The Analyst
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THE LOCALISATION TREND AND THE IMPACT ON PORTS
16/04/2021COMMENT: Maritime freight flows are the result of past supply chain design choices - if companies design global supply chains this results in global freight flows, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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FURTHER STEPS NEEDED FOR NEW MERGER
22/03/2021COMMENT: On goes the wave of mergers of port development companies, this time between the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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A STRATEGIC PLAN: TICKS THE BOXES BUT RADICAL ENOUGH?
22/02/2021COMMENT: The French Haropa ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris are steadily implementing the full merger announced over two years ago and the final step should be ready in June of this year, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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CARGO SAILING SHIPS; BECOMING SERIOUS BUSINESS?
20/12/2020COMMENT: Over the past couple of years, sailing cargo ships have made a bit of a comeback, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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E-COMMERCE, SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION AND PORT OPERATIONS
18/11/2020COMMENT: E-commerce had been growing impressively before COVID-19, with growth rates as much as 10 times higher than the growth of sales of physical stores, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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RECYCLING SUPPLY CHAINS AND NEW BUSINESS: EXPERIENCES IN MALAGA
25/10/2020COMMENT: While we may associate the circular economy with more local value chains, a recent initiative from Malaga shows that this is not necessarily the case, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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THE UK FREEPORTS INITIATIVE
18/09/2020COMMENT: The UK, after claiming that the EU had been holding back the development of UK’s ports, launched a UK Freeports initiative as a major instrument to shape the UK’s economic development post-Brexit, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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HHLA AND EUROGATE COOPERATION
26/07/2020COMMENT: The news from end of May 2020 that HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG) and Eurogate are holding discussions on cooperating in the container segment in northern Germany, may well mark a turning point in the German Hanseatic port READ more
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PUBLIC PURCHASE OF IMPERIAL QUESTIONED
25/06/2020COMMENT: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to lead to increased state involvement in the transport industry; for airlines it has already begun, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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Lasting Effect of Coronavirus on Ports?
08/05/2020COMMENT: The Coronavirus clearly is having a huge global impact, most importantly through affecting the health of millions of people and the loss of human lives, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
