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The objective of this study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the logistics system of the Province of … Leghorn, through the evaluation of its commercial ports, of Leghorn Interport (Guasticce), of its ports for pleasure (marinas …
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We developed a technical efficiency analysis of container ports in Latin America and the Caribbean using an input … number of available cranes in 63 ports. The model has three innovations with respect to the available literature: (i) we … former; (ii) we introduced a binary variable for ports using ships¿ cranes, treated as an additional source of port …
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Port cities as hubs for trade and exchange show the extremes of rapid growth and catastrophic decline: they show the complex and interconnected problems of change in urban systems, and the challenge of maintaining local 'sustainable wealth' and prosperity. This suggests a transition from a...
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technological changes. After the 1960s, many working ports adapted to containerisation by moving away from outdated infrastructure …) in London, Tokyo, Hamburg and Philadelphia, examines these ports as places of economic resilience and innovation - and …, traditionally, sites of the creation of wealth for the local elite. It also evaluates today's relationship between working ports and …
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Logistics includes material flow, information flow, and financial flow between the point of supply and the point of … need for a modern transport and logistics system that is efficient, safe, sustainable, and meets customers’ requirements …. This policy brief describes the current state of transport and logistics development in the PRC. It provides policy …
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Policy efforts to revitalise entrepreneurship and investment in Spain are key to generating growth and new jobs. The government has a substantial reform program to make it easier to do business in Spain, which should in some cases be deepened. Boosting economic growth requires a new generation...
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This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the … framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this … policies governing the ports are assessed, along with policies governing transport and economic development, the environment …
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This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the Port of Helsinki, as well as an analysis of the port?s … for synergies between the Helsinki and HaminaKotka ports. The study also considers the effect of these ports on economic … and environmental questions. Specifically, the paper outlines the impact of the Helsinki port?s operations, and shows how …
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regions, including the largest OECD European ports (116 ports), from 2000-06. The empirical analysis is based on a set of … throughput on employment might depend on the institutional characteristics of each port, with private ports having the largest …
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decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the ports on economic and … its interlinkages with other economic sectors in Turkey delineated. The major policies governing the ports are assessed …
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