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 study proposes a group of indicators in the analysis of port performance. Section one presents a new model of … analysis to evaluate how the port cargo openness, the productivity level, the cargo expansion, and the technological change … adaptability can affect directly on the marginal productivity growth rate and performance of a port. This new model, “The Port …

therefore turn on the care, skill and vision that public port commissioners, managers and planners bring to the strategic … planning process. The persistent global financial and economic crisis of the early 21st century, long neglected port … infrastructure and waterway maintenance projects, existing and forecasted effects of climate change, legal constraints on port …

Purpose -- The purpose of this paper is to critically discuss the role port labour systems can play in the … research questions related to identification of available port labour systems, transferability of practices from one port to … identified factors. Thus, in the present assessed situation in the sub region, any West African port including Ghana's ports and …

of the higher transportation demand in prospering regions. In this paper, we analyse the long-run effect of port … sample setting, we use an identification strategy that is based on exogenous longrun instruments. In particular, port … facilities built before the industrial revolution (about 1850 in Germany) can be seen as an adequate instrument for current port …

discussed in various fields of business and economic literature. Port economics and management literature has thoroughly … investigated areas such as port efficiency and effectiveness, understanding and overcoming competitive pressures and identifying … delay, port economics and management literature has also proposed the use of marketing strategies as a strategic tool …

port. For each operation, comparative and descriptive data is provided for product tankers time in a load port will include …

international and internal trade with port and road infrastructure to assess the relative importance of ports versus roads in … elasticity of route switching governs the relative gains from port vs road improvements. I find that returns of improving ports …

particular in the hub port of Gioia Tauro, as compared to travel times to reach the Northern Range ports; 4) privatization of … traffic; b) European intermodal transport via port rail links; c) the number of TEU from/to Italy that uses the Northern …