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Grounded & chassis terminal operations
By Jean-Paul Rodrigue PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue along with Mark Booth contributed to the 57th issue of the Port Technology International magazine with an article examining grounded and chassis container terminal operations. Ocean container chassis have a critical function in the movement and storage of full and empty marine containers. A container chassis is a wheeled structure designed to carry marine containers for the purpose of truck movement between terminals and shipping facilities. It is a simple...
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Port development in East Asia
PortEconomics associate member Adolf Ng contributed to the 57th issue of the Port Technology International magazine with an article examining Port Development in East Asia: From Efficiency Enhancement to Regional Competitiveness. East Asia was one of the fastest growing regions in the past decades thanks to the export-led growth strategy of various developing countries. With most of the world's traded cargoes being carried by sea, East Asian ports had also undergone substantial transformation and development. Indeed, their direction of...
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Quality of port infrastructure ranking
PortEconomics co-directors Peter de Langen, Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis are the authors of the first PortEconomics editorial published in the Port Technology International Magazine, marking the inauguration of the PortEconomics and Port Technology International 'partnership in publishing'. In their editorial entitled "The Quality of Port Infrastructure ranking: Some insights" Peter, Theo and Thanos discuss the port infrastructure rankings provided by the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF)....
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Investments at port of Thessaloniki
PortEconomics member George Vaggelas contributed to the 56th issue of the Port Technology International magazine with an article examining the new investment era of the Port of Thessaloniki, in Greece. Radical changes in the world economy, and consequently in global transport systems, have altered the operational, organisational and, in some cases, ownership status of the port industry. Ports have become a capital intensive competitive industry, playing a crucial role in world trade, and by extension, in the world economy. In the case...
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European ports policy review conference (day 2): the PortEconomics diary
PortEconomics followed the high-level Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential" (Brussels, 25-26 September 2012) and reports events, interventions, and all you want to know about the final second Conference day as unfolded: Day-2: Wednesday 26 September 2012 Workshop on Port Performance and the Horizon 2020: PortEconomics co-directors Thanos Pallis and Theo Notteboom to offer their perspectives on the future of the European port policy, joined by Martijn van Dongen (Head of Business...
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European ports policy review conference (day 1): the PortEconomics diary
PortEconomics followed the high-level Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential" (Brussels, 25-26 September 2012) and reports events, interventions, and all you want to know about stakeholders views on the future of the European Port Poicy as happened: Day-1: Tuesday 25-September Opening (14h00): The high-level two days-Conference European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential" begins in Brussels (25-26 September 2012). More than 400 people are attending the event, representing...
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Port survival in a period of economic crisis
By George Vaggelas The economic crisis and the implications on the Greek port system, as well as the ways leading to port survival, are the themes of a press article by PortEconomics member George Vaggelas published at the metaforespress.gr, a website exclusively dedicated to the Greek transport industry. Based on the economic situation of Greece, the majority of Greek ports face reduced throughput and a detorioration of their financial results. George suggests five pillars in order to overcome these difficulties. The first...
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