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PortGraphic: how big is the Antwerp-Zeebrugge merger?

About two weeks ago, the port authorities of Antwerp and Zeebrugge in Belgium announced they are starting the process towards a full merger. The new merged entity will bear the name "Port of Antwerp-Bruges". Theo Nottteboom, PortEconomics co-director, comments "While the transition to a low-carbon port is high on the agenda, the...

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WPSP-IAPH barometer: cargo flows impacting hinterland transport

Number of ports experiencing some delays in cross-border trucking services, with rail and barge delays increasing noticeably. The results of the sixteenth survey of global ports have been published in the WPSP- IAPH COVID19 Port Economic Impact Barometer today, with an even spread of 70 participants worldwide. The share of ports...

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An energy consumption approach to estimate air emission reductions in container shipping

Container shipping is the largest producer of emissions within the maritime shipping industry. Hence, measures have been designed and implemented to reduce ship emission levels. IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI, with its future plan of applying Tier III requirements, the Energy Efficiency Design Index for new ships, and the Ship Energy...

Disruptions and resilience in global container shipping and ports: covid-19 pandemic vs. 2008-2009 financial crisis

In their latest port study, PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom, Thanos Pallis and Jean-Paul Rodrigue investigate the temporal and spatial sequences of the supply and demand shocks of COVID-19 on container ports and the container shipping industry by comparing these events to the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Economic shocks test the...

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Academic perspectives on the feasibility of mega container ships

By Theo Notteboom Scale increases in container vessel size are a well-documented and much debated topic. The search for economies of scale and the focus on cost control have pushed the container shipping industry towards the deployment of ever larger containerships. In the early days of containerisation, ships had a nominal...

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IAPH-WPSP barometer: one quarter of ports responding have an increased share of empty container handling

COVID19-related small-scale shocks aggregated over time now impacting shippers and freights in several regional markets: IAPH published the December issue of its COVID-19 Port Economic Impact Barometer authored by PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis. In addition to the updates on vessel calls, hinterland...

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Port funding strategies: concessions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Increased economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has given rise to increased demand for port development. Given the often scarce availability of national public funding, port institutional reform programs have been implemented to pave the way for the inclusion of external port investors. Notwithstanding this fact, some sub-Saharan...

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PortGraphic: top15 container ports in Europe in the first three quarters 2020

By Theo Notteboom The table shows the container throughput for the first 9 months of 2020 handled by the top 15 containers ports in Europe. Antwerp is the only large gateway port in the top 15 which was able to reach a volume level comparable to last year. Mediterranean transhipment hub Gioia Tauro is recording strong growth (exact Q3...

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Revisiting port system delineation through an analysis of maritime interdependencies among seaports

A port system is a system of two or more ports, located in proximity within a given area. In literature, various geographical and functional scales have been identified ranging from complete coastlines to the notions of a ‘range’ and a ‘multi-port gateway region’. Not only does the spatial scale create confusion on the true...

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Entry strategies in inland container terminals: a comparison between Yangtze river and Rhine river

Recent decades have brought a growing commitment of investors in the (co-)funding and management of inland terminals, particularly container terminals. However, the actors involved, the forms of third-party entry, and the emerging partnerships in inland terminals have only been investigated on a fragmented basis in inland port...

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