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Towards an inland terminal centred value proposition in container transport?
The two main value propositions in international container transport are 'port-to-port' services and door-to-door services. In port-port services, buyers 'just' purchase maritime transport from a shipping line. Door-to-door services comprise of the total transport chain and include land based transport. Carriers as well as forwarders offer these door-to-door services. The latest study Towards an inland terminal centred value proposition in container transport? of PortEconomics co-director Peter De Langen and Roy van den Berg (Port of...
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Port infrastructure PPP partnerships: critical success factors in german, dutch and belgian seaports
Public-private partnerships for the provision of port infrastructure: stakeholder analysis of critical success factors in German, Dutch and Belgian seaports is the new study of Porteconomics member Michael Dooms and PortEconomics associate member Elvira Haezendonc, along with Geoffrey Aerts and Thies Grage that presented during the the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME 2014, that was held in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Worldwide, port infrastructure projects increasingly use forms of...
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Port geography at the crossroads: between flows & spaces
Port research is not a new field of interest for human geographers, evidenced by numerous conceptual models and empirical cases of port evolution and development. However, several critical questions remain unanswered, notably the exact position of port geography as a subdiscipline within human geography in the past, present and future. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom and PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue and associate members Adolf Ng, Cesar Ducruet, Wouter Jacobs and Gordon Wilmsmeier, along with Jason Monios (Napier...
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Stakeholder relations management: port of Rotterdam
A Port Authority (PA) constitutes an interesting example of a “hybrid organization”, where the boundary between private and public interests is blurred. Applying stakeholder management principles to the port domain might help better port strategy and management. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom and PortEconomics member Francesco Parola, along with Giovanni Satta (University of Genoa) and Lara Penco (University of Genoa) presented their latest research on Disclosure as a to ol in Stakeholder Relations Management: A longitudinal...
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Revisiting the basics: What is a container terminal?
What is a Container Terminal? PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis discusses the basic concept, and reviews the operating principles, including the need for integration in supply chains, and the key structures of entry in the container terminal market, in a contribution to the Sage Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. Viewing transportation through the lens of current social, economic, and policy aspects, the Encyclopedia is a four-volume reference work that explores the topic of transportation across multiple...
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The impact of competition on container port (in)efficiency
Very few studies focus on the impact of competition on port efficiency. However, it can be assumed that a port in a monopolistic situation is subject to less pressure from customers and might be less efficient. Conversely, a port subject to high competition may be forced to overinvest in order to provide a higher quality of service to customers. The recent study of PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou, along with Gabriel Figueiredo de Oliveira (University of Toulon, LEAD, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, Faculté de Sciences Economiques et de...
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Destination satisfaction: Cruiser expenditures & behavioural intensions predictor
Porteconomics member Francesco Parola, along with Giovanni Satta (Department of Economics and Management, University of Genoa), Lara Penco and Luca Persico (Department of Economics and Business Studies, University of Genoa) presented their latest research on "Destination satisfaction as a predictor of cruiser expenditures and behavioural intensions" during the the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME 2014, that was held in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Along with economic monetary value, cruise...
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Determinants of container ports throughput convergence
PortEconomics member Thomas Vitsounis (National ICT Australia), along with Persa Paflioti and Ioannis Tsamourgelis (Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean) published their latest study at the academic journal International Journal of Transport Economics. The recent economic recession of 2009 had a significant 'knock-on' effect on container shipping causing a remarkable decline of TEU's handled in seaports on a world scale. This is primarily attributed to the slump in the global economy. The fortunes of the...
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