Containers

February 26th, 2015
Containers

Refrigerated containers, also known as reefers, account for a growing share of the refrigerated cargo being transported around the world. In 1980, 33% of the refrigerated transport capacity in maritime shipping was containerised, this share rapidly climbed to 72% in 2013. Because of the additional insulation, and particularly because of the power plant, a 40-foot reefer costs in the range of 6 times more than a regular container. A cold chain industry has emerged to service containerised reefer trade. So, how can we "keep it cool"? What are...
February 25th, 2015
Containers

The development plan for Hong Kong Port, released December 2014, makes interesting reading for port planners and developers. PortEconomics co-director Peter de Langen, provides compliments to all stakeholders involved in the preparation of the plan, and provides commentary on its content. Peter's viewpoint is available via his column as "the Analyst" PortStrategy: Compliments and Comments...
January 27th, 2015
Containers

The port competition in Europe with a main focus on container ports and terminals, is the theme of discussion of the latest port study of PortEconomics co-directors Theo Notteboom and Peter De Langen. Theo's and Peter's contribution entitled Container Port Competition in Europe published in the Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, edited by Chung-Yee, Lee and Qiang Meng (Springer, 2015). Port competition has become a complex and multi-faceted concept...
January 19th, 2015
Containers

'States and nations are redefining their place in the world at the present time in the wake of the economic, political and cultural transnationalization processes that have occurred in recent decades. Each country, each region is seeking to recast its role and potential in accord with its geographical location, its history and the times. This positioning is, of course, conditioned by multiple factors, which include conditions of production, economic and political interests and transport-related issues especially. Maritime transport is the...
December 29th, 2014
Containers

The evaluation of the competitive edge of major Asian container ports, i.e. Busan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore ports  is the subject of the port study of PortEconomics associate member Jasmine Siu Lee Lam - co-authored with Paul Tae-Woo Lee from Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan. The authors introduce, among others the concept of the Fifth Generation Ports - referring to the customer-centric community ports, in this study, entitled Container Port Competition and Competitiveness Analysis: Asian Major Ports, and published in the...
December 22nd, 2014
Containers

An analysis of the use of refrigerated ISO maritime containers (reefers) in cold chain logistics, is the theme of the last port study of PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue.The study titled 'Reefers in North American Cold Chain Logistics: Evidence from Western Canadian Supply Chains' and published by Van Horne Institute. Reefers are used in a wide array of cold chain trade relations but mostly involve large exporters and importers, but due to their size are also accessible to small and medium sized traders can also access the flow of...
December 15th, 2014
Containers

Durban is the main gateway port of Africa. It is the largest port in Africa, which concentrates more than two thirds of the total container traffic to and from South Africa. It has strong maritime connections with the rest of the world: it has both a central position in port networks and a large diversity of connections with other ports.  Durban, also called eThekwini, serves as the main gateway for the Gauteng metropolitan area (which includes Johannesburg), other regions in South Africa as well as other sub-Saharan countries, in addition...
December 8th, 2014
Containers

In one of the key scholarly contributions in the 3rd volume of the Book Series by the Sefacil foundation on Port-City governance, PortEconomics member Michaël Dooms explores the strategic management of the social license to operate for ports, linking objective "triple P" performance management (through e.g. sustainability reports) with subjective perception indicators of the strength of the social license to operate. The thought process in the chapter, rooted both in theory as well as prolific practical examples from leading ports, suggests...
December 2nd, 2014
Containers

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom (Dalian Maritime University, China) and associate member Jasmine Siu Lee Lam (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) acted as guest editors of a brand new Special Issue of the flagship journal Maritime Policy and Management (MPM) on the theme "Dealing with uncertainty and volatility in shipping and ports". The Special Issue covers the December issue of MPM (vol. 41, no. 7). The Special Issue is dedicated to the ways shipping freight markets, and port operators are dealing or can deal with market...
October 31st, 2014
Containers

The Black Sea ports represent an interesting case  in view of the types, governance models and environment in which they operate and develop. The majority of Black Sea ports (Ukrainian, Russian, and Georgian) experienced tremendous economic and institutional changes in the last 20 years, from being Soviet centralized ports benefiting from public  shelter policies to ports belonging to different autonomous countries and facing a new market economic reality based on efficiency and the effects of demand/supply (im)balance. The other Black Sea...
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