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Successful adoption of maritime environmental policy: The Mediterranean emission control area
Emission Control Areas (ECAs) are geographical locations designated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to reduce the negative impacts of shipping on health and biodiversity. The first ECA was adopted in 2005 in the Baltic Sea and three more have followed. Since 2004, the 21 countries located around the Mediterranean Sea have discussed the introduction of an ECA, and the final adoption by the IMO occurred in 2022, 18 years later. In their latest study, PortEconomics members Pierre Cariou and Jason Monios, along with Alice...
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A decision-making framework for the funding of shipping decarbonization ınitiatives in non-EU countries: insights from Türkiye
The decarbonization of the shipping industry is a critical imperative in the global fight against climate change. Non-EU countries, being significant contributors to shipping emissions, play a crucial role in shaping the industry’s sustainable future. However, securing funding for shipping decarbonization initiatives in these countries presents challenges, such as limited access to capital, lack of financial initiatives, political and regulatory uncertainties, technological risks, lack of local expertise, and the effects of global...
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Emerging trends and developments in multimodal freight transportation: a scientometric analysis
The latest publication by PortEconomics co-director, Theo Notteboom, along with esteemed colleagues Shuang Yuan, Peng Jia, and Qifei Ma, in the renowned International Journal of Transport Economics is available. The paper titled "Emerging Trends and Developments in Multimodal Freight Transportation: a Scientometric Analysis Using CiteSpace" presents a comprehensive scientometric analysis of the evolution of multimodal freight transportation research over the past few decades. With a focus on 1297 articles published between 1996 and...
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Regional analysis of Liner Shipping Connectivity: What does the revised LSCI reveal?
by Thanos Pallis, Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue The Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) measures the extent to which countries are linked to global shipping networks, serving as an indicator of their maritime transport sector's strength. Developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the index factors include the number of ships, container-carrying capacity, vessel size, service frequency, direct connections between countries, and shipping companies operating in a country's ports. By...
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Port-cities, ports and cruise: Enhancing a mutually beneficial symbiosis
by Thanos Pallis Ports are eternal motors of growth and change. People, ideas, essential supplies, and goods have always moved via sea and ports. Thanks to cruise activities, the role of ports in advancing the prosperity of port cities has expanded. Guests onboard cruise ships combine seagoing voyages, tourism, and entertainment. By visiting several ports, cruisers enjoy exploring destinations, tourist sites, living conditions, and cultures. An extra dimension has been added to the flows that ports bring to the cities and the broader...
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The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains
PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom joins Hercules Haralambides and Kevin Cullinane in their latest editorial for the scholarly journal Maritime Economics and Logistics, which addresses the Red Sea Crisis and its major disruption affecting the dynamics of ports shipping and related maritime supply chains. The attack of Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the military response of the latter in Gaza have made news headlines for much of the last quarter of 2023 and early 2024. The international community has attempted to prevent the...
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Ports and their influence on local air pollution and public health: A global analysis
Despite the skyrocketing growth in recent decades of environmental studies on ports and shipping, their local health impacts remain largely under-researched. PortEconomics member César Ducruet, co-authors with Bárbara Polo Martin, Mame Astou Sene (University of Paris-Nanterre, France), Mariantonia Lo Prete (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO), France), Ling Sun (Fudan University & Shanghai Maritime University, China), Hidekazu Itoh (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan), Yoann Pigné (LITIS, University of Le Havre...
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Competition effects of vertical integration in container ports: assessing the European Commission decisional practice
Container liner shipping companies started expanding their business by investing in container port terminals in the late 1990s. This market entry results in an extensive presence of vertically integrated liners and terminals. A recenty study explores the competition effects of this vertical integration trend based on a regional (European) analysis. In particular, it extracts lessons from the European Commission cases on the competition effects of vertical integration. The critical analysis of the cases examined at the institutional level...
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