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Container Port Competition in Europe
2014Port competition has become a complex and multi-faceted concept due to changes in the market environment of ports and the resulting intensification of rivalry between operators in the same port, between neighbouring ports, between multi-port gateway regions and between entire port ranges.
Notteboom, Theo E., de Langen, Peter W.
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Drivers of Port Competitiveness Among Low-, Upper-, and High-Income Countries
SustainabilityThis study empirically investigated the drivers of port competitiveness among low-, upper-, and high-income countries in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Analysis of the benefits of intra-port competition. [PDF]
International Journal of Transport Economics, 2005 Intra-port competition is widely regarded as beneficial, for the competitiveness of ports, for local and national economies and for consumers and exporting industries. The aim of the paper is to analyse the benefits resulting from the presence of intra-port competition.
Peter W. De Langen, Athanasios A. Pallis
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Port Systems in Global Competition
2023In a world where most international trade is carried by sea, each port can be seen as a unique chokepoint competing to attract ever more traffic and economic activities. However, ports can also be seen as parts of a wider system, which can be defined as a system of two or more ports located in proximity within a given area. Their fate and governance is
Ducruet, César, Notteboom, Theo
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Port Competitiveness and the EU ‘Port Services’ Directive: the Case of Greek Ports
Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2005The European Union (EU) institutions have discussed but failed to agree on a proposal for a ‘port services’ directive that would introduce free market access to port services provision. This paper examines the impact that this EU policy initiative could have on Greek ports.
Athanasios A Pallis, George K Vaggelas
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Does Port Competitiveness Effect Port Users’ Competitiveness?
2018This study investigates association between port competitiveness and port users’ competitiveness through a case study of the Chittagong Port of Bangladesh. Existing maritime literature is focused on major ports of Europe, East Asia and North America; but many secondary ports of the mainline maritime network, which play a crucial role in their countries,
Munim, Ziaul Haque +1 more
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Competition, Excess Capacity and the Pricing of Port Infrastructure [PDF]
International journal of maritime economics, 2002 Intensified inter-port competition, combined with automated labour-saving cargo handling systems, reduces the local economic impacts of port investments, as well as the value-added of port activities. In such a situation, the beneficial impacts of low port prices are not localized, but are instead dissipated from the country in question to the foreign ...
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Port competition: competition effects of vertical integration in container ports
2019Το κύριο κίνητρο της παρούσας διδακτορικής διατριβής είναι η διερεύνηση του ανταγωνισμού των θαλάσσιων λιμένων εμπορευματοκιβωτίων (ε/κ) σε επίπεδο τερματικών σταθμών, και συγκεκριμένα των επιπτώσεων του ανταγωνισμού της κάθετης ενοποίησης μεταξύ εταιριών τακτικών γραμμών και τερματικών σταθμών ε/κ (liner – terminal vertical integration, LTVI ...
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Containerization, inter-port competition, and port selection
Maritime Policy & Management, 1985This paper explores the criteria shippers employ in the port selection process. By focusing on the containerized traffic between the North American Mid-West and Western Europe, the factors considered by exporters and freight forwarders are examined. The findings suggest that decision-makers are influenced more by price and service considerations of ...
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Improving the competitiveness of Italian ports
2012Atti del 1° convegno nazionale "Porti e navigazione" - Roma 23 maggio ...
Musso, Antonio +2 more
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