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China’s investments in seaports along the maritime silk road
by Thanos Pallispublished in Naftemporiki (ed). Focus on Shipping, 28 Sept, 2023 Chinese investments in European seaports have increased rapidly in the 21st century. This increase is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – in particular, its maritime component, the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) – and is among the economic and geopolitical effects of China’s growing role in global affairs. Seaports are crucial pivots connecting a national economy with the world economy. Historically, however, China was a land power;...
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As expected, large containerships are arriving in Latin America
By Ricardo J. Sánchez, Daniel E. Perrotti & Ma. Alejandra Gómez-Paz Fort In the business of containerised cargo international logistics, which connects domestic and global economies, the ships' sizes have direct implications in the decision-making process for logistics and trade. Business, financial, operational, and public decisions on infrastructure, logistics services, and territorial planning partly revolve around issues such as the size and technology of ships and the allocation of resources that shipping companies decide for...
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The Analyst: Amsterdam’s bold move on cruise may be a missed opportunity to promote sustainable cruise tourism
By Peter de Langen Amsterdam’s city council has approved a plan to ban cruise from Amsterdam’s city center. Another bold move from a port that some years ago took the decision to phase out the handling of coal by 2030. While I was (in a previous column in Port Strategy) and continue to be positive about the decision on coal, in my view the ban on cruise is shortsighted. For very understandable reasons, Amsterdam aims to reduce the negative impacts associated with tourism. But negative effects from tourism are not a given, and they...
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OECD Peer Learning Group meeting of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Republic of Togo
PortEconomics members Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Pierre Cariou, participated in the Peer Learning Group Meeting on the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Togo that took place in Paris OECD headquarter on July 4, 2023. The PTPR-PLG meetings aim to enable targeted peer dialogue on critical issues and identify lessons learned to improve the quality of the policy process based on peer review and multi-stakeholder dialogue. The meeting was organized by the Republic of Togo and the OECD Development Center, in cooperation with ECA...
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Ιmpact of IMO sustainable policy and data management on maritime industry
The impact of IMO sustainable policy and data management on the maritime industry was the theme of the recent presentation delivered by PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou in the context of Data and Maritime Sustainability conference held in Le Havre on May 25-26. Pierre- during his comprehensive presentation- highlighted the crucial issue of carbon emissions in international shipping. Despite the implementation of numerous solutions over the past year, the long-term projections still exceed the necessary measures for reducing the shipping...
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Top-20 container ports in the Caribbean in 2022
By Ricardo Sanchez The following chart shows the evolution of Top-20 container ports between 2021 and 2022. Sources: CSA and port authorities. The top-20 sample is approximately 82% of the container ports activity in the Greater Caribbean, excluding Mexico. The year 2022 shows an extremely slight growth of the top 20 Caribbean ports regarding 2021 (just 0.2%), with some ports strongly increasing (Panama Caribbean, Kingston JA, Caucedo RD, Honduras and T&T) and others with soft to sharped declines. In 2022, the top 20 ports...
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Top-15 container ports in European Union in 2022
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom compiled a list of the top 15 container ports in the European Union (EU) in 2022 based on the container throughput in TEU and analyses the findings. "While the ranking of the top 15 container ports in the European Union (EU) in 2022 based on the container throughput in TEU might be a mere distraction from other major port-related themes such as sustainability, energy transition, and supply chain resilience, the table provides more insight on the EU container port landscape: The...
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Port Connectivity; Piraeus in the global sea transport network
By George Vaggelas and Thanos Pallis Τhe recent released data regarding the container throughput at the biggest Greek port, showed a decrease in the container volumes by almost 2,7% mainly due to the global economic environment. In many countries the trade has been severely impacted by the economic conditions which are characterized by increased inflation, reduction in consumption and disturbance in the supply-demand relationship. Despite the economic environment and the reduction in the container throughput, the port of Piraeus...
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