Ports are essential facilities for the functioning of our globalised economy, as well as for the territories they supply. Monitoring port activity is therefore a relevant way of assessing the economic intensity they generate, and enabling regional analyses of their relative weight, their areas of ac...
With only 1% of the surface area of the seas, the Mediterranean alone concentrates 25% of the world's maritime traffic and 30% of its oil traffic, making maritime transport an excellent indicator of the pulse of the world economy.Since Thallassocracies 4 millennias ago, Mediterranean area has always...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe disruptions throughout global supply chains. In response to this situation, container carriers had been cancelling services and port calls. The reasons behind the cancellations were diverse: restoring schedule reliability; coping with sudden demand decreases; or w...
In less than ten years, the carrying capacity of containerships has doubled, from 12,500 TEUs to 24,000 TEUs for the most recent Megamax-24 generation ships. In the interest of economic viability, ship- owners have set up maritime services in order to optimize their ports of call and therefore conce...
In 2018, the Rhine transport sector experienced an unprecedented low water crisis, during which large cargo vessels were no longer able to navigate on certain sections of the river. This led to a major disruption in inland waterway transport. This article aims at questioning how the crisis acted as...
The beginning of the twenty-first century has brought about multiple changes for French ports, such as increased competition and the loss of market share, as well as reforms that have reorganized the national port system. In this context, France's western coastline constitutes a major stake for the...
The analysis of similarities and differences between ports at the global level can help the Maritime ecosystem for different purposes, including business planning, operation, and regulation. Our methodology is demonstrated in a particular case of interest as the “short sea shipping” traffic through...
For the last 20 years, the baltic Sea has been affected by many upheavals, not only geopolitical but also economic. they have forced ports to transform themselves, and not least to adapt to the evolutions in the marine industry. the eastern baltic ports have moved from a principle of complementarity...
Cette thèse entend prolonger les recherches historiques menées depuis une vingtaine d’années sur l’économie marseillaise à l'époque contemporaine, tout en enrichissant les réflexions géographiques voire sociologiques actuellement disponibles dans la littérature scientifique. Si la première (1830-186...
The current Spanish Strategic Port Framework dates back to 1998, and for more than 20 years has supported the Spanish port model, being one of the main pillars of the development of Spanish ports. As a result of the great internal and external changes to the system itself. It is essential to update...
Design/methodology/approachThe authors integrate multiple case studies to pursue an inductive research approach to derive general patterns based on empirical observations.FindingsOperationalizing the concept of a port community enables the authors to show how seaports not only facilitate multi-layer...
Port dues have a limited impact on the door-to-door international decision making process. They are, however, a major source of revenue for port authorities. Their objective is to balance budgets (recovery pricing, marginal cost pricing, external cost pricing, etc.) and enable financing of infrastru...
Le tourisme devient une source de richesse pour les villes méditerranéennes qui profitent de la mondialisation. Pourtant, le processus de mise en scène et en récit de ces métropoles transforme le paysage urbain et les usages de l’espace public. D’un côté, la stratégie touristique vise à proposer une...
Le tourisme devient une source de richesse pour les villes méditerranéennes qui profitent de la mondialisation. Pourtant, le processus de mise en scène et en récit de ces métropoles transforme le paysage urbain et les usages de l’espace public. D’un côté, la stratégie touristique vise à proposer une...
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is an automatic tracking system used on as a tool to increase navigation safety and efficiency as well as vessel traffic management. It enhances maritime safety and security. AIS' contributions are undeniable in spite of some deficiencies and technical restr...
Urban development projects involve some complex relationships between institutional public agents, who govern local territories, and economic agents, who make urban economies. These relationships between the stakeholders of the economic sectors (transport, water, housing, energy, industry…) and the...
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Marseille-Fos, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factor...
Urban development projects involve some complex relationships between institutional public agents, who govern local territories, and economic agents, who make urban economies. These relationships between economic agents and urban agents are embodied in exact projects which are set in urban spaces. T...
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the ports of the Seine Axis (Le Havre, Rouen, Caen and Paris), as well as an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance in the...
My PhD project - entitled 'From the terminal to the metropolitan region: governing logistics development in the Greater Paris Region' – aims to answer at the following research problem. Does the development of logistics activities in urban regions - raising both opportunities of territorial economic...
The primary objective of this work was the development of an operational system for early detection of oil-spills, monitoring of their evolution, and provision of support to responsible Public Authorities during cleanup operations, based on Remote Sensing and GIS technologies. In case of emergency,...
This data collection is one of three quantitative databases comprising the Commercial Theft Studies component of the Study of the Causes of Crime for Gain, which focuses on patterns of commercial theft and characteristics of commercial thieves. This data collection contains information on methods us...
This study analyzed public personnel agencies -- executive agencies of the Civil Service Commission that administer the personnel policies of state and local governments. Some special agencies, such as port authorities and some Canadian agencies, were also included. The data cover the structure of t...