This paper studies the impact of port activity on regional employment, analysing approximately 560 western European … employment, regional unobserved time-invariant heterogeneity and endogeneity of port activity. Our main findings are (1) regional … employment is positively correlated to port throughput, while the number of passengers is not; (2) the impact of port throughput …

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the … port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and … identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the port on economic and environmental questions is …

ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and … identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the port on economic and environmental questions is … proposed with a view to improving port performance and increasing the positive effects of the ports of Antofagasta. …

This report provides a synthesis of main findings from the OECD Port-Cities Programme, created in 2010 in order to …

automatically a net positive impact on the port-city. There are various trajectories and many ports and port-cities attempt to … stimulate port-city development by a range of public policies. Yet, little is known about effectiveness of policies to promote … performance of ports and port-cities. This paper aims at filling this gap, by assessing the effectiveness of port-city policies …

In times of increasing environmental awareness, the port-city relationship has gained a new meaning since ports have … the result of port expansion, the latter are the result of transforming obsolete port areas into recreational facilities …

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Shanghai, an analysis of the impact of the … port on its territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and … identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the port on economic and environmental questions is …

tankers. Containerships have short port stays, but high emissions during these stays. Most of CO2 emissions in ports from … shipping are in Asia and Europe (58%), but this share is low compared to their share of port calls (70%). European ports have … much less emissions of SOx (5%) and PM (7%) than their share of port calls (22%), which can be explained by the EU …

Italian Association of Port Authorities1 (Assoporti, 2014). This is more or less the same amount as the port of Rotterdam … alone. The cargo handled at the port of Antwerp – the second largest port in Europe – was equivalent to the amount of the … biggest five Italian ports. This picture is illustrative of the current Italian port situation in which 24 Port Authorities …