The Analyst
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THE UNEVEN COMMERCIAL POWER RELATIONSHIP
03/07/2021COMMENT: For all the right reasons, a lot of attention among port developers, policy makers and regulators is focused on the competition in the terminal and shipping markets and risks of the emergence of dominant positions, for instance due to READ more
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EMERGING GLOBAL MARKET FOR STORING AND UTILISING CARBON
22/06/2021COMMENT: A stream of recent announcements suggests that a global market for storing and utilising carbon is emerging, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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UNCONVENTIONAL STEPS TO COMBAT CRIME?
24/05/2021Drug crime has been present in ports for centuries and is unlikely to ever go away, writes Peter de Langen. READ more
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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
