Containers

January 29th, 2019
Containers

by George Vaggelas & Thanos Pallis Thessaloniki stands as the second biggest container port in Greece and a peripheral port aiming to serve the Balkans and further regions in Southeast Europe. It is almost a year since the privatization of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A., via the selling of the majority of the shares of the Port Authority that also acts as the single operator of the port of Thessaloniki*. The new owner has committed to invest €180 million, with the majority to be invested in the tripling of the container...
January 14th, 2019
Containers

PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom, Francesco Parola and Giovanni Satta co-authored a study "The relationship between transhipment incidence and throughput volatility in North European and Mediterranean container ports". This study has recently been published in Journal of Transport Geography (74, pages 371-381). It is often argued that ports with a high sea-sea transhipment share (T/S) are more vulnerable than gateway ports which rely more on hinterland cargo. It is less clear whether the vulnerability of T/S oriented container ports...
January 14th, 2019
Containers

Download PortReport No 3 - Reflections on the future of container ports in view of the new containerization behavior. Almost from its inception, there has been a clear upward trend in the disruptive force of the container during its use. However, a relative decrease in container movement has been seen in recent years although the explanation of which goes beyond disturbances in the world economy. PortEconomics member Ricardo Sanchez along with Eliana Barleta notice that the inter-annual change in throughput with respect to changes in GDP is...
December 10th, 2018
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Transport and logistics are expected to be in the future among the service sectors most impacted by Industry 4.0, due to the array of innovative applications that will be developed from emerging digital technologies related to both smart transports and “mobility as a service”. In this perspective, logistics centres constitute a fruitful research field for assessing the impact of incoming technologies on the business models of logistics companies operating in these centres, which play a pivotal role in international supply chains by...
December 5th, 2018
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PortEconomics members Pierre Cariou, Francesco Parola and Theo Notteboom are the authors of a paper entitled "Towards low carbon global supply chains: A multi-trade analysis of CO2 emission reductions in container shipping". This study has just been published in the highly-ranked academic journal International Journal of Production Economics (volume 208, pages 17-28). The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed in 2018 on a reduction of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping. The study identifies the...
November 21st, 2018
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By Peter de Langen A study on better co-operation between terminals in Hong Kong by Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Management College has rightfully received industry attention of late. The study focuses on inter-terminal transfers (ITTs) between the five terminal operating companies in Hong Kong. The terminals charge for these ITTs, thus adding costs to already-high terminal rates in comparison with competing ports. Inter-terminal moves arise when a container arrives at, for example, terminal A, but needs to be moved to terminal B for the...
November 16th, 2018
Containers

PortEconomics member, and winner of the 2018 Onassis prize in Shipping, Mary Brooks provides her views on liner shipping industry, in her interview reported via a podcast produced by Supplychainbrain.com. "For the ocean shipping business today, it’s tough enough navigating the rough waters caused by economic cycles. But do carriers sometimes make their own waves? Container shipping is an expensive business. Capital costs are immense, and ships must be planned and built well in advance of their entry into the trades. Matching supply with...
November 9th, 2018
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By Theo Notteboom Belgian and Dutch container ports are located in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta, the largest container port region in Europe in volume terms. Dutch and Belgian ports together handled 25.8 million TEU in 2017 or 7.9% more than in 2016. The Belgian-Dutch port region recorded a year-on-year growth of 6.2% in Q1-Q3 2018, so growth remains strong. In 2017, 23.9% of the total European container port traffic was handled by Belgian and Dutch ports. With these figures, the Rhine-Scheldt Delta port region is the most important port...
October 30th, 2018
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The Mediterranean has been one of the most active trading areas for millennia. Trade- and by extension connectivity- between Mediterranean riparian countries is one of the oldest and most studied topics in economic history. The Mediterranean has complex trade patterns and routes- but with key differences from the past. It is no longer an isolated world economy: it is both a trading area and a transit area linking Europe and North Africa with the rest of the world through the hub-and-spoke structure of maritime...
October 24th, 2018
Containers

Almost from its inception, there has been a clear upward trend in the disruptive force of the container during its use. However, a relative decrease in container movement has been seen in recent years, the explanation of which goes beyond disturbances in the world economy. PortEconomics member Ricardo J. Sánchez along with Eliana Barleta, note that the inter-annual change in throughput with respect to changes in GDP is declining. To understand this phenomenon, Ricardo and Eliana have examined variations in containerization, notably factors...
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