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Latin American and Caribbean ports in face of COVID-19
In the last few months, the world has witnessed and continues to witness a drastic change in our daily lives, which has also caused a great impact on business, trade, and shipping. The outbreak of a pandemic changed all economic and trade expectations for 2020. From a forecast of 3.6% growth in container trade worldwide in the last quarter of 2019, to 2.5% in January 2020, new projections have lowered down expectations to -4.9%. This drop is partially explained, apart from the pandemic, by the continuing increase of blank sails and labour...
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Chinese ports: quo vadis?
With COVID-19 turning port lives upside down, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has launched a weekly briefing of its membership throughout Europe on the latest developments – inviting PortEconomics members that have contributed to the life of the association to provide thoughts and reactions. In this week’s edition of “ESPO keeps going” Theo Notteboom writes on the “ports in a country that is taking center stage not only in the world economy but also in the Coronacrisis, i.e. China”. Chinese ports: quo...
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It will cruise through the perfect storm, again. Βe ready.
With COVID-19 turning port lives upside down, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has launched a weekly briefing of its membership throughout Europe on the latest developments – inviting PortEconomics members that have contributed to the life of the association to provide thoughts and reactions. In this week’s edition of “ESPO keeps going” Thanos Pallis writes on the return of cruising - providing six grounds that cruise "will cruise this storm again". It will cruise through the perfect storm, again. Be ready. by...
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Stakeholder inclusion in ports: the next frontier
PortEconomics member Michael Dooms presented his views on the next frontiers of port stakeholder management to the North-American port industry during last year's Greentech conference in Cleveland, USA. The Greentech conference is organized annually by GreenMarine, North-America's largest environmental certification scheme for ports and terminals. The keynote presentation addressed both the rationale, historical evolution and expected future of stakeholder management in ports. It highlights the need to develop more in-depth understanding...
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COVID19 port economic impact barometer week 18 reports stabilization or slight improvements
Of the seventy-six ports surveyed across the globe in this week’s 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. Compiled by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis the fourth edition of the weekly IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer Report, published every Friday, covers worldwide port developments in Week 18 (20-27 April) 2020. The full report might be downloaded...
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Strengthening the social license to operate of ports during COVID19: mixed blessings ahead?
With COVID-19 turning port lives upside down, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has launched a weekly briefing of its membership throughout Europe on the latest developments – inviting PortEconomics members that have contributed to the life of the association to provide thoughts and reactions. In this week’s edition of “ESPO keeps going” Michael Dooms writes on the ports and the COVID-19 crisis from the angle of communication. How are ports communicating during this crisis? Strengthening the social license to operate...
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Third COVID-19 world ports survey report: the impact of blank sailings starts kicking in
In the third of a series of weekly WPSP-IAPH COVID19 port economic impact barometer report, the gradual impact of blank sailings by the world’s major container shipping alliances is beginning to be felt by ports. While the average weekly number of container vessels calling remains down with further cancellations, some lines have replaced these by regional feeders with good frequency. Compiled by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis, the full report might be downloaded here. A dashboard is making its debut in this...
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The unstoppable (?) globalisation of cruise shipping
With the exception of the COVID-19 days, cruise has witnessed an uninterrupted growth over each year of the last three decades. In their study, "the changing geography of cruise shipping", Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas discuss the trends that have been linked with this growth and detail the business strategies that the industry has developed in support of the observed growth and spatial expansion. Understanding the changing geography and the particulars of the seemingly unstoppable, globalization of cruise shipping, is important. On...
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