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November 3rd, 2015
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Are port authorities limiting their activities to the landlord functions? If not, which other strategies do they develop? And to what extend are they different in different parts of the world? Up to now, strategic management perspectives to port authorities (PAs) are limited and mostly consists of specific case studies or comparative analyses of Port Authorities in a specific geographical area. In response, the port study of PortEconomics co-director Peter De Langen, PortEconomics associate member Larissa Van der Lugt joineed by...
October 19th, 2015
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Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. Around 80 per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 per cent of global trade by value are carried by sea and are handled by ports worldwide. These shares are even higher in the case of most developing countries. UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport has since 1968 provided coverage of key developments affecting international seaborne trade, shipping, the world fleet, ports, freight markets, and transport-related regulatory and legal frameworks. The...
October 10th, 2015
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The adaptation of ports to climate change and the implications of this change is the theme of a new book by PortEconomics associate member Adolf K. Y. Ng, along with Austin Becker, Stephen Cahoon, Shu-Ling Chen, Paul Earl, and Zaili Yang. PortEconomics provides you extracts of the book's preface – detailing the importance of the issue for the port sector, and its linkage with the society Climate change and Ports Adaption All wise rulers ... have to consider not only present difficulties but also future, against which they use all...
October 6th, 2015
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Managerial Complexity in Shipping and Port Markets is the theme of the special issue (Vol. 7, No. 5) of International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics with guest editors the PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Pierre Cariou. The special issue contents contributions from PortEconomics members along with other most authors: Does multimarket contact lead to mutual forbearance? The influence of the coopetition network of maritime and port companies Yu-Ching Chiao; Chun-Ju Huang; Shu-Mei Hsu Container ship size and...
September 23rd, 2015
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Cyprus is already putting into effect the first recommendations of a study by a team involving PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas, and partners, that aims to help the country rekindle growth as a shipping centre after several flat years. The study, prepared after a government tender, has put forward a five-point action plan designed to boost the island against the claims of other maritime hubs and open ship registries at a time of industry volatility and heightened competition. Blueprint for Action The recommendations...
September 15th, 2015
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The cruise sector is one of the fastest growing market segments in shipping and seaport activities. However, the high level of market concentration and the geographical concentration of passenger flows at departure ports and destinations lead to possible congestion and delays in handling cruise vessels and passenger services. The increasing importance of coordination, cooperation, and vertical/horizontal integration may effectively impact the performance of cruise lines, cruise ports, and involved service providers. The scale of vertical...
September 3rd, 2015
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With approximately 90% of global trade in volume being carried by sea, seaports are a core strategic resource driving the regional economy within the context of globalization and trade boom. Yet, seaports are not well integrated with mainstream economics and efforts to quantitatively analyze seaports' activity with the use of basic economic concepts remain very limited. Business cycles are considered a profound economic theory and, stimulate a wide area of research and the formulation of indicators of economic activity. To day, the cyclicality...
September 2nd, 2015
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Located along shorelines, seaports are highly vulnerable to coastal and marine natural disasters. Damage caused by disasters can be prevented or alleviated if sufficient investments are made in a timely manner. However, despite a wide range of investment options and well-developed engineering expertise, port investment on disaster prevention remains a challenging task involving great complexities. PortEconomics associate member Adolf Ng along Yi-bin Xiao (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China), Xiaowen Fu (University of...
August 28th, 2015
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The Meditteranean and its adjoining seas have transformed to a multi-port cruise region hosting several millions of passenger movements, with  the intra-region dynamics remaining unexplored. In their latest study,  PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis along with Kleopatra Arapi (University of the Aegean), generates knowledge on the patterns, structures, and growth geography in the second biggest cruise port in the last decade (2005-2014). The analysis of the passenger movements data provided by 69 cruise ports detail the port...
August 23rd, 2015
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The 13th meeting of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) takes place on Sunday, 23rd August, in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, with PortEconomics members meeting together with fellow maritime economists interested in port research at the eve of the 2015 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). PPRN is an informal network of maritime economists interested in issues of port policy. It was established at the IAME 2001 meeting in Hong Kong to undertake empirical testing of port governance, and is...
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