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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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The waves of containerisation: shifts in global maritime transportation
PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue provides evidence of the cyclic behavior of containerization through an analysis of long, medium and short waves of container ports. His guest lecture at the USC Price Sol Prize School of Public Policy has been recorded and provides valuable information about the box. The container, like any technical innovation, has a functional (within transport chains) and geographical diffusion potential where a phase of maturity is eventually reached. Evidence from the global container port system suggests five...
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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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Port-related railway chains: an application to the port of Rotterdam
Efficient port-related transport chains are key in the competition among ports,. Many forms of coordination are needed to ensure that the railway chain operates efficiently, including the bundling of cargo, and good organization between railway companies, terminal operators and the infrastructure managers to realize an efficient use of assets. In Europe the liberalization process of the railway market in Europe, has affected port-related railway transport. While providing this efficiency is to a large extent a coordination challenge, port...
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