related to ship operations, less work is available about port operations and infrastructure. Information about them can be … gathered near the Port of Brest, France to detect clusters representing the port's mooring areas. In addition, exploratory data … analyses are per formed on these clusters to gain additional insights into the port infrastructure and operations. Findings …

Purpose: The port administration is an important regulator of international trade operations, as well as a facilitator …. Therefore, the aim of this research is to determine the level of efficiency of the port system of Lazaro Cárdenas in the period … optimal gantry crane assignment to improve the efficiency of the terminal, through the design of algorithms to the port …

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 …

This article examines the determinants of traffic volumes and the revenues per tonne generated by Spain's port … authorities. The interest of the study lies on the strong differences between port authorities in a context of strict regulation … variables. We find that port charges influence the amount of traffic that a port is able to generate. Furthermore, we find clear …

included in International Maritime Organization’s safety and security Conventions relevant to port, such as ISPS or ISM. Hence …

increasingly high peak situations in landside container handling at logistic nodes in the port, e.g. container terminals, empty … depots, freight stations. In combination with rising demands to improve the port’s ecological footprint this requires the … port and its companies to adapt to the situation in order to reduce congestion. To identify important methods, key …