Revisiting port system delineation through an analysis of maritime interdependencies among seaports

Ducruet, César; Notteboom, Theo

doi:10.1007/s10708-020-10341-x

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“…A port system is a system of two or more ports, located in proximity within a given area (Ducruet and Notteboom 2022). Many factors affect the cargo distribution patterns and hierarchies in port systems (Pallis et al 2011;Ng et al 2014).…”

Section: Drivers Of Changes In Port Distribution Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empirical studies highlight that over time, some port systems are getting more spatially concentrated while others are evolving to a more evenly distributed system. Recent empirical studies include applications to China (Wang et al 2017;Zhang et al 2021), Latin America (Wilmsmeier et al 2014), Europe (Wilmsmeier and Monios 2013;López-Bermúdez et al 2020), Africa (Notteboom and Fraser 2020) and to the world (Guerrero and Rodrigue 2014;Rodrigue 2022;de Oliveira et al 2021;Ducruet and Notteboom 2022).…”

Section: Drivers Of Changes In Port Distribution Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Implications of COVID-19 on the US container port distribution system: import cargo routing by Walmart and Nike

Cariou

Notteboom

2022

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of COVID-19 on container import flows via the US port distribution system. We employ statistics collected for more than 21 US ports and for more than 550 000 container shipments by Walmart and Nike to identify trends and potential shifts in the US port distribution system. Results unveil different changes in distribution channels during the pandemic era, between aggregated port level and industry level. These differences are specific to firms and could be explained by the origin of flows, carrier selection to transport cargos and US port/inland distribution systems. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the different role played by ports for industries (retailers, Footwear & Apparel) and shows that the ability to adapt supply chains to a major disruption remains subject to the initial choices on the location of production, on carrier choices and on port/inland distribution networks.

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Section: Drivers Of Changes In Port Distribution Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Drivers Of Changes In Port Distribution Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implications of COVID-19 on the US container port distribution system: import cargo routing by Walmart and Nike

Cariou

Notteboom

2022

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

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“…In Haezendonck et al (2011), further study using the Bayesian stochastic frontier model (BSFM) proved that port operators tend to underestimate their ports' advantages in competition, especially those concerning governmental subsidize. The expanding networks between ports have formed the so‐called port cluster or port system, inside which hierarchies and interdependencies are configured among port nodes, as was revealed by maritime network analysis in Ducruet & Notteboom (2022). Meantime, Esteve‐Pérez and Gutiérrez‐Romero (2022) deployed the Herfindahl–Hirschman index and Portfolio analysis to conclude that the competitive positions of a port system is hierarchical and dynamic, and is changing over time.…”

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Impacts of the carbon tax on green shipping supply chain under the port competition

Song

Wang

2023

Expert Systems

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The shipping industry plays an important role in international trade and world economic development. In particular, the rapid growth of the shipping industry since 2020 has become an important factor in supporting and stimulating the rapid recovery of the global economy in the post epidemic era. However, under the background that climate warming has increasingly become the theme of common concern for all mankind, greenhouse gas emission reduction has increasingly attracted the attention of governments of all countries, and has also become the requirement for production and operation of all industries, the green, environmental protection and sustainable development of the shipping industry have also become the focus of participants in all sectors. As environmental problems put forward requirements of a green shipping industry, some policies aimed at reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon tax, have brought considerations to the strategies of ports and enterprises, especially concerning their competition and cooperation. This study established a shipping supply chain system composed of two ports and one shipping company in order to analyse the impact of carbon tax on the shipping supply chain, and to optimize the decision‐making of government, ports and shipping companies. Through three‐level Stackelberg game of four models including ports cooperating or not cooperating with each other, and carbon tax levied on ports or the shipping company, the study finds that the collection of carbon tax will reduce the container handling volume of ports thus reducing the profits of both ports and the shipping company, but the handling volume when the government puts carbon tax on ports is lower than that when it puts carbon tax on the shipping company, and the handling volume under the port cooperation mode is lower than that under the port non‐cooperation mode. As the collector of carbon tax, the government's income when taxing ports is higher than that when taxing shipping companies, and when ports cooperate, the government's income is lower than that when ports do not cooperate. Moreover, no matter the ports cooperate with each other or not, the impact of carbon tax on port container handling volume under the mode of carbon tax levied by the government on ports is more significant than that when carbon tax is levied on the shipping company, leaving the former mode a lower container handling volume and lower profit. The findings of this study have the following significance and suggestions for the participants of shipping supply industry: In order to maximize the government's target value, the government should give priority to taxing shipping companies rather than ports; Under the background of carbon tax, ports should choose limited non‐cooperation strategies.

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“…Nonetheless, the idea of clusters seems, for the time being, to ignore space: in other words, its spatial implication and potential application in urban and territorial design still appear incomplete and overlooked. In maritime economics and geography, scholars such as Ducruet and Notteboom maintain that, regarding the notion of spatial patterns in port systems, key issues related to spatiotemporal dynamics remain unexplored (Ducruet & Notteboom, 2020). Planner Pavia argues that in Italy, despite the formation of national port systems in 2016 (Pavia, 2016), planning tools related to a single port continue to operate and/or to be drafted, confirming how politicians, planners and researchers are charged with the task of steering the spatial development of port clusters.…”

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Technical Land-Sea Spaces: Impacts of the Port Clusterization Phenomenon on Coasts, Cities and Architectures

Moretti

2023

JCUA

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Land-sea interactions, extending inland and towards the marine spaces, are affected by major management and design transformations. Globalization processes, port expansion projects and extensive energy transition requests have recently led port institutions to demand more land, engaging deeply with logistics platforms and radically restructuring forms of port governance. In this competitive context, the phenomenon of Port Clusterisation, i.e. the administrative aggregation whereby two or more ports are merged to form port clusters, is heavily impacting the institutional sphere. However, not only does this phenomenon have no control over cities, but its spatial component seems to be neglected by the disciplines of space, such as urbanism and architecture. As a result, port and city institutions lack design tools to tackle urgent challenges as coastal utilization, the need for resilient port-city infrastructures and the regeneration of the port-city architectural heritage. In terms of novelty and contribution to academia, an examination of the spatial footprint of port clusters will allow research to move beyond its state-of-the-art by targeting a phenomenon that, though pivotal, is under-researched, especially within the spatial disciplines.

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Revisiting port system delineation through an analysis of maritime interdependencies among seaports

Cited by 12 publications

References 61 publications

Implications of COVID-19 on the US container port distribution system: import cargo routing by Walmart and Nike

Implications of COVID-19 on the US container port distribution system: import cargo routing by Walmart and Nike

Impacts of the carbon tax on green shipping supply chain under the port competition

Technical Land-Sea Spaces: Impacts of the Port Clusterization Phenomenon on Coasts, Cities and Architectures

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