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What is happening in 2024 in the container ports of the Americas?
PortEconomics members Ricardo J. Sánchez and Eliana P. Barleta highlight that in the aftermath of the pandemic, the impact on container maritime trade was evident, as disruptions in global supply chains during the early months of 2020 affected international container trade. With the reopening of markets and the revival of economies, an increase in cargo movement was observed across all regions in 2021. However, global maritime activity experienced a slowdown following the onset of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, coupled with the...
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PortGraphic: top 15 EU container ports in H1 2024
PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom compiled a table showing the year-on-year TEU growth in the top 15 EU container ports in H1 2024: While 2023 was characterized by a strong to moderate traffic decline in most ports, the first half of 2024 brought double-digit growth in 7 of the top 15 ports. The effects of the Red Sea crisis and the associated shipping network modifications are traceable in the West Med and the Atlantic coast, with Sines, Barcelona, and Valencia all recording robust growth. Gioia Tauro's growth accelerated in...
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Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?
By Ricardo J Sanchez & Alejandra Gomez Paz Co-director, Kühne Professorial Chair in Logistics, School of Management, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Member of the Kühne Professorial Chair in Logistics, School of Management, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Acknowledgments: special thanks to Christoph Schaar for his contributions. The difference between accessibility and connectivity is often seen as a "merely" theoretical question posed from an "academic" point of view as if...
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2023 ranking: top Caribbean ports & container terminals - gateway and transshipment insights
By Ricardo J Sanchez Eliana P. Barleta Co-chair, Kühne Professorial Chair in Logistics, School of Management, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Head, Caribbean Research Institute. [email protected] Ph.D. Student in Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus [email protected] *** The ports of the Caribbean, framed by the natural beauty of the region, have the dual characteristic of being vital to regional trade, but also function as strategic transhipment nodes on international trade routes connecting Europe, North America...
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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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Exploring the EU container port sector in 2023
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom compiled a table showing the EU container port landscape in 2023, and provides a comprehensive overview of the trends, challenges, and notable developments within the EU container port sector in 2023: By Theo Notteboom The top 15 EU ports combined handled 72.5 million TEU in 2023, or 5.3% less than in 2022. This compares to -4.2% in 2022 and +5% in 2021. The economic and geopolitical situation is reflected in the handled container volumes. The top three ports in the EU all recorded a traffic...
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PortGraphic: traffic evolution at top-4 container ports in Northern Europe
In a new PortGraph PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom presents the container traffic evolution (in TEU) in the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges (i.e., the sum of Antwerp and Zeebrugge before the 2022 merger), Hamburg, and Bremerhaven. Theo Notteboom details: "Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges (i.e., the sum of Antwerp and Zeebrugge before the 2022 merger), Hamburg, and Bremerhaven are the top 4 container ports in Northern Europe. The period 2008-2021 led to a diverging traffic trend. Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges...
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