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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

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    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

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

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

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

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    New edition: Developing ports as business ecosystems

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    New edition: Developing ports as business ecosystems

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Posts tagged with "Theo Notteboom"

Strong growth in H1 2019 for top European container ports Category

Strong growth in H1 2019 for top European container ports

By Theo Notteboom The table shows the top 15 container ports in the European Union in 2018 based on container throughput expressed in TEU and the year-on-year growth for H1 2019. No growth figures were available for Marsaxlokk and Gioia Tauro. What do the figures reveal? First, with an overall weighted average growth of 5.7%...
PortGraphic: container hub port competition near the straits of Gibraltar is intensifying Category

PortGraphic: container hub port competition near the straits of Gibraltar is intensifying

by Theo Notteboom The Straits of Gibraltar is strategically located on some of the most important East-West trade lanes. Ports in the wider region around the Straits have good reasons to convince shipping lines of making a call at their container terminal facilities for transhipment and interlining purposes. Algericas at the...
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,...
PortGraphic: when being an outsider is no option-the search for alliance membership in container shipping Containers

PortGraphic: when being an outsider is no option-the search for alliance membership in container shipping

By Theo Notteboom HMM recently announced that the carrier will join THE Alliance in April 2020. This marks the end of HMM's search for alliance membership after the G6 alliance ceased to exist some 4 years ago. In 1998, HMM became an alliance member for the first time when the carrier joined the New World Alliance (NWA). In the...
Characteristics & role of European ports in a new world European Port Policy

Characteristics & role of European ports in a new world

The characteristics and the role of the European ports in a new world was titled the presenation delivered by PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom during the 16th ESPO Annual conference held in 23-24 May, in Livorno, Italy. Theo participated in the "New Ports" session, along with Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (President of the World Maritime...
PortVideo: evolution of container volumes in European ports, 1985-2018 Containers

PortVideo: evolution of container volumes in European ports, 1985-2018

An animated portgraphic created by PortEconomics member and co-director Theo Notteboom shows the evolution of container volumes in European ports between 1985 and 2018.
PortGraphic: are the Med ports breaking the hegemony of the top 4 north-European container ports? Containers

PortGraphic: are the Med ports breaking the hegemony of the top 4 north-European container ports?

By Theo Notteboom The top 4 European container ports have remained unchanged since the start of containerization in Europe in the late 1960s: the Dutch port of Rotterdam, the Belgian port of Antwerp and the German ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven have always occupied the top spots in TEU terms in the European container port system....
PortGraphic: the global container terminals operators in top 20 European ports Containers

PortGraphic: the global container terminals operators in top 20 European ports

By Theo Notteboom Interesting times in the container terminal business in Europe. PSA International together with Polish sovereign wealth fund PFR and IFM Investors have agreed a deal with Macquarie to buy DCT Gdansk, the number 15 container port in Europe. Also, MSC has plans to strengthen its ownership position in Medcenter Container...
PortGraphic: top10 container ports in North America in 2018 Containers

PortGraphic: top10 container ports in North America in 2018

By Theo Notteboom The table provides an overview of the TEU throughput in 2018 in the top 10 container ports in North America and also shows the growth figures 2017/2018 and 2007/2018. The figures lead to the following conclusions. The top 10 ports in North America handled 47 million TEU in 2018 The top 10 ports in North America...
PortGraphic: Top15 container ports in Europe in 2018 Containers

PortGraphic: Top15 container ports in Europe in 2018

By Theo Notteboom The cargo volume handled remains a key performance indicator for ports. While also other indicators related to logistics performance, sustainability, innovation and economic impact are gaining ground, it remains relevant to observe how cargo volumes have evolved over time. The table shows the top 15 container ports...
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