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    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

    Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents:  Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

    Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents: Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation

    Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation

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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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    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

    PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

    PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

    Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?

    Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?

    Cruise Port-City Compass

    Cruise Port-City Compass

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    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

    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

    The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

    The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

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Posts tagged with "Theo Notteboom"

Chinese ports: quo vadis? Category

Chinese ports: quo vadis?

With COVID-19 turning port lives upside down, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)  has launched a weekly briefing of its membership throughout Europe on the latest developments – inviting PortEconomics members that have contributed to the life of the association to provide thoughts and reactions. In this week’s edition of...
COVID19 port economic impact barometer week 18 reports stabilization or slight improvements Category

COVID19 port economic impact barometer week 18 reports stabilization or slight improvements

Of the seventy-six ports surveyed across the globe in this week’s IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer Report, the majority reports a relatively stable situation compared to the previous weeks, with slight improvements noted in some areas of port continuity. Compiled by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos...
Second IAPH-WPSP port economic impact barometer report: some ports seeing significant changes in storage utilization Category

Second IAPH-WPSP port economic impact barometer report: some ports seeing significant changes in storage utilization

The Week-16 results of the IAPH-WPSP Weekly Port Economic Impact Barometer show COVID-19 crisis has 35% of ports reporting an increase in the utilization of warehousing and distribution facilities in the last week for foodstuffs and medical supplies, whilst other ports report both over- and under-utilization of their storage...
First edition of COVID19 port economic impact barometer confirms cargo build up at some ports Category

First edition of COVID19 port economic impact barometer confirms cargo build up at some ports

New IAPH-WPSP Weekly Port Economic Impact Barometer reports steady overall port cargo volumes last week with some dips, and significantly reduced passenger and cruise vessel calls. Dockworker availability has been impacted but not hampering operations, while the majority of non-essential port personnel are teleworking from home. As a...
PortGraphic: COVID-19 cargo concentration pattern Hamburg-Le Havre range Containers

PortGraphic: COVID-19 cargo concentration pattern Hamburg-Le Havre range

By Theo Notteboom It is early days to estimate the ramifications of #covid-19 on ports. Still, past crises reveal interesting facts. The graph shows the impact of past crises on cargo concentration in the Hamburg-Le Havre port range in Europe. The orange line gives the combined market share (basis=TEU) of the three largest...
Weekly barometer οn COVID-19 economic impact on ports at world ports info portal Category

Weekly barometer οn COVID-19 economic impact on ports at world ports info portal

In response to requests of ports around the globe, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), has set up a Task Force comprising some of the world's top experts to inform and guide the port authorities and users alike via a newly-established WORLD PORTS COVID19 INFORMATION PORTAL. PortEconomics developed impact...
PortGraphic: COVID-19 and blank sailing impact on European ports Containers

PortGraphic: COVID-19 and blank sailing impact on European ports

The Coronavirus has resulted in a high number of blanked sailings in container shipping. Until recently, these were caused by the sharply reduced port activity in China as factories across the country closed in the wake of the lockdown. In recent weeks, port operations in China turned back to normal after factories reopened, and...
PortGraphic: COVID-19 and how vulnerable are European container ports to the drop in Chinese port volumes? Containers

PortGraphic: COVID-19 and how vulnerable are European container ports to the drop in Chinese port volumes?

By Theo Notteboom At the time of writing there were more than 73,000 cases of the COVID-19 virus and more than 1,850 deaths. China, and particularly the Hubei province, is responsible for most of the recorded cases and deaths. The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has a huge impact on economic life in China with many factories and...
PortGraphic: The impact of COVID-19 to Chinese Cosco Shipping ports Containers

PortGraphic: The impact of COVID-19 to Chinese Cosco Shipping ports

By Theo Notteboom Below a graph showing the volume losses in January - February 2020 compared to the same period last year for the key #container #terminals of Cosco Shipping Ports. The impact of #COVID-19 is obvious. Chinese ports are slowly but surely becoming fully operational again, but it is expected also March 2020 will show...
The role of seaports in green supply chain management Containers

The role of seaports in green supply chain management

The latest portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Noteboom  and Larissa van der Lught along with Niels van Saase (Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics (Erasmus UPT), Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Steve Sel and Kris Neyens (VIL-Flanders Innovation Cluster for Logistics, Antwerp, Belgium) analyzes the role of seaports in...
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