the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) to offer AAPA members an opportunity to identify users' perceptions of the quality of service at member ports. Over 200 respondents, from three user groups (cargo interests, shipping lines and supply chain partners) took valuable time to provide us with their insights based on their experience with port service. Examining service delivery effectiveness in seven North American container ports, with more than...
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Dealing with supply chain visibility
Visibility perspectives are among the top priorities for supply chains; a core issue towards more efficient operation and cooperation among the supply chain players, with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) playing a crucial role towards this direction. Supply chain players cooperation relies heavily in ICT integration problems that still exist. For many ports supply chain visibility is an issue to be tackled in order to increase their attractiveness as nodes in supply chains. PortEconomics member George Vaggelas - along with...
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Uncertainty and volatility in shipping and ports
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom (Dalian Maritime University, China) and associate member Jasmine Siu Lee Lam (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) acted as guest editors of a brand new Special Issue of the flagship journal Maritime Policy and Management (MPM) on the theme "Dealing with uncertainty and volatility in shipping and ports". The Special Issue covers the December issue of MPM (vol. 41, no. 7). The Special Issue is dedicated to the ways shipping freight markets, and port operators are dealing or can deal with market...
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Port performance (PORTOPIA) central stage at the 10th Pan African Port Cooperation (PAPC) conference
Advanced port Performance measurement methods, developed by several PortEconomics members in the context of the PORTOPIA project, have spread their wings to African continent, engaging in discussions with key African ports experts and decision makers. During a full day pre-conference workshop, the PORTOPIA project and its technological development were presented to statistics, ICT and general management experts of East African ports, all members of the Port Management Association of East and Southern Africa (PMAESA). The workshop was...
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UNCTAD review of maritime transport 2014
UNCTAD announced the publication of the 2014 of the Review of Maritime Transport. Published annually since 1968, the Review of Maritime Transport is UNCTAD's oldest flagship publication and provides coverage of key developments affecting international seaborne trade, ports, shipping, the world fleet, freight markets, and transport-related regulatory and legal frameworks. Chapter 4 is devoted in seaports. With world container port throughput increasing by an estimated 5.6 per cent to 651.1 million TEUs in 2013, the share of port throughput...
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The Analyst: investing in innovation stimulation
"What drives the competitiveness of ports? Is it sufficient draft to accommodate ever larger vessels, productivity, high quality hinterland infrastructure or well-functioning port community systems, asks Peter de Langen, co-director of PortEconomics in his viewpoint- published in his Port Strategy column as 'The Analyst'. Peter discusses how the different elements make up an innovation ecosystem, including an entrepreneurial culture, the availability of venture capital, education institutions, incubators and regulation that encourages...
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