There is an ongoing debate on the concentration of container throughput in the European container port system. A … ports argue that a shift in port traffic from the north to the south would be beneficial for the environment and the economy … and compare several hinterland accessibility indices to explain the relative size of port regions. Besides standard …

, ports and port regions increasingly compete to serve distant hinterlands. In a European context, many researchers refer to … the agglomeration of economic activity in the Rhine-Ruhr area and the ‘blue banana' to explain the concentration of port … activity in the Hamburg-Le Havre port range. Besides this, the incorporation of new member states in the European market has …

-source pollution is heavily reliant on the provision of adequate port reception facilities on land. However, the coordination between … discharged to port reception facilities. Ship wastes are studied from a European Union (EU) law perspective and the author …

The particular location of port infrastructure holds characteristics that determine the activity of the port, both with … depend on the governance systems that regulate the ports. Likewise, the development of port activity echoes in the regional …. However, the activity of a port transcends the domestic/regional frontiers, as long as the port intends to take part in a …