the robustness of the current distribution of port activities in Europe we investigate what the effect would be of changes … that major changes in the general port layout of Europe are not to be expected. …There is an ongoing debate on the concentration of container throughput in the European container port system. A …

, 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 …

multi-port gateway system integrated within the broader context of an already well-established traditional maritime region … as a gateway to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Europe. In fact, Portuguese range ports, located at the extreme of rail … freight corridor n°4, could greatly benefit from 'port regionalization' into bordering regions of Spain, the Madrid Community …

container vessels calling these ports. In 2005 the average capacity of container vessels in operation between Northern Europe …. According to UVHH (2014) a rising amount of Ultra Large Container Vessels in the Port of Hamburg bears the risk of an increasing … synchromodality in major European container ports with special focus on the Port of Hamburg. …

interpretative framework to the case of industrial port complex of Gdansk because of its economic history, the establishment of the …

Further to being the country's most important port, Piraeus has been a traditional centre attracting organisations … related directly or indirectly with port or shipping activities. The geographical concentration of enterprises in the wider … Piraeus area is attributed not just to port operations, but also to a wide complex of companies and institution engaged in …

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 …

This paper illustrates the story of the Port of Gioia Tauro, a major infrastructure investment co-financed by the …

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