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Implications of COVID 19 on the US container port distribution system: import cargo routing by Walmart and NikeCategory

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June 22nd, 2022 Category, Containers, Featured, Ports & COVID-19

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Innovation ecosystems in ports: a comparative analysis of Rotterdam and Valencia
Innovation ecosystems in ports: a comparative analysis of Rotterdam and Valencia

 The purpose of the latest portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Pierre Cariou is to discuss the implications of COVID-19 on container import flows via the US port distribution system.

The authors employ statistics collected for more than 21 US ports and for more than 550 000 container shipments by Walmart and Nike to identify trends and potential shifts in the US port distribution system. Results unveil different changes in distribution channels during the pandemic era, between aggregated port level and industry level. These differences are specific to firms and could be explained by the origin of flows, carrier selection to transport cargos and US port/inland distribution systems. The portstudy- which has published in the International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications- contributes to a better understanding of the different role played by ports for industries (retailers, Footwear & Apparel) and shows that the ability to adapt supply chains to a major disruption remains subject to the initial choices on the location of production, on carrier choices and on port/inland distribution networks.

The authors’ version of the study can be downloaded via PortEconomics.

 To cite this article: Pierre Cariou & Theo Notteboom (2022): Implications of COVID-19 on the US container port distribution system: import cargo routing by Walmart and Nike, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2022.2088708 

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Pierre Cariou

Pierre Cariou is Senior Professor at Kedge Business School, Visiting Professor at the Shanghai Maritime University and at the World Maritime University (WMU). He is Head of the Maritime Governance, Trade and Logistics Lab of KEDGE Supply chain center of excellence and Associate member of the Hapag-Lloyd/Khüne Logistic University Global Logistics Research Center. He held the French Chair in Maritime Affairs at WMU from 2004 to 2010 and started his academic carrier as Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Nantes (France). He completed his PhD on liner shipping strategies and contributed since 2010 to several reports for various shipping-related companies (French shipowner Association, SKS Tanker, LDA, SOCATRA, CMA CGM…), Port Authorities (Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, Port La Nouvelle, and Marseille), Shippers (Casino/SRS Group…), Banks (NATIXIS)... His main research interests are in shipping/port economics and shipping environmental protection and safety, on which he published more than 80 peer-review articles. He is an associate member of https://www.porteconomics.eu/, and he was the International Association of Maritime Economists’ Vice President (2014-2016) and KEDGE Business School Director of Research (2015-2017).

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