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Porteconomics co-director chairs Port Lunch Flanders 2014
The discussion mainly revolved around port infrastructure as public good, the major economic importance of ports and the feasibility of PPP structures in ports. The port customer side was represented by the directors of International Car Operators (ICO), a major car terminal operator and Sea- Invest, a large Belgian group specialized in the handling of dry bulk, oil products and fruit. Marc Adriansens of ICO referred to the investment strategy of mother company NYK Group. Bart laureys of Sea-Invest considers it important that the port is a...
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Port-focal logistics and global supply chains
Being the arteries of the global economy, transport, logistics and supply chains continue to evolve and adapt to the new phenomena, and have together become an integrated service professional. Being the nodal points, ports will play pivotal roles. PortEconomics associate member Adolf K.Y. Ng joins Prof. John J. Liu authoring a timing book entitled "Port-Focal Logistics and Global Supply Chains" that investigates the trends and challenges that ports, logistics and supply chains have tackled in recent decades, and the appropriate way...
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Review of maritime transport 2013
The UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport, produced by the Division on Technology and Logistics, is the acknowledged United Nations source of statistics and analysis on seaborne trade, the world fleet, freight rates, port traffic, and the latest trends in the legal and regulatory environment for international maritime transport. The 2013 edition of the Review of Maritime Transport estimates global seaborne trade to have increased by 4.3 per cent, with the total reaching over 9 billion tons in 2012 for the first time ever. Driven in particular...
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Celebration time: PortEconomics reaches 1.000 Facebook likes
PortEconomics reaches 1.000 facebook likes. A good day to renew our promise to keep developing and disseminating to you quality port research. Thank you All, The PortEconomics team Visit PortEconomics @ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PortEconomics
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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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PortEconomics members co-sharing thought-provoking Scheldt conference 2013
PortEconomics members Peter de Langen and Michael Dooms chaired the 7th annual 'Scheldt Conference' with participation from the four Scheldt ports: Zeebrugge, Zeeland Seaports, Ghent and Antwerp. The Scheldt Conference (Scheldeconferentie), held on the 3rd of October, gathers more than 100 C-suite executives and key decision makers of leading companies located in the maritime and industrial areas around the Scheldt basin. The conference was opened through a video message by European Commissioner Siim Kallas, who stressed the important...
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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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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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