Posts tagged with "Theo Notteboom"

Holland vs. Belgium in the container business: do we have a winner? Containers

Holland vs. Belgium in the container business: do we have a winner?

By Theo Notteboom In 2014, 23.4% of the total European container port traffic was handled by Belgian and Dutch ports. With these figures, the Rhine-Scheldt Delta port region, which includes all Dutch and Belgian ports, is the most important port region in Europe - and PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom discusses the "Holland vs....
Are container port volumes in Europe above pre-crisis levels? Containers

Are container port volumes in Europe above pre-crisis levels?

By Theo Notteboom Are container port volumes in Europe above pre-crisis levels? The answer is yes, says PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom. In 2014, the European container port system handled about 12% more containers than in 2007. So if you thought that the economic crisis left all European container ports with heavy traffic...
Top-15 container ports in Europe Containers

Top-15 container ports in Europe

By Theo Notteboom The  list of the top 15 of container ports in Europe has not changed dramatically over the past 30 years. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom compiled the list of the 15 largest container ports in Europe for 2014 and compared these figures to the years 1985 and 2000 - and PortEconomics provides this...
Keeping it cool: challenges for the containerised reefer trade Containers

Keeping it cool: challenges for the containerised reefer trade

Refrigerated containers, also known as reefers, account for a growing share of the refrigerated cargo being transported around the world. In 1980, 33% of the refrigerated transport capacity in maritime shipping was containerised, this share rapidly climbed to 72% in 2013. Because of the additional insulation, and particularly because...
The role of port authorities in the adoption of LNG as a ship fuel Featured

The role of port authorities in the adoption of LNG as a ship fuel

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) serves as an attractive fuel for ships to meet the upcoming stringent environmental regulations enacted by IMO, particularly at the level of emission control areas (ECA). The use of LNG promises a good environmental performance and a foreseeable economic viability. However, a general absence of bunkering...
Black Sea: an emerging multi-port gateway region Containers

Black Sea: an emerging multi-port gateway region

The Black Sea ports represent an interesting case  in view of the types, governance models and environment in which they operate and develop. The majority of Black Sea ports (Ukrainian, Russian, and Georgian) experienced tremendous economic and institutional changes in the last 20 years, from being Soviet centralized ports benefiting...
The ukrainian crisis impact on regional port system Featured

The ukrainian crisis impact on regional port system

After the referendum in Crimea on March 16, 2014, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea became a part of the Russian Federation on March 18, 2014. This event incurred a complete change of legislative and regulatory institutions for ports and railways which previously were a part of the Ukrainian state-owned and centrally regulated transport...
Port geography at the crossroads: between flows & spaces Featured

Port geography at the crossroads: between flows & spaces

Port research is not a new field of interest for human geographers, evidenced by numerous conceptual models and empirical cases of port evolution and development. However, several critical questions remain unanswered, notably the exact position of port geography as a subdiscipline within human geography in the past, present and...
Stakeholder relations management: port of Rotterdam Featured

Stakeholder relations management: port of Rotterdam

A Port Authority (PA) constitutes an interesting example of a “hybrid organization”, where the boundary between private and public interests is blurred. Applying stakeholder management principles to the port domain might help better port strategy and management. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom and PortEconomics member...
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