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    Risk-driven supply chain designs – a re-assessment with geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations

    Risk-driven supply chain designs – a re-assessment with geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations

    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

    A metric of global maritime supply chain disruptions: The global supply chain stress index - maritime (GSCSI-M)

    A metric of global maritime supply chain disruptions: The global supply chain stress index - maritime (GSCSI-M)

    ESG disclosure as a proxy of port corporate communication and sustainable management strategy: An LDA approach

    ESG disclosure as a proxy of port corporate communication and sustainable management strategy: An LDA approach

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    IAPH World Ports Tracker 2026 reveals state of global port sustainability

    PortGraphic: Container port dynamics near Gibraltar

    PortGraphic: Container port dynamics near Gibraltar

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

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Posts tagged with "Jean-Paul Rodrigue"

New book: the geography of transport systems Featured

New book: the geography of transport systems

The mobility of passengers and freight is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, distributing goods, or supplying energy. Each movement has a purpose, an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, and a destination. Mobility is supported and driven by transport systems which are composed...
Coronavirus impacts on trade and supply chains Category

Coronavirus impacts on trade and supply chains

Which are the impacts of Coronavirus on trade and supply chains? PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue analyzed them in a (remote) presentation to the advisory board of METRANS Transportation Center. Follow the link to download the presentation....
The emerging port: inland logistics of Amazon Containers

The emerging port: inland logistics of Amazon

By Jean-Paul Rodrigue The emergence of e-commerce has allowed for new forms of logistics and freight distribution that are starting to have noticeable impacts on ports and terminal operations. This digitalization of retail required the setting of physical distribution components relying on home deliveries, which include several...
The relocation and migration of container terminals Containers

The relocation and migration of container terminals

Draft limitation, land availability, cost differences, liner and/ or inland connectivity, regulations are possible drivers for port migration and relocation. PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue along with Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada) discussed the spatial, economic, network,...
Future maritime trade flows Featured

Future maritime trade flows

By invitation, PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue took part in a OECD/IFT Roundtable on Future maritime trade flows, held in Paris, and included 30 members of government, industry and academia. The two days were divided in five sessions covering selected topics, including the changing demand for maritime trade, costs and trade...
Ports in the new manufacturing landscape Viewpoints

Ports in the new manufacturing landscape

The association between ports and manufacturing has constantly evolved through technological and economic changes. Prior to containerization, there were strong linkages between ports and heavy industrial activities, and indirectly with lighter forms of manufacturing. Many ports were a combination of commercial and warehousing...
Port automation: a paradox for the shipping industry Featured

Port automation: a paradox for the shipping industry

Automation is bringing a series of paradoxes to the shipping industry. Since maritime shipping is in the derived demand business, it is misleading to assume that automation does not affect the demand for shipping as well. Although automation is mostly considered by the industry at the port terminal level, it also takes place across...
The geography of port terminal automation Containers

The geography of port terminal automation

By Jean-Paul Rodrigue Automation is an emerging trend in port terminal development, but taking place at different scale, pace and locations. There are various degrees of automation and in many ways automation is present in a large number of terminals depending how it is defined and if it focuses on infrastructure (e.g. stacking...
Blockchains for logistics: from hype to relevance? Category

Blockchains for logistics: from hype to relevance?

By Jean-Paul Rodrigue An artificial consensus While presenting at recent transportation trade conferences I expressed rather skeptical views about the potential of Blockchains for logistics, which raised a few eyebrows and critiques. The industry is currently drinking its own cool-aid and caught in the standard hype cycle where the...
Port automation: a paradox for the shipping industry Containers

Port automation: a paradox for the shipping industry

By Jean Paul Rodrigue Automation is bringing a series of paradoxes to the shipping industry. Since maritime shipping is in the derived demand business, it is misleading to assume that automation does not affect the demand for shipping as well. Although automation is mostly considered by the industry at the port terminal level,...
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