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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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Big news: the restructuring of liner shipping alliances
Big news from the container shipping market, and this time not related to the Red Sea Crisis. Hapag-Lloyd will leave THE Alliance and start a partnership with Maersk under the name 'Gemini Cooperation' from February 2025 onward, immediately after the conclusion of our current 2M Alliance. Their new network will cover 7 trades: Asia / US West Coast, Asia / US East Coast, Asia / Middle East, Asia / Mediterranean, Asia / North Europe, Middle East – India / Europe and Transatlantic. The Network will comprise of 26 mainline...
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Advancing public interests through state ownership; the case of Port of Rotterdam
PortEconomics member Peter de Langen in his latest portstudy addresses the effects of state ownership on the decisions of port development companies through a case study of the Port of Rotterdam (PoR). This issue is relevant, given the economic impact of port development and the important role of ports in the transition towards a more sustainable economy. The insights from this case study thus can be useful for shaping port (governance) reform. The paper reviews the rationale for state ownership of the port development company, and...
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The implications of Chinese investments on Mediterranean trade and maritime hubs
By improving the connectivity between China and Europe, Chinese investments aim to redefine China’s position within global transport networks and logistics flows. The latest port study of PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue with Ouail Oulmakki, Jérôme Verny (NEOMA Business School, Paris, France) and Andrey Hernandez Meza (HihgFi Lab/Unversité Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Paris, France) explores the evolution of port activity in the Mediterranean following the implementation of investment strategies through an analysis of container flows and...
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