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Port investment and container shipping markets: An OECD report
Which issues need to be considered in order to modernise container port systems and respond to the growth of containerised maritime trade and to the development needs of their hinterland economies? How to best mobilise private investments and best proceed to port expansions with long-life spans and a structural influence on the local and national economy? These questions are addressed in the OECD report "Port Investment and Container Shipping Markets" that is co-authored by PortEconomic co-director Thanos Pallis, PortEconomics assocaite...
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Essays on the relationship between terminal scale and port competition
Essays on the relationship between terminal scale and port competition is the theme of the doctoral thesis that was concluded by PortEconomics member Vicky Kaselimi. The research presented in this work is primarily concerned with the scale of container terminals and its ensuing relation with inter- and intra-port competition. It supports the notion that good social science is also problem driven and not only methodology driven. It proceeds to this aim by implementing modelling application and empirical testing where possible. The...
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Port management case studies: an UNCTAD publication
Port Management Case Studies is a publication produced in the framework of the UNCTAD TrainForTrade Port Training Programme, that provides dissertations from the past cycle of the English-speaking network of the Programme (2011–2013). More about the UNCTAD Programme UNCTAD assists developing countries in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis. In the area of trade, the focus has turned towards the reduction of non-tariff barriers and trade facilitation measures. This is because barriers, such as long...
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Cruise activities in med ports
PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and Aimilia Papachristou, co-author the report "Cruise activities in MedCruise ports: Statistics 2013", that was presented in Cruise Shipping Miami 2014. This report prepared jointly with Kleopatra Arapi, forms a useful reference tool for the entire cruise industry, by providing a statistical analysis of cruise activities in the Mediterranean region and its adjoining seas for 2013 - including information on market concentration - comparing the data with the immediate previous year and presenting an...
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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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