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The Analyst: further steps needed for new merger Featured

The Analyst: further steps needed for new merger

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...
The Analyst: a strategic plan, it may tick all the boxes but is it radical enough? European Port Policy

The Analyst: a strategic plan, it may tick all the boxes but is it radical enough?

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 Analyst: e-commerce, service differentiation and port operations Featured

The Analyst: e-commerce, service differentiation and port operations

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...
The UK Freeports initiative European Port Policy

The UK Freeports initiative

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...
The Analyst: HHLA and Eurogate cooperation Featured

The Analyst: HHLA and Eurogate cooperation

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 Analyst: ownership of port operators Containers

The Analyst: ownership of port operators

The move of DP World's parent company (Port and Free Zone World) to purchase shares traded on Nasdaq Dubai and delist the company is highly interesting, writes Peter de Langen, with his views first published in his Analyst column at @ Port Strategy. The ownership of Port Operators by Peter de Langen "The move of DP World's parent...
The Analyst: ports and export competitiveness Featured

The Analyst: ports and export competitiveness

By Peter de Langen In drafting port policies and assessing the benefits of investments in port development, we often stress the link between better ports and export competitiveness And indeed, various studies demonstrate there is a positive link between the two. Because of the diversity of exporters and export commodities, the...
The Analyst: intra-port competition in Buenos Aires Featured

The Analyst: intra-port competition in Buenos Aires

By Peter de Langen One of the best-known cases of port reform aimed to create intra-port competition is that of Buenos Aires, the largest port of Argentina In the early 1990s, Buenos Aires was an inefficient state-run port. Cargo volumes fell between 1970 and 1990. The port tariffs increased by over 250% in real terms in a...
The Analyst: emerging competition between ‘port innovation systems' Featured

The Analyst: emerging competition between ‘port innovation systems'

By Peter de Langen The recent news that the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, and the global freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel, will start a venture fund, to be based in Singapore and called Reefknot Investments, is the latest of various initiatives that have emerged over the recent years. Some major other venture funds...
The Analyst: african ports awards-importance of port performance indicators Featured

The Analyst: african ports awards-importance of port performance indicators

By Peter de Langen In June 2019, the winners of the fourth edition of the African Ports Awards (APA) were announced in Lomé, Togo. I had a small involvement as member of the Jury. The role of this Jury is minimal as the awards are based on performance data of the ports. There are different awards in different categories, all based...
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Top-20 cruise ports in the Med, 2010-2019
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Evolution of container volumes in European ports, 1985-2018
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