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    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

    Rhine-Scheldt delta port system

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Maritime transport in net zero

    Maritime transport in net zero

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    PortGraphic: Container port dynamics near Gibraltar

    PortGraphic: Container port dynamics near Gibraltar

    Top-10 PortReads in 2025

    Top-10 PortReads in 2025

    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

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    Call for papers: Contemporary Maritime Economics: Transformations and Emerging Perspectives

    Call for papers: Contemporary Maritime Economics: Transformations and Emerging Perspectives

    ECONSHIP2026: Call for papers

    ECONSHIP2026: Call for papers

    Call for papers: 1st Florence Maritime Regulation Conference

    Call for papers: 1st Florence Maritime Regulation Conference

    PortEconomics co-director appointed Senior Scientific Advisor to the Florence School of Regulation

    PortEconomics co-director appointed Senior Scientific Advisor to the Florence School of Regulation

    Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy

    Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy

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    Commission unveils new EU Ports Strategy

    Commission unveils new EU Ports Strategy

    PortGraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in Q3 2025

    PortGraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in Q3 2025

    Maritime transport in net zero

    Maritime transport in net zero

    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

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Posts tagged with "Theo Notteboom"

Dry bulk cargo in ukrainian ports Featured

Dry bulk cargo in ukrainian ports

The Black Sea region accounts for only 2.5 percent of global seaborne trade. While its significance is quite limited on a global scale (eg. seaborne trade in the North Sea region accounts for 17 percent of the world total), the Black Sea is an important area of development due to its geographical size and resource base. Ukraine and...
Essays on the relationship between terminal scale and port competition Containers

Essays on the relationship between terminal scale and port competition

Essays on the relationship between terminal scale and port competition is the theme of the doctoral thesis that was concluded by PortEconomics member Vicky Kaselimi. The research presented in this work is primarily concerned with the scale of container terminals and its ensuing relation with inter- and intra-port competition. It...
Break bulk in seaports unrevealed Featured

Break bulk in seaports unrevealed

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom with his ITMMA colleague Indra Vonck have contributed to a French book on break bulk and bulk flows edited and published by Yann Alix and Romuald Lacoste for the Séfacil Foundation. Theo and Indra developed a chapter on 'General perspectives on the break bulk market'. The chapter provides a...
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Coastal ship services in China: the impact of emission targets and subsidy levels

Kang Chen and Zhongzhen Yang from Dalian Maritime University (China) together with PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom of ITMMA – University of Antwerp published a study entitled "The design of coastal shipping services subject to carbon emission reduction targets and state subsidy levels" in the academic journal Transportation...
The port system in northern China Containers

The port system in northern China

Only 20 years ago the Chinese port system was still in its infancy stage. Hong Kong acted as the only container gateway to China. Since the second half of the 1990s, throughput at Chinese mainland ports started to accelerate. In recent years, shipping lines have been dedicating higher capacities and deploying larger vessels to cope with...
A strategic appraisal of the attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: the southern Africa case Containers

A strategic appraisal of the attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: the southern Africa case

A strategic appraisal of the attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: the Southern African Case is the subject of the recent port study conducted by PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom along with Darren Fraser and was published in the 36th issue of the scholarly Journal of Transport Geography. The past decade has...
SMPs in multi-port gateway regions: the case study of northeast of China PortStudies

SMPs in multi-port gateway regions: the case study of northeast of China

"Peripheral challenge by Small and Medium Sized Ports (SMPs) in Multi-Port Gateway Regions: the case study of northeast of China" is the theme of the new study of PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, ITMMA-University of Antwerp together with Lin Feng, Dalian Maritime University, that is published in the 20th Special Issue of the...
Port labour in belgian ports: PortEconomics co-director shapes public debate Featured

Port labour in belgian ports: PortEconomics co-director shapes public debate

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom appeared on national Belgian TV program 'De vrije markt' ('The free market')  on Saturday 21 September. The program devoted to the theme of port labour in Belgian ports, with the other panel member being Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of the port of Antwerp. You might share Theo's views and enjoy the most...
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Cargo volumes in the european port system

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom contributed in the latest Port Technolgy International , an article on "Cargo volumes on the European container port system".   source: Theo Notteboom (2013). Cargo volumes on the European container port system". Port Technology International, no. 59 An earlier contribution in Port...
PORTOPIA: PortEconomics leads the flagship european project Featured

PORTOPIA: PortEconomics leads the flagship european project

PortEconomics members, joined by leading researchers and firms in Europe embark in a new major reasearch program aiming at improving the resource efficiency and competitiveness of the European Port System. This is one of the flagship research projects financially supported by the European Commission, in an attempt to facilitate...
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