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    Geopolitical leverage through the international activities of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in ports and maritime logistics

    Geopolitical leverage through the international activities of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in ports and maritime logistics

    Risk-driven supply chain designs – a re-assessment with geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations

    Risk-driven supply chain designs – a re-assessment with geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations

    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

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    Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2026

    Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2026

    European ports: The need to avoid the great divide

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    Florence maritime regulation conference: PortEconomics members shape maritime regulation

    Florence maritime regulation conference: PortEconomics members shape maritime regulation

    New edition: Developing ports as business ecosystems

    New edition: Developing ports as business ecosystems

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Posts tagged with "Theo Notteboom"

Revisiting traffic forecasting by port authorities in the context of port planning and development Featured

Revisiting traffic forecasting by port authorities in the context of port planning and development

The latest portstudy of PortEconomics members Francesco Parola, Giovanni Satta and Theo Notteboom along with Luca Persico (University of Genoa) contributes to the extant debate on port planning and development by analysing current approaches and challenges for academics and port authorities with respect to traffic...
Strategic locations for logistics distribution centers along the belt & road Featured

Strategic locations for logistics distribution centers along the belt & road

Since the inception of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the associated infrastructure and transport and economic corridor developments have been widely addressed in the research field of transportation, logistics, and supply chain management. Such developments open windows of opportunity for accommodating trade flows in...
Automation in container port systems and management Containers

Automation in container port systems and management

Terminal automation is a full or partial substitution of terminal operations through automated equipment and processes. Depending on how automation is defined, it is already present in many terminals, at least in its simplest form using information technologies (ITs) to manage terminal assets and supplement human...
National Integrated Maritime Policies: vision formulation, regional embeddedness European Port Policy

National Integrated Maritime Policies: vision formulation, regional embeddedness

Integrated maritime policies (IMPs) provide a comprehensive governance framework to support the sustainable use of the seas and oceans while ensuring a horizon of prosperity for the population of the surrounding coastal regions. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom along with  Hubert Paridaens (Antwerp Maritime Academy), developed...
An evaluation of autonomous ship alternatives for future container shipping in the Arctic routes Containers

An evaluation of autonomous ship alternatives for future container shipping in the Arctic routes

The latest portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Adolf Ng, co-authored by Ziaul Haque Munim, Rana Saha and Halvor Schøyen (University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten, Norway) investigates the competitiveness of various autonomous ship categories for container shipping in the Arctic route. The authors propose a...
Climate change adaptation planning for ports Featured

Climate change adaptation planning for ports

The 2nd CCAPPTIA Conference Conference has successfully taken place on 28-30 June 2021. CCAPPTIA is an international forum that brings together leading experts, stakeholders, and right holders from academia, government, industry, consultants, interest groups, and community groups in addressing the challenges and opportunities posed...
Improving a congested maritime supply chain with time slot management for port calls Containers

Improving a congested maritime supply chain with time slot management for port calls

by Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Chalmers University of Technology, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group, Jan Hoffmann, UNCTAD, Lars Jensen, Vespucci Maritime, Theo Notteboom, Ghent University and Antwerp Maritime Academy, Torbjörn Rydbergh, Marine Benchmark, Peter Sand, BIMCO, Sandra...
Underground logistics systems to cope with internal container traffic in the port of Antwerp? Category

Underground logistics systems to cope with internal container traffic in the port of Antwerp?

In the past few days, various media sources reported that the Boring Company, which Elon Musk founded five years ago, has developed a tunnel concept with single or double lane configurations for the transport of containers using battery-powered freight vehicles. The idea of using above-ground or underground tunnel or pipeline-like...
IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer One Year Report makes way for new IAPH Global Port Tracker Category

IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer One Year Report makes way for new IAPH Global Port Tracker

The IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer One Year Report, prepared by PortEconomics co-directors Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis has been published by IAPH. This survey-based analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on ports in the period April 2020 to April 2021 is the only report of its kind to truly reflect what has...
Quay, yard & intra-terminal transfer equipment Containers

Quay, yard & intra-terminal transfer equipment

The latest portstudy of PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom jointly developed with Mei Sha, Tao Zhang, Xin Zhou and Tianbao Qin (Shanghai Maritime University) presents a generic simulation model to determine the equipment mix (quay, yard and intra-terminal transfer) for a Container Terminal Logistics Operations System (CTLOS). The...
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