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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"

The leading global container terminal operators in the top 15 EU container ports Containers

The leading global container terminal operators in the top 15 EU container ports

PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom reviews the presence of the leading global container terminal operators in the top 15 EU container ports (based on 2022 TEU figures). The blue boxes refer to all types of direct or indirect terminal involvement: full ownership, joint venture or a majority or minority shareholding. A...
International freight transport: exports no longer China’s Achilles heel Containers

International freight transport: exports no longer China’s Achilles heel

In the anniversary magazine ’10 years of Flows’, PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom highlights trade between the West and China in an interview with Flow's editor-in-chief Koen Dejaeger. These flows of goods form the backbone of container traffic in the world today. How did they originate, and how will they evolve as geopolitical...
Port economics, management and policy studies (2009–2020): a bibliometric analysis Featured

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

The latest port study of PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis, Evie Kladaki and Theo Notteboom analyses published research in port economics, policy and management (port studies) based on examining all relevant academic journal papers published from 2009 to 2020. The systematic review of all 1227 papers relies on quantitative and...
A menu of possible actions for decarbonization today and tomorrow Featured

A menu of possible actions for decarbonization today and tomorrow

PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom contributed to a chapter that is included in the new book “Maritime Decarbonization - Practical Tools, Case Studies and Decarbonization Enablers" (https://lnkd.in/eFjmX2J5), edited by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, and Robert Ward. Theo's and Wolfgang Lehmacher, Mikael...
Circular Economy to be fully integrated in ‘Port Economics, Management and Policy’, a global leading reference handbook European Port Policy

Circular Economy to be fully integrated in ‘Port Economics, Management and Policy’, a global leading reference handbook

PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom (Gent University/University of Antwerp/Antwerp Maritime Academy, Belgium), Athanasios Pallis (University of Piraeus, Greece), and Jean-Paul Rodrigue (Hofstra University, New York, US) – authors of the Port Economics, Management and Policy handbook – partner...
IAPH World Ports Tracker Q2 2023: more port calls with less cargo, truck driver shortages appear; overall liner trade connectivity improves Containers

IAPH World Ports Tracker Q2 2023: more port calls with less cargo, truck driver shortages appear; overall liner trade connectivity improves

IAPH has released its fifth edition of the World Ports Tracker for quarter 2 of 2023, which contains the most comprehensive situation report on economic activity by ports themselves, as well as by using S&P Global container market intelligence data and now UNCTAD-MDST’s liner shipping connectivity index, both on container trade...
Top-15 European container ports, H1 2023 Containers

Top-15 European container ports, H1 2023

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom provides insight on the EU container port landscape in the first half of 2023: Most top 15 #container #ports in the #European #Union show a moderate to strong year-on-year decline in TEU throughput in H1 2023. For quite a few ports, these negative figures come on top of the traffic losses...
Container terminal automation: assessment of drivers and benefits Containers

Container terminal automation: assessment of drivers and benefits

PortEconomics members Geraldine Knatz, Theo Notteboom, and Thanos Pallis' latest portstudy identifies and analyzes the relative importance of the multi-faceted factors that drive the decision to automate container terminals and the realized benefits, thus establishing how accurately terminal operators predicted the benefits of...
Top-15 container ports in European Union in 2022 Category

Top-15 container ports in European Union in 2022

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom compiled a list of the top 15 container ports in the European Union (EU) in 2022 based on the container throughput in TEU and analyses the findings. "While the ranking of the top 15 container ports in the European Union (EU) in 2022 based on the container throughput in TEU might...
Latest IAPH World Ports Tracker: supply chain crunch over, ports invest in infrastructure, energy transition and sustainability Category

Latest IAPH World Ports Tracker: supply chain crunch over, ports invest in infrastructure, energy transition and sustainability

The latest IAPH World Port Tracker reports lower congestion and call size reductions with modest average port productivity gains in some regions; investments move ahead in infrastructure, new land use and sustainability projects; resurgence in cruise and ferry passenger volumes continues at pace. The International Association of...
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