Development Rate of Maritime Container Ports: a Case of Transatlantic Ports (original) (raw)

Development Rate of Maritime Containers Ports: A case of transatlantic Ports

Journal of Maritime Research

This article aims to determine the development (rate) of maritime container ports in a case involving transatlantic container transport in order to ascertain a model of container flows between container ter- minals in the United States and container terminals in Western and Northern Europe. The model proposed by the authors is made using the following eight key elements: transport infrastructure and suprastructure, influence of the intelligent information system, economic growth, transport ecology, transport flows, innovations and safety and security and transport energy. The research builds mainly upon empirical data analysis

Spatial Evolution of the European Container Ports’ System in Perspective of the Location Theory

SHS Web of Conferences, 2018

The maritime container terminal is no longer a spatially coherent object. Functionally it ends, where their most external components are located. The process of location splitting of container terminals (ger. Standortspaltung) can be treated as next stage of their discrete growth. The new container facilities are being built to improve the containers’ flow, passing from port terminals to cities situated in their hinterland and vice versa. The external components of container terminals have a very diverse program, are functionally complex, and due to advanced technologies of information and logistics they are interconnected into one system. The structure of the functional bindings of a maritime container terminal could be compared to the dendritic shape of a neuron, the kernel of which is a terminal, and the arms are transportation corridors ended with distant land intermodal terminals. The physical feature of this system is the logistics landscape with vast areas and large cubature....

Containerization and the Port Industry

Vickerman, Roger (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation vol 5. pp. 545-556. United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd., 2021

From the poorly managed public infrastructures of the previous century, ports have evolved into high-tech enterprises and crucial nodes in global supply chains of production, transport and distribution. Containerization has been instrumental in this transformation, together with the impressive and seemingly unstoppable gigantism in containership sizes. The former ‘city-ports’ –facilities created inside or at the confines of river cities—are no longer sufficient to handle the requirements of modern ships, and ports, in need of more space and water depths, have moved downstream, in river estuaries, towards the open sea. Pressure on ports to continue upgrading their infrastructure is mounting, necessitated by increasing port competition and the requirements of mega-ships. Limits to growth are, however, visible, and equally visible is the need for a more balanced approach between the benefits of mega-ships and the costs these ships impose on the planning, development and operations of ports.

Ranking and causes of inefficiency of container seaports in South-Eastern Europe

Purpose This paper aims at benchmarking, measuring and identifying major determinants of the technical efficiency of container seaports in the region of South-Eastern Europe, including the Italian ports which directly affect competition in the wider region of East Mediterranean Sea. Methods The study employs both non-parametric (standard and super-efficiency DEA) models and bootstrapped parametric techniques to provide a more holistic approach and useful insight into the given problem. Results and conclusions The results indicate the relatively low (below 50 %) average total technical efficiency of the container ports in the study region, which can be attributed to both the lack of managerial skills and scale effects. The findings can help to determine sources of port inefficiency by geographical location and size and adopt best practices to improve the operational performance of container ports.