Container Ship Size and Port Relocation:

This paper analyses the impacts of ever-larger ships on location choices for new container ports and examines when relocation of a port makes sense. Most ports are located close to cities, but have difficulties expanding. A number of new container ports have been built further away from urban centre...

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Main Author: Merk, Olaf (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2018
Series:International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1787/d790ae41-en
Summary:This paper analyses the impacts of ever-larger ships on location choices for new container ports and examines when relocation of a port makes sense. Most ports are located close to cities, but have difficulties expanding. A number of new container ports have been built further away from urban centres, and existing ports may at some point feel the pressure to relocate
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (24 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/d790ae41-en