The portfolio of container terminals controlled by terminal operators which are branch companies of shipping lines.
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Container terminals controlled by stevedores (new page)
The portfolio of container terminals controlled by terminal operators having a stevedoring origin.
Continue readingMaritime capitals of the world (new page)
An overview of the hierarchy of the cities that command maritime power in terms of finance, shipping line ownership and logistics capabilities.
Continue readingMajor container port clusters (new page)
From a cluster perspective, the concentration of container port activities is impressive; Pareto’s Law at its finest.
Continue readingEarthquake risk for global container ports (new page)
Created a map ranking container port earthquake risk (#port #risk #trade).
Continue readingInland terminal clusters in North America (new page)
Dry ports in North America tend to cluster around major distribution hubs. Lower tiered hubs tend to have just one intermodal terminal while high tiered hubs have many.
Continue readingWorld’s largest coastal cities (new page)
More than half of the world’s large cities and the urban population are less than 100 km from the coastline.
Continue readingThe maritime / land interface (update)
Overview of the key actors involved in the facilitation of the interactions between maritime and land transport systems.
Continue readingReefer slots by container port (update)
Updated the map in the port cold chains page dealing with the number of reefer slots by container port. There are several patterns explaining this distribution.
Continue readingPort energy markets (new chapter)
Completed a draft version of the chapter discussing the insertion of ports into energy markets. This chapter was challenging to write and will need several reviewing iterations.
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