PortEconomics member Cesar Ducruet – along with Justin Berli (CNRS) – address the distribution of the largest containerships across the globe, and build a picture of the global network has been published in the PortEconomics partner in publishing magazine Port Technology International.
Many issues have been raised since the advent of socalled ‘mega-ships’, ranging from port capacity issues, competitiveness, shipping alliances, and technological change, but the precise geography of their circulation had remained somewhat overlooked to date. Sth this article the authors aim to provide a concrete description and explanation of the observed pattern in the recent period, notwithstanding a brief explanation of the data and methodology used for such a purpose.
The article – original has been published in the 77th issue of the PTI and a free copy can be downloaded freely @PortEconomics.
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