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Cruise ports: structures and strategies
The cruise industry has witnessed an uninterrupted growth over the last thirty years. An industry focused on the United States and the Caribbean emerged progressively as a global industry transporting close to 21 million passengers in 2013. While the global financial crisis of 2008–09 had a major impact over maritime shipping, cruise shipping and cruise ports continued to enjoy a steadily rising number of passengers. This growth continues with innovative, feature-rich ships, the use of an increasing number of ports of call and turnaround...
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The effect of institutional factors on public–private partnership success in ports
Port public–private partnerships (PPPs) are an important emerging mechanism for port development and improvement in port performance especially for developing countries. In a new port study of PortEconomics member Francesco Parola and PortEconomics associate member Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, along with Photis M. Panayides (Cyprus University of Technology), entitled "The effect of institutional factors on public–private partnership success in ports", empirically investigate the effects of institutional factors in the success of port's PPPs;...
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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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Container port competition and competitiveness analysis: asian major ports
The evaluation of the competitive edge of major Asian container ports, i.e. Busan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore ports is the subject of the port study of PortEconomics associate member Jasmine Siu Lee Lam - co-authored with Paul Tae-Woo Lee from Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan. The authors introduce, among others the concept of the Fifth Generation Ports - referring to the customer-centric community ports, in this study, entitled Container Port Competition and Competitiveness Analysis: Asian Major Ports, and published in the...
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Reefers in north american cold chain logistics: evidence from western canadian supply chains
An analysis of the use of refrigerated ISO maritime containers (reefers) in cold chain logistics, is the theme of the last port study of PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue.The study titled 'Reefers in North American Cold Chain Logistics: Evidence from Western Canadian Supply Chains' and published by Van Horne Institute. Reefers are used in a wide array of cold chain trade relations but mostly involve large exporters and importers, but due to their size are also accessible to small and medium sized traders can also access the flow of...
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Competitiveness of ports in emerging markets: Durban, South Africa
Durban is the main gateway port of Africa. It is the largest port in Africa, which concentrates more than two thirds of the total container traffic to and from South Africa. It has strong maritime connections with the rest of the world: it has both a central position in port networks and a large diversity of connections with other ports. Durban, also called eThekwini, serves as the main gateway for the Gauteng metropolitan area (which includes Johannesburg), other regions in South Africa as well as other sub-Saharan countries, in addition...
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Integrating triple 'P'
In one of the key scholarly contributions in the 3rd volume of the Book Series by the Sefacil foundation on Port-City governance, PortEconomics member Michaël Dooms explores the strategic management of the social license to operate for ports, linking objective "triple P" performance management (through e.g. sustainability reports) with subjective perception indicators of the strength of the social license to operate. The thought process in the chapter, rooted both in theory as well as prolific practical examples from leading ports, suggests...
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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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