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Port Competition in the Northern Range from Le Havre to Hamburg
Pierre Thorez
Oliver Joly
Abstract
The main European ports of the Northern Range facingstrong competition develop various strategies. Rotterdam andLe Havre, fast transit, Antwe1p, logistic activities with storage,Hamburg, hub for central and eastem Europe. These strategieswill be described in the paper.All of them are building new container terminals and usenew tools in technology of communications to increase trafficand to enable shipping lines to achieve their own strategies. Thenew equipments will also b.: analysed.In the last years, the competition is mainly on the links withthe hinterland. Major ports t1y to enlarge their hinterlands bytransshipment, railway con"idors, waterway connections andhighways. The importance of ports and inland intermodalnodes is growing.Nowadays, port competition in the Northern Range is locatednot only in the ports.
Keywords
Northern Range; ports; terminals; information & communication technologies (ICT); hinterlands; intermodal freight transport
Hrčak ID:
102225
URI
Publication date:
25.3.2006.
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