On goes the wave of mergers of port development companies, this time between the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, writes The Analyst Peter de Langen.
The merger has been long in the making, in contrast with some other cases, where the initiative came from the ports themselves (for instance the nearby Ghent and Zeeland Seaports merger...
By Peter de Langen
The French Haropa ports, Le Havre, Rouen and Paris are steadily implementing the full merger announced over two years ago; the final step should be ready June this year. As an important part of the integration, they recently published a strategic plan until 2025. The plan is an interesting read and clearly...
The reduction of Greenhouse gasses (GHG) and other air emissions represents a major challenge for ports. Ports so far have only taken limited steps to this end, but there are large differences between ports.
PortEconomics members Henrik Sornn Friese, Peter de Langen, and co-authors René Taudal Poulsen and Agnieszka Urszula...
By Peter de Langen
E-commerce had been growing impressively before COVID-19, with growth rates as much as 10 times higher than the growth of sales of physical stores.
COVID-19 has obviously accelerated that growth. Currently, around 20 per cent of all retail sales are online, with huge differences between commodities. For books the...
With the cruise industry stalled and uncertainty of containers, Malaga needs to expand into other cargo areas
While we may associate the circular economy with more local value chains, a recent initiative from Malaga shows that this is not necessarily the case, writes Peter de Langen - in a viewpoint first published in his column as 'The...
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Lloyd’s Maritime Academy Certificate in Port Economics is an introduction into the key issues involved in port economics,...
The UK, after claiming that the EU had been holding back the development of UK’s ports, launched a UK Freeports initiative as a major instrument to shape the UK’s economic development post-Brexit
by Peter de Langen
Up to 10 Freeports are foreseen. These Freeports are to be privately developed in rail, air and seaports -probably...
By Peter de Langen
The news from end of May 2020 that HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG) and Eurogate are holding discussions on cooperating in the container segment in northern Germany, may well mark a turning point in the German Hanseatic port development tradition, comments Peter de Langen.
HHLA is the market leader in...
The circularity transition leads to changes in PoA’s business model, with an increasing focus on new services that create synergies, and a decreasing importance of the share of port dues in the total revenue mix.
There is a gradual but clear transition towards a circular economy (CE) that will potentially have significant impacts on...
The Coronavirus is having a huge global impact, and Peter de Langen questions whether the effects of COVID-19 on ports will be lasting ones - with his views first published in his Analyst column at @ Port Strategy.
Lasting effects of Coronovirus on ports?
by Peter de Langen
"The Coronavirus clearly is having a huge global impact,...
