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Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

World ports are executing on planned infrastructure investments, community building and environmental sustainability initiatives. Important gaps have been identified in future fuels readiness, carbon emissions reporting, digitalisation and gender equality. Market trends indicate overall lower container port productivity due to larger...

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Antwerp-Bruges surpasses Rotterdam in Q1 2025: a structural shift or short-term fluctuation?

In a remarkable turn of events, the port of Antwerp-Bruges has overtaken Rotterdam in container throughput during the first quarter of 2025. Antwerp-Bruges handled 3.4 million TEU, registering a year-on-year increase of 4.5%, while Rotterdam recorded 3.3 million TEU (+2.2%). PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom, reports: "This...

Seaports in a tense geopolitical environment: key agents or sitting ducks?

In an increasingly uncertain world, seaports are no longer just logistical hubs facilitating global trade—they are becoming geopolitical focal points, caught between strategic interests, economic dependencies, and global power struggles. The geo-economic and geopolitical landscape has a major impact on seaports, which have...

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Container throughput at Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges: A growing rivalry

Theo Notteboom, PortEconomics co-director, analyses the evolution of container throughput at Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges over the past five decades and reveals a significant shift in European port dynamics. While Rotterdam has historically been the dominant container hub, Antwerp-Bruges has steadily increased its share, now nearly...

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Top-15 EU container ports in 2024: strong growth despite geopolitcal tensions

The 2024 ranking of the top 15 EU container ports highlights both stability on the top of the ranking and significant changes in port performance for the remaining ports. Rotterdam retains its position as Europe’s largest container port, handling 13.82 million TEUs, followed closely by Antwerp-Bruges at 13.53 million TEUs. Hamburg...

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The impact of port service quality on customer satisfaction: the case of clearing and forwarding agents in Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

The latest portstudy of PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom with Ahmed Alsalfiti (University of Antwerp), published in the Maritime Business Review, identifies the factors influencing the satisfaction of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents in Shuwaikh Port, Kuwait, based on port service quality (PSQ). The research is based on...

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Influencer marketing in B2B services: the container shipping industry

In his latest port study published in Maritime Economics & Logistics, co-director of PortEconomics Theo Notteboom, along with Sedat Baştuğ, Fevzi Bitiktaş, Ercan Akan, and Funda A. Yercan, explores how container shipping companies effectively manage influencer marketing within the B2B sector. Studying the cases of Maersk and...

PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

Elsevier’s science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators, developed in collaboration with Stanford University, are one of the leading sources for analyzing career-long data in different research fields. The August 2024 update report ranks the 2% best-performing scholars of a total of more than 29,000...

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PortGraphic: top 15 EU container ports in H1 2024

PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom compiled a table showing the year-on-year TEU growth in the top 15 EU container ports in H1 2024: While 2023 was characterized by a strong to moderate traffic decline in most ports, the first half of 2024 brought double-digit growth in 7 of the top 15 ports. The effects of the Red Sea...

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Port economics, management and policy studies (2009–2020): a bibliometric analysis

By Athanasios A. Pallis, Paraskevi Kladaki and Theo Notteboom The latest publication, "Port Economics, Management and Policy studies (2009–2020): a bibliometric analysis", authored by PortEconomics co-founders Athanasios A. Pallis and Theo Notteboom, along with member Paraskevi Kladaki, explores the...

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