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Hall, P. V. - 2018

. Hinterland connectivity and landside productivity are increasingly important for port performance. Yet conflicts over congestion … immediate port hinterland. …

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Port Hinterland Connectivity

Merk, Olaf - 2015

The competitiveness of a seaport depends on the extent the cargo handled in the port can reach its hinterland … destination (e.g. Acciaro & McKinnon, 2013). The importance of hinterland connections has been recognised as one of the most … turnaround times over the last decade. The smoothness of port-hinterland connections has not followed at the same pace …

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Container ship size and port relocation

Merk, Olaf - 2018

This paper analyses the impacts of ever-larger ships on location choices for new container ports and examines when relocation of a port makes sense. Most ports are located close to cities, but have difficulties expanding. A number of new container ports have been built further away from urban...

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The container port of Buenos Aires in the mega-ship era

Merk, Olaf - 2018

Can the container port of Buenos Aires be adapted to the demands of the mega-ship era? Ever-larger ships and the cargo peaks they cause imply new requirements for container ports. This paper examines strategies for Argentina's largest port, whose three container terminal concessions will expire...

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Time Efficiency at World Container Ports

Ducruet, César - 2014

The ability of ports to ensure efficient cargo transfers is one central dimension of their overall function as transport nodes. Before containerization, such as in the late nineteenth century, large seaports were already competing in their attempt providing fast transit between sea and land, in...

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Puerto de Gran Escala: The case for a New Container Terminal in Central Chile

Michea, Alexis - 2013

The state-owned sector was modernised in the late 1990s by means of Law 19 542, which divided the large national ports company (Empresa Portuaria de Chile, Emporchi) to create 10 independent port companies (Empresas Portuarias), each with its own board of directors, management, etc. These...

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Railway efficiency : an overview and a look at opportunities for improvement

Beck, Arne; Bente, Heiner; Schilling, Martin - 2013

Railway efficiency is a topic of interest worldwide for railway managers operating in competitive markets and for fiscally strained governments. Several recent studies indicate that European railways differ in terms of their efficiency. Based on a comparison with some major non-European railway...

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The fantasy world of private finance for transport via public private partnerships : prepared for the Roundtable on: Public Private Partnerships for Funding Transport Infrastructur...

Shaoul, Jean; Stafford, Anne; Stapleton, Pam - 2012

In 1993, the British government turned to the private sector to finance much needed investment in public infrastructure and manage services under its Public Private Partnerships (PPP) policy (Edwards et al., 2004), with transport forming by far the largest component by value of the PPP...

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Alternative ways of financing infrastructure investment : potential for 'novel' financing models ; prepared for the Roundtable on: Public Private Partnerships for Funding Transport...

Meaney, Andrew; Hope, Peter - 2012

This paper examines the issue of financing infrastructure investment projects. It looks closely at what the market failures are that mean the private sector has not been able to cover the investment requirement itself. It will then assess the government failures associated with intervention, and...

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Modèles alternatifs de financement des investissements dans les infrastructures : les perspectives offertes par les modèles de financement "innovants" ; rédigé pour la table ronde...

Meaney, Andrew; Hope, Peter - 2012

Le présent rapport est consacré au financement des projets d’investissement dans les infrastructures (de transport). Ses auteurs examinent de près les défaillances du marché en raison desquelles le secteur privé ne parvient pas à combler à lui seul l’intégralité des besoins en...

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