stemming from near-port shipping activities, the handling of the goods in the ports and from the distribution of the goods to …While efficient ports are vital to the economic development of their surrounding areas, the related ship traffic, the … handling of the goods in the ports and the hinterland distribution can cause a number of negative environmental impacts. This …

, the implications of developments in liner shipping for ports, excess capacity and potential implications for competition … liner shipping. It discusses the main developments and competition issues in the sector, namely, regulation in different … countries, the role of liner shipping consortia and strategic alliances, the trend towards horizontal and vertical integration …

world. Distance volumes and product characteristics matter. In addition, we find that ports efficiency is an important … determinant of shipping costs. Improving port efficiency from the 25th to the 75th percentile reduces shipping costs by 12 percent ….S. markets than import tariffs. We investigate the determinants of shipping costs to the U.S. with a large database of more than …

that it will be for the better? As schools become more autonomous and the world more complex, what forms of organization … seminars held in Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal, organized with the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and …