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IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer for Week 21: regional differences becoming more pronounced
IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer for Week 21 confirms global trend towards decreasing capacity utilization of liquid and dry bulk storage at ports In its seventh weekly edition before switching to a new bi-weekly format, the IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer report -co-authored by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis - confirms that regional differences are becoming increasingly pronounced in terms of the global impact of the COVID19 crisis on ports. Impact of blanked sailings by container lines and...
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Port of Brussels: the strategic role of inland ports in urban freight policy
Inland ports tend to be smaller in scale, when compared to seaports; this calls for a more detailed analysis of the activities that take place in such ports. Τhe strategic role of inland ports in urban freight policy is the theme of the latest port study by PortEconomics members Elvira Haezendonck and Michael Dooms along with their colleagues Geoffrey Aerts and Mychal Langenus. Analyzing the logistical dedicatedness and the geographic reach of economic activities that take place within a specific inland port, the Port of Brussels, the...
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Deep adaptation to climate change: a new paradigm in the maritime transport sector
Actors in the maritime transport sector need to consider greater threats than those currently identified and also prepare for a more advanced adaptation timetable argue PortEconomics members Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier in their latest port study entitled "Deep adaptation to climate change in the maritime transport sector – a new paradigm for maritime economics?" The study is published in the scholarly journal Maritime Policy and Management in open access format and its full version is freely available here. There are many...
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PortGraphic: top15 European container ports in Q1 2020
By Theo Notteboom Impact of COVID-19 on European ports only started to be strongly visible in March 2020. The table shows the container throughput growth for Q1 2020 in the top 15 containers ports in Europe. While the Coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, its impact on European ports only started to be strongly visible in March 2020. In February 2020, the supply shock in China, where the factories were unable to operate, generated a first wave of blank sailings. Given the sailing time on the Europe-Far East trade, the effect of...
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IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer for Week 20: Latin American ports more impacted by hinterland delays, dockworker shortages & truck driver availability
Compiled by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis the sixth edition of the weekly IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer Report, published every Friday, reports significant drops in extra port restrictions and delays due to changes in port call procedures. The full report covers worldwide port developments in Week 20 (4 May – 10 May) 2020 and might be downloaded here. The round-up this week was a mixed picture, with the global reach of the pandemic still being felt in varying degrees depending on the region. The...
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Opportunities for ports to embrace digitalisation and decarbonisation in the ‘new normal’
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom was among the speakers during the first in the series of the IAPH/IHS Markit ‘Coronavirus Webinars’ which was broadcasted this week. Under the guidance of IHS Markit Vice-President Maritime and Trade Peter Tirschwell, Theo joined Gene Seroka (Executive Director Port of Los Angeles), and Jan Hoffmann (Chief Logistics Branch UNCTAD) to discuss how ports could survive and thrive in the post-COVID19 landscape. Rather than casting a negative perspective on the current crisis inflicted by the...
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World Ports Sustainability Report 2020 highlights scientific contribution in fostering sustainability efforts of ports worldwide
Recent efforts by PortEconomics members to enhance and coordinate sustainability efforts of ports worldwide, fostering international cooperation with partners in the supply chain are present at in World Ports Sustainability Report 2020 – which has been released in the context of the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) led by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) . Guided by the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, the report provides how ports are investing in resilient infrastructure, climate and energy,...
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IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer for Week 19: European ports impacted more by reduced cargo vessel calls
In the fifth edition of the IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer Report, the majority reports a relatively stable situation compared to the previous weeks, with slight improvements noted in some areas of port continuity. In the fifth report of the WPSP-IAPH COVID19 Port Economic Impact Barometer, a focus on European ports reveals that many of them are already feeling a greater impact of reduced cargo vessel calls than other regions of the world. The European region also has a smaller share of ports now facing capacity shortages of...
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