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European Port Policy
PortEconomics coordinated Chios Symposium on European port policy marked by success
A fruitful and productive Jean Monnet Symposium on “The future of the Future of the European Port Policy” took place on the island of Chios during the 28th and 29th of June 2018. The Symposium was scientifically coordinated by PorteEconomics.eu and organised by the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport of University of the Aegean - and PortEconomics will soon make available all Conference presentations. Inaugurated by the Mayor of Chios, the Symposium was attended by more than 110 participants, representing port authorities,...
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Port co-operation: types, drivers and impediments
The port industry has witnessed a multiplication of port co-operation and integration schemes in recent years partly driven by governance reforms, public policy, political forces and market pressures. PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom, Francesco Parola and Geraldine Knatz co-edit a themed volume in the academic journal Research in Transportation Management and Business, including some major contributions on port co-operation. The edited volume contains a guest editorial and 13 full papers specifically focusing on port co-operation...
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GREPORT2018: Report on greek ports
GREPORT2018, the second edition of the bi-annual Report on Greek Ports, has been produced by PortEconomics members George Vaggelas and Thanos Pallis, and published by Ports & Shipping Advisory (P&SA). The report covers all the developments in the Greek Port System over the last years, including a detailed analysis of the througput and financial evolution of the major Greek ports, and terminal operators in Greece. In particular the four Section of the report are: Section I presents the key developments in the national and...
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LIVE: The PortEconomics Diary: #ESPO2018 Day 2
PortEconomics is attending the second day of the #ESPO2018, the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Association (ESPO) and provides live coverage of all you want to know about the latest discussions of European port authorities. * You might recap discussions of the first day of #ESPO2018 via The PortEconomics Diary: #ESPO2018 Day 1 Day 2 Erik DE NEEF, Chairman Koninklijke Roeiers Vereeniging Eendracht, opens discussions of the second Investing in efficient, sustainable and safe mooring operations: "Safe mooring in every port....
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LIVE: The PortEconomics Diary: #ESPO2018 Day 1
PortEconomics is at #ESPO2018, the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Association (ESPO) and provides you live coverage of all you want to know about the latest discussions of European port authorities. Eamonn O’REILLY, Chairman, ESPO: "Developing a basic infrastructure to serve Europe is more than important. Energy and climate challenges change the environment. Building acceptance, societal integration of the projects if we are going to build, is too important. TEN-t networks demand inter-border relations, transnational...
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Marketing of port authorities: a novel conceptualisation
Port authorities have transformed to hybrid organizations mostly disassociated from operational activities and port services provision. Still, they maintain a key role as managing bodies advancing the prospects of respective port and associate clusters. Marketing is among the functions working towards this end. In a new port study, PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Thanos Pallis - joined by Marcello Risitano and Marco Ferretti - develop an innovative conceptualization of the marketing strategies developed by Port Authorities...
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Environmental differentiated port pricing: the case of the Hamburg-Le Havre range
Contested industries have fallen under increased scrutiny of the public eye when it comes to their environmental performance. In particular the transport industry is still considered as a large polluter. Therefore, stakeholders put pressure on the industry to work on their environmental footprint. Shippers assess whether their supply chain as a whole can be increasingly ‘greened’, given increasing environmental awareness from both customers (in B2B settings) and consumers (in B2C settings). Ports, as important nodes in transport...
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Green port certification: the need for more collaboration
PortEconomics.eu member Michaël Dooms was invited as one of the keynote speakers and panellists at the annual international workshop on Green Port Certification at the APEC Port Services Network (APSN) held in Beijing on 17th and 18th of April 17thand 18th. APSN has been running a Green Port Award System since 2016 aiming at enhancing the green profile of ports in the Asia-Pacific region. Michaël shared his experience as one of the independent evaluators following the 2 years of existence of the GPAS system. About 100 port stakeholders from...
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