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Networks and 'hidden families' in the container port industry
The factors underlying foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports is the theme of a port study by PortEconomics member Francesco Parola, along with Giovanni Satta (University of Genoa) and Simone Caschili (University College London)to appear in a forthcoming issue of the scholarly journal Maritime Policy and Management. Over the last few years, the progressive scarcity of land for greenfield projects in ports and the enormous financial resources required to realize new terminal facilities have induced international...
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PPRN: programme of the 12th annual meeting (sponsored by PortEconomics)
The preliminary program of the forthcoming meeting of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN), that will take place on July 15, 2014, in Norfolk, US. suggests a most interesting workshop to advance further port studies around the globe. The Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) is an informal network of maritime economists interested in issues of port policy. Founded and chaired by Dr. Mary R. Brooks, and PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis, it was established at the International Association of Maritime Economists 2001 meeting...
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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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Foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports
PortEconomics member Francesco Parola, along with PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Giovanni Satta (Department of Economics, University of Genoa) have published a port study in the 33rd issue of the scholarly Journal of the Transport Geography. The study provides an analysis of factors underlying foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports. Port reforms around the world have opened regional container port terminal markets. The emergence of a wide array of...
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Break bulk in seaports unrevealed
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom with his ITMMA colleague Indra Vonck have contributed to a French book on break bulk and bulk flows edited and published by Yann Alix and Romuald Lacoste for the Séfacil Foundation. Theo and Indra developed a chapter on 'General perspectives on the break bulk market'. The chapter provides a general introduction to the breakbulk market in shipping and ports. Breakbulk is defined as general cargo, loaded into a ship/ transport mode as individual or bundled pieces, not stowed into a container, or not...
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Coastal ship services in China: the impact of emission targets and subsidy levels
Kang Chen and Zhongzhen Yang from Dalian Maritime University (China) together with PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom of ITMMA – University of Antwerp published a study entitled "The design of coastal shipping services subject to carbon emission reduction targets and state subsidy levels" in the academic journal Transportation Research part E. In the study the authors present a model for coastal intermodal networks. This model can determine ports of call, call sequence, ship type and service frequency simultaneously with 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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A strategic appraisal of the attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: the southern Africa case
A strategic appraisal of the attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: the Southern African Case is the subject of the recent port study conducted by PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom along with Darren Fraser and was published in the 36th issue of the scholarly Journal of Transport Geography. The past decade has brought significant growth at, and competition between regional gateway ports and intermediate hub container ports in Southern Africa. Corridors are the essential link between these ports and continental...
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