The leaders of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, an issue that has been disputed between the five countries for over 20 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the agreement, “creates conditions for bringing cooperation between the countries to a qualitatively new… Read more »
The effects of the objective orientation of port authorities and the level of service differentiation on the capacity, service price, profits, and welfare among competing or cooperating ports are analyzed in the latest port study of PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom co-authored with Han Cui (University of Antwerp). Theo and Han examined feasible combinations of these… Read more »
Our world is in transition to a low-carbon economy and transport is not an exception. New technologies and initiatives are affecting the mobility landscape. among all modes of transport, Maritime transport is a backbone of trade and communications within and beyond the single market. Almost one-third of all intra-EU and three-quarters of the internationally traded… Read more »
PORT RECEPTION FACILITIES: ESPO WELCOMES DRAFT REPORT BUT CALLS FOR STRICTER APPLICATION OF THE ‘POLLUTER PAYS’ PRINCIPLE The European Sea ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the proposals put forward by the European Parliament Rapporteur Ms Gesine Meissner in the draft report of the Transport Committee on the review of the Waste Reception Facilities Directive (Com (2018)… Read more »
The port industry has witnessed a multiplication of port co-operation and integration schemes in recent years partly driven by governance reforms, public policy, political forces and market pressures. PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom, Francesco Parola and Geraldine Knatz co-edit a themed volume in the academic journal Research in Transportation Management and Business, including some major contributions on port co-operation. The… Read more »
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) June 26, 2018 – The second edition of the “Constanta Port on the Silk Road” round table has taken place in Bucharest with over 70 representatives of Romanian and foreign business, diplomats (Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Turkey and Turkmenistan), government representatives and international organisations promoting the new trade routes between Asia… Read more »
Τhe effects of the object orientation of port authorities and the level of service differentiation on the capacity, service price, profits and welfare among competing or cooperating ports are analysed in the latest port study of PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom co-authored with Han Cui (University of Antwerp). Theo and Han examined feasible combinations of these… Read more »
Port authorities have transformed into hybrid organizations mostly disassociated from operational activities and port services provision. Still, they maintain a key role as managing bodies advancing the prospects of respective port and associated clusters. Marketing is among the functions working towards this end. In a new port study, PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Thanos Pallis… Read more »
THANK YOU TO PORT OF ROTTERDAM FOR MAKING THE ESPO CONFERENCE 2018 A SUCCESSFUL EVENT On 31 May and 1 June, the European port industry gathered in Rotterdam for the 15thedition of the ESPO annual conference. The speakers, the port debates, the nearly 300 participants, the amazing Conference venue of the Onderzeebootloods (a hall where submarines used… Read more »
A sustainable method to capture expenditure structures of cargo movement activities on nearby port regions has been developed by PortEconomics member Grace Wang along with Wen-Huei Chang (US Army Corp of Engineers) and Yue Cui (Michigan State University) updated the REgional ECONomic System (RECONS) under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to measure economic impacts. Through… Read more »
