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Towards low carbon global supply chains: CO2 emission reductions in container shipping
How individual factors contribute to the carbon footprint associated with international maritime container supply chains? This is the key question of the latest port study co-authored by PortEconomics members Pierre Cariou, Francesco Parola and Theo Notteboom. The authors advance their research providing four key contributions: Identify six key contributing factors to container shipping emissions Develop a model to isolate the contribution of individual factors. Apply the model to long-term emissions associated to 187 container...
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Ports are their people: PortEconomics trains ETF seafarers & dockers
PortEconomics has the pleasure to train those working at European ports, commencing today a series of training sessions ETF affiliated maritime and dockers unions with the overall theme being “Know your sector!”. The training programme on maritime and ports is developed by ETF Dockers and ETF Seafarers - and is co-funded by European Commission DG EMPL (DG for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion). Union leaders & activists, seafarers and dockers, young workers & more experienced members, women & men are attending...
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Responsible cruising and its economic impacts
The US federal budgetary funds for construction and maintenance of a port are often linked to factors such as transportation cost saving and total tonnage, but seldom to the number of passenger served. In light of the popularity of passenger cruise ships, it is essential for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to explore and incorporate cruise ports in the scope of regional economic study so a standardized and objective assessment can be provided. However, while greater economic impacts are used for marketing purposes, the results...
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#EPPSymposium2018: download the presentations
PortEconomics scientifically coordinated the Jean Monnet Symposium on "The Future of the European Port Policy", hosted by the University of the Aegean in Chios, Greece. To download the presentations follow this link The first day of the Symposium brought together decision-makers, stakeholders and invited experts, who are expected to discuss the key themes, the prospects and the role of European level initiatives in reinforcing the competitiveness of European ports. The second day of the Symposium stimulated intellectual discussion, between...
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How do market changes affect dock labour in north European seaports?
Seaports increasingly act as turntables in global supply chains and global production networks. Still, cargo handling remains a primary function of seaports. Dock workers have a key role to play in guaranteeing efficient and safe cargo handling activities at terminals. The organisation of dock work in seaports has received quite some attention in the past decade, not only in the port business but also in (European) policy circles. The academic journal ‘International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics' (IJSTL) recently...
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The Analyst: real meaning of inclusivity in ports
By Peter de Langen July saw a major development in Antwerp’s port, with the announcement of the start of a stakeholder-inclusive process to expand container capacity. The process will start with a much smaller new dock than originally foreseen, coupled with a series of initiatives to expand capacity elsewhere in the port. Antwerp’s original plan to construct a major new tidal dock called ‘Saeftinghedok’ has been fiercely opposed for years by Doel 2020, a group of residents of the small village of Doel (and their...
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Cruise ports: facing the challenges & potential EU initiatives
Which are the challenges & problems that cruise ports face? Do ‘regional’ perspectives exist? For instance, do sub-groups of European groups that face diverge challenges? Is there a North vs South dimension ? Are other parameters, such as governance (PA vs TO) and size that affect the challenges that cruise ports face? Those are the questions that PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and Aimilia Papachristou discuss in a presentation delivered at the Jean Monnet Symposium on European Port Policy, which was held in Chios,...
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Shipping strategies: Global liner alliances in the port of Piraeus
How the strategic planning of a liner alliance affects the development prospects of a container port? How the relations inside the alliance are reflected on port selection? Shipping strategies and the rise of global liner alliances is the subject of PortEconomics member George Vaggelas' most recent port study. George has identified the linkages between an alliance and the ownership structure of a container port and the port's importance for the global trade, in order to better understand the evolvement of alliances strategies. His...
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