Posts tagged with "Theo Notteboom"

Economic impact of the port of Antwerp on the hinterland Featured

Economic impact of the port of Antwerp on the hinterland

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom published a study commissioned by the Province of Antwerp on the employment and value added impact of the port of Antwerp on the municipalities in the Province of Antwerp and part of the Province of East Flanders in Belgium. The aim of the study was to analyse how much employment and value added...
Port economics @port lunch Flanders 2015 Featured

Port economics @port lunch Flanders 2015

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom moderated the 'Port Lunch Flanders' event on 5 March 2015 in Antwerp. Some 150 participants joined the event which was organized by Management Producties. The conference theme was megatrends in seaports. A highlight of the day was a panel debate with Luc Arnouts (CCO, Port of Antwerp), Joachim...
Upstream container ports in northern Europe: alive and kicking Containers

Upstream container ports in northern Europe: alive and kicking

By Theo Notteboom One could think that the days for upstream ports are counted given a growing demand for a good nautical accessibility and a fast turnaround time for the ever larger container vessels. A closer look at Antwerp and Hamburg, two of the largest upstream container ports in the world, urges us to think again. In the past...
Alliances in container shipping: searching for the best dance partners Containers

Alliances in container shipping: searching for the best dance partners

By Theo Notteboom Operational co-operation between container shipping companies comes in many forms ranging from slot-chartering and vessel-sharing agreements to multi-trade strategic alliances. The first strategic alliances between shipping lines date back to the mid-1990s, a period that coincided with the introduction of the first...
Top 13 container port regions in the world: the rise of China Containers

Top 13 container port regions in the world: the rise of China

By Theo Notteboom Container port rankings look at individual ports. Following such an approach Shanghai is the largest container port in the world (35.28 million TEU in 2014) followed by Singapore (33.87 million TEU). Such rankings can be a bit misleading as regions with several medium-sized container ports might seem less important...
Inland flows generated by a call of a 20.000 TEU vessel Containers

Inland flows generated by a call of a 20.000 TEU vessel

By Theo Notteboom Container vessels of more than 19,000 TEU are already operational on the Europe-Far East trade. The CSCL Globe and MSC Oscar are notable examples. Ships of over 20,000 TEU have been ordered by a number of carriers such as OOCL. The chart shows the implication of a visit of such a mega vessel to the port of Antwerp or...
How much container volume can a weekly service bring to your port? Containers

How much container volume can a weekly service bring to your port?

By Theo Notteboom An analysis of liner services on the North Europe – Far East trade reveals that average vessel sizes have increased from 4,250 TEU in 1998 to 12,200 TEU in 2015. The number of liner services on the North Europe – Far East trade peaked in 2006 with over 30 regular services. Today just over 20 weekly services...
Mega vessel stop-over: transhipment near the straits of Gibraltar Containers

Mega vessel stop-over: transhipment near the straits of Gibraltar

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...
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