Posts tagged with "container"

Mega vessel stop-over: transhipment near the straits of Gibraltar Containers

Mega vessel stop-over: transhipment near the straits of Gibraltar

By Theo Notteboom The Straits of Gibraltar is strategically located on some of the most important East-West trade lanes. Ports in the wider region around the Straits have good reasons to convince shipping lines of making a call at their container terminal facilities for transhipment and interlining purposes. Algericas at the...
Holland vs. Belgium in the container business: do we have a winner? Containers

Holland vs. Belgium in the container business: do we have a winner?

By Theo Notteboom In 2014, 23.4% of the total European container port traffic was handled by Belgian and Dutch ports. With these figures, the Rhine-Scheldt Delta port region, which includes all Dutch and Belgian ports, is the most important port region in Europe - and PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom discusses the "Holland vs....
Are container port volumes in Europe above pre-crisis levels? Containers

Are container port volumes in Europe above pre-crisis levels?

By Theo Notteboom Are container port volumes in Europe above pre-crisis levels? The answer is yes, says PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom. In 2014, the European container port system handled about 12% more containers than in 2007. So if you thought that the economic crisis left all European container ports with heavy traffic...
Container port competition and competitiveness analysis: asian major ports Containers

Container port competition and competitiveness analysis: asian major ports

The evaluation of the competitive edge of major Asian container ports, i.e. Busan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore ports  is the subject of the port study of PortEconomics associate member Jasmine Siu Lee Lam - co-authored with Paul Tae-Woo Lee from Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan. The authors introduce, among others the...
The impact of competition on container port (in)efficiency Containers

The impact of competition on container port (in)efficiency

Very few studies focus on the impact of competition on port efficiency. However, it can be assumed that a port in a monopolistic situation is subject to less pressure from customers and might be less efficient. Conversely, a port subject to high competition may be forced to overinvest in order to provide a higher quality of service to...
Networks and 'hidden families' in the container port industry Containers

Networks and 'hidden families' in the container port industry

The factors underlying foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports is the theme of a port study by PortEconomics  member Francesco Parola, along with Giovanni Satta (University of Genoa) and Simone Caschili (University College London)to appear in a forthcoming issue of the scholarly journal Maritime Policy and...
Port investment and container shipping markets: An OECD report Containers

Port investment and container shipping markets: An OECD report

Which issues need to be considered in order to modernise container port systems and respond to the growth of containerised maritime trade and to the development needs of their hinterland economies? How to best mobilise private investments and best proceed to port expansions with long-life spans and a structural influence on the local and...
Foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports Containers

Foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports

PortEconomics member Francesco Parola, along with PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Giovanni Satta (Department of Economics, University of Genoa) have published a port study in the 33rd issue of the scholarly Journal of the Transport Geography. The study provides an analysis of...
The port system in northern China Containers

The port system in northern China

Only 20 years ago the Chinese port system was still in its infancy stage. Hong Kong acted as the only container gateway to China. Since the second half of the 1990s, throughput at Chinese mainland ports started to accelerate. In recent years, shipping lines have been dedicating higher capacities and deploying larger vessels to cope with...
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