. 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. …

, 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 …

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 …

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 …

port stakeholders‘ systems. Hence, Cyber security in an important aspect in Port Communication Systems. Methodology: The … project SecProPort will develop a holistic IT security architecture for port communication networks, which will support the … architecture is to be implemented by first analyzing typical attack scenarios targeted at the data processed in the port …

Environmental protection and energy efficiency are important topics for sea port management, which is characterized by … long-term investments. To assess the environmental impact of port equipment, we investigate different equipment types with … fossil, hybrid and electric drive technologies, in cooperation with our project partner Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC). An …