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.
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Port 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.
Continue readingLargest bunker fuel markets (new page)
Added a page displaying the most important bunkering markets. Two geographical factors are at play: centrality and intermediacy.
Continue readingShipping lanes and energy trades in the Middle East (new page)
Added a page presenting from a geographical perspective the concentration of gas and petroleum production in the Middle East.
Continue readingEmerging global maritime transport system (new page)
Discussion about the emerging structure of global maritime shipping. Based in prior work for the ITF.
Continue readingFunctional integration of maritime supply chains (new page)
The level of integration in maritime supply chains, the outcome of vertical and horizontal processes.
Continue readingHarbor Types (New page)
Added a new page covering the major harbor types; the physical setting of port facilities.
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Added a new page representing an inventory of port sites among ports with the largest tonnage. 70% of sample are seaports. Mainland ports account for only 30% of the sample.
Continue readingPort Dimensions (New page)
Added a page covering the four major dimension defining the role and function of a port.
Continue readingThe port of Portus, Ancient Rome (New page)
Added a page proving an overview of the main port of the Roman Empire, Portus, from which the term port was derived.
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