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    From coal exports to green steel production? The role of circular economy precincts for sustainable port diversification

    From coal exports to green steel production? The role of circular economy precincts for sustainable port diversification

    Book chapter: Maritime transport in net zero

    Book chapter: Maritime transport in net zero

    Onboard carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) supply chain optimisation: an application to vessels active in the offshore wind industry

    Onboard carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) supply chain optimisation: an application to vessels active in the offshore wind industry

    Geopolitical risks and port-related carbon emissions: evidence and policy implications

    Geopolitical risks and port-related carbon emissions: evidence and policy implications

    Investments and financing challenges of the EU’s port managing bodies; findings from a comprehensive survey

    Investments and financing challenges of the EU’s port managing bodies; findings from a comprehensive survey

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    Port reform: World Bank publishes the third edition of its port reform toolkit

    Port reform: World Bank publishes the third edition of its port reform toolkit

    When will we admit that maritime transport will not be decarbonised by 2050?

    When will we admit that maritime transport will not be decarbonised by 2050?

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    The World Ports Tracker in TOC Europe

    The World Ports Tracker in TOC Europe

    Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

    Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

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    PortEconomics co-director appointed Senior Scientific Advisor to the Florence School of Regulation

    PortEconomics co-director appointed Senior Scientific Advisor to the Florence School of Regulation

    Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy

    Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy

    Two tenure track assistant professor positions in maritime logistics or maritime management

    Two tenure track assistant professor positions in maritime logistics or maritime management

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    PhD posts in the area of ports and energy transition

    PhD posts in the area of ports and energy transition

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    Book chapter: Maritime transport in net zero

    Book chapter: Maritime transport in net zero

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

    Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

    In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

    In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

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    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

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Posts tagged with "Francesco Parola"

New book: geographies of maritime transport Featured

New book: geographies of maritime transport

Edited by PortEconomics members Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios the new multidisciplinary book under the title "Geographies of maritime transport: transport, mobilities and spatial space", delivers a unique collection of well-considered, empirically rich and critical contributions on maritime transport geographies. It covers a wide...
Port throughput allocation in the portfolio framework Featured

Port throughput allocation in the portfolio framework

Port throughput allocation in the portfolio framework is titled the new port study by PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Giovanni Satta, co-authored with Marina Resta (University of Genoa) and Luca Perscico (University of Genoa). The study proposes a theoretical framework for port assets allocation grounding on financial...
LNG bunkering solutions in ports European Port Policy

LNG bunkering solutions in ports

LNG as a marine fuel represent a viable solution for making the maritime and port industry more sustainable, as it allows reducing emissions and pollutants, such as SOx and NOx, compared with traditional fuels. Although a number of academics and practitioners has addressed the phenomenon, by investigating environmental, social economic...
Ιnternationalization of port managing bodies European Port Policy

Ιnternationalization of port managing bodies

PortEconomics members Michaël Dooms, Larissa Van Der Lugt, Francesco Parola, Giovanni Satta, joined by Dong-Wook Song (World Maritime University) in their latest port study, published at the scientific journal Maritime Policy and Management, aimed to establish a framework being conceptually able to explain a variety of...
Are container volumes in transhipment hubs more volatile than in gateway ports? Containers

Are container volumes in transhipment hubs more volatile than in gateway ports?

PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom, Francesco Parola and Giovanni Satta co-authored a study "The relationship between transhipment incidence and throughput volatility in North European and Mediterranean container ports". This study has recently been published in Journal of Transport Geography (74, pages 371-381). It is often argued...
The impact of emerging digital technologies on logistics centres’ business models Containers

The impact of emerging digital technologies on logistics centres’ business models

Transport and logistics are expected to be in the future among the service sectors most impacted by Industry 4.0, due to the array of innovative applications that will be developed from emerging digital technologies related to both smart transports and “mobility as a service”. In this perspective, logistics centres constitute a...
CO2 emission reductions of the global container ship fleet, 2007-2016: how much and why? Containers

CO2 emission reductions of the global container ship fleet, 2007-2016: how much and why?

PortEconomics members Pierre Cariou, Francesco Parola and Theo Notteboom are the authors of a paper entitled "Towards low carbon global supply chains: A multi-trade analysis of CO2 emission reductions in container shipping". This study has just been published in the highly-ranked academic journal International Journal of Production...
The multifaceted objectives of the belt & road initiative: evidence from multiple case studies Featured

The multifaceted objectives of the belt & road initiative: evidence from multiple case studies

The Belt and Road Programme (or Initiative) first initiated in 2013 constitutes the ultimate evolution of China's previous opening-up policies and spreads across over 65 nations located in Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa, corresponding to the 63% of world population and 29% of global GDP, with an overall project value of about 900...
Social media marketing tools for cruise lines: increasing customer engagement through posting strategies Cruise

Social media marketing tools for cruise lines: increasing customer engagement through posting strategies

Social Media (SM) provide undoubted opportunities for fostering firms’ relationships with their customers, and online customer engagement (CE) has become a widespread objective when developing communication strategies for firms operating in business where customer references, word-of-mouth (WoM) and feedbacks are predictors of...
Towards low carbon global supply chains: CO2 emission reductions in container shipping Containers

Towards low carbon global supply chains: CO2 emission reductions in container shipping

How individual factors contribute to the carbon footprint associated with international maritime container supply chains? This is the key question of the latest port study co-authored by PortEconomics members Pierre Cariou, Francesco Parola and Theo Notteboom. The authors advance their research providing four key contributions: ...
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