Port Economics, Management and Policy

691 Pages·2022·23.651 MB·English

by  Theo Notteboom, Athanasios Pallis, Jean-Paul Rodrigue

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ORT CONOMICS
M
ANAGEMENT AND
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OLICY
Port Economics, Management and Policy provides a comprehensive analysis of
the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the
global economy and support regional and local development.
Structured in eight sections plus an introduction and epilog, this text-
book examines a wide range of seaport topics, covering maritime shipping
and international trade, port terminals, port governance, port competition,
port policy and much more.
Key features of the book include:
• Multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on economics, geography, man-
agement science and engineering
• Multisector analysis including containers, bulk, break-bulk and the
cruise industry
• Focus on the latest industry trends, such as supply chain management,
automation, digitalization and sustainability
Beneftting from the authors’ extensive involvement in shaping the port sector
across fve continents, this text provides students and scholars with a valuable
resource on ports and maritime transport systems. Practitioners and policy-
makers can also use this as an essential guide towards better port management
and governance.
Theo Notteboom is Chair Professor at the Maritime Institute of Ghent Univer-
sity, a part-time Professor at Antwerp Maritime Academy and the University
of Antwerp, and Visiting Research Professor at Shanghai Maritime University.
Athanasios Pallis is Professor in Management of Ports and Shipping at the
Department of Port Management and Shipping, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens and is President of the International Association of Mari-
time Economists (IAME).
Jean-Paul Rodrigue is Professor of Geography in the Department of Global
Studies and Geography, Hofstra University, New York.

P E ,
ORT CONOMICS
M
ANAGEMENT AND
P
OLICY
Theo Notteboom,
Athanasios Pallis and
Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Cover image: Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT), Port of Long Beach,
Los Angeles, California. Photograph © Jean-Paul Rodrigue
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DOI: 10.4324/9780429318184
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CONTENTS
Preface xxiii
Introduction: a multifaceted approach to seaports xxvii
Part I Ports and maritime shipping 1
Part II Contemporary ports 105
Part III Port terminals 183
Part IV Port governance 281
Part V Port competition 365
Part VI Port performance 415
Part VII Port policies and development 461
Part VIII Port markets 545
Epilog 603
References and suggested readings 609
Index 625

DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I Ports and maritime shipping 1
Chapter 1.1 Maritime shipping and international
trade 1
1 Maritime shipping as a driver of globalization 1
2 Ongoing growth of international trade 2
3 The containerization of trade 6
3.1 The emergence of the container 6
3.2 Containerized trade networks 7
3.3 Containerized growth dynamics 8
4 The shift in global trade patterns 10
5 International trade and maritime shipping services 15
5.1 Maritime services in dry bulk shipping 15
5.2 Maritime services in the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo)
market 16
5.3 Maritime services in the general cargo market 17
5.4 Maritime services in container shipping 17
Chapter 1.2 Ports and maritime supply chains 18
1 Growing complexity in supply chain management 18
1.1 Customer expectations 19
1.2 Globalization 19
1.3 Technological innovation 20
1.4 Regulation and competition 20
1.5 Sustainability 21
2 Improving competitiveness 22
2.1 Operating margins and cost control 22
2.2 Cost leadership and differentiation strategies 23
3 The role of third-party logistics services 25
4 Functional integration in the logistics industry 27
4.1 Vertical integration 27
4.2 Horizontal integration 28
4.3 E-fulflment and e-commerce 30
5 Information technologies and digital
transformation 30
Chapter 1.3 Ports and container shipping 32
1 An asset-based industry 32
2 Freight rates and surcharges 35
3 Scale enlargement in vessel size 38
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4 Horizontal integration: operational
agreements and M&A 42
5 Vertical integration: extending the scope of
operations 45
6 Container services and networks 47
6.1 Container service network patterns 47
6.2 The design of container liner services 51
7 The connectivity of container ports in maritime
networks 54
Chapter 1.4 Ports and distribution networks 57
1 Ports as locations for distribution centers 57
2 Warehousing activities in supply chains 59
2.1 Warehouses and fulfllment centers 59
2.2 Main trends in the warehousing sector 61
3 Regional distribution networks 63
3.1 Choice of distribution system 64
3.2 Location selection for distribution centers 65
3.3 Value-added logistics services 66
Chapter 1.5 Ports and cruise shipping 70
1 Evolution of cruise shipping 70
2 Growth drivers 74
3 Upgraded vessels and onboard amenities 75
4 Scale and market 78
5 Globalization of deployment patterns 82
6 Internationalization of source markets 85
7 Market concentration and multi-brand
strategies 87
Chapter 1.6 Interoceanic passages 89
1 Global maritime routes and chokepoints 89
2 The Suez Canal 93
3 The Panama Canal 95
4 The Strait of Malacca 99
5 The Strait of Hormuz 101
6 Other important passages 102
Part II Contemporary ports 105
Chapter 2.1 The changing geography of seaports 105
1 The geography of ports 105
1.1 Geographical considerations 105
1.2 Historical considerations 106
Detailed table of contents ix
2 The evolution of contemporary ports 108
2.1 Conventional port sites 111
2.2 Containerization 111
2.3 Mega port facilities 112
2.4 Ports on the periphery 113
2.5 Automation 114
3 Port migration 114
4 Maritime regions 116
Chapter 2.2 Port hinterlands, regionalization and
corridors 117
1 The hinterland concept 117
2 The Hinterland as part of the maritime/land
interface 121
3 The hinterland focus of market players 122
4 Port regionalization 125
5 Hinterland accessibility 128
5.1 Defnition in a port context 128
5.2 Stakeholders in hinterland accessibility 129
5.3 Centrality and hinterland accessibility 129
6 Transport corridors 130
6.1 Defnition and performance 130
6.2 Rail corridors 133
6.3 Inland waterways as hinterland corridors 135
7 Cargo bundling in hinterland transport 137
7.1 Cargo bundling options 137
7.2 Cargo bundling in seaport areas 138
7.3 Specifc considerations related to cargo
bundling 139
Chapter 2.3 Dry ports 140
1 A new role for inland terminals 140
2 Driving forces 143
3 Functions within transport chains 145
4 The regional impacts of inland ports 150
4.1 Europe 150
4.2 North America 152
4.3 East and Southeast Asia 154
5 Future prospects 154
Chapter 2.4 Digital transformation 155
1 The digital transformation of ports 155
2 Disruptive ICT innovations for ports 158