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Containerization and trade facilitation in Latin America
By Jean-Paul Rodrigue PortEconomics member Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue contributes to the freight transport and logistics blog of the Regional Observatory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with a article about Containerization and Trade Facilitation in Latin America. Read Jean-Paul's viewpoint @ the Inter-American Development Bank Freight Transport & Logistics Regional Observatory website: Containerization and Trade Facilitation in Latin America...
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The Analyst: clock watching port-style
By Peter de Langen "In the past few years, more attention has been paid to 'on time' arrival at ports. And this is a phenomenon that is not going to go away. But it seems that 'on time' is a subjective phrase, so whose definition to we use? PortEconomics co-director Peter de Langen contributes to the latest issue of the magazine Port Strategy, with an artlicle discussing the port-style watching of the clock. This is the first of the viewpoints to be published in a new column to be authored by Peter under the title 'the Analyst'. Read the...
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European container port system
By Theo Notteboom PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom contributed in the latest Port Technolgy International issue No 58, an article on the European container port system. In his article, Theo deals with the dynamics in the European container port system and analyzes to what extent the economic crisis has affected the competitive position of container ports and port regions in Europe. In particular, the article draws conclusions on the changing positions of established port regions and pinpoints to the rise of new European gateway...
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How much bigger can container ships get? (challenges for ports)
PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue is interviewed by the BBC for a piece about economies of scale in container shipping; William Kreme writes an article questioning "How much bigger can container ships get?" and uses the following graphic from the latest edition of Jean-Paul's book "Geography of Transport Systems" depicting the different generations of container ships. Figure from: www.bbc.co.uk In the same article, Paul Davey from Hutchison Ports, which operates Felixstowe in the UK, focus on the the challenge for ports to...
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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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