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Commodity Variety and Seaport Performance

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  • Cesar Ducruet
  • Hans Koster
  • Daniel Van der Beek

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Ducruet C., Koster H. R. A. and Van der Beek D. J. Commodity variety and seaport performance, Regional Studies. Seaports are key locations within value chains and production networks. Port policies of national and local governments seek higher rents through strategies of specialization or diversification. Elaborating on longstanding research about urban and regional development, this paper proposes an empirical investigation of the interplay between traffic variety and port performance. The analysis of traffic data per commodity for 330 European ports highlights the influence of multiple factors such as location, function, and local context, together with the specificity of some commodities regarding port evolution. The demonstrated importance of territorial factors provides a good complement to the existing literature mostly focused on global networks and economic players. [image omitted] Ducruet C., Koster H. R. A. et Van der Beek D. J. L'eventail des produits et la performance des ports maritimes, Regional Studies. Les ports maritimes sont des emplacements cle au sein des chaines de valeur et des reseaux de production. Les politiques des administrations nationale et locale envers les ports visent l'obtention des loyers plus eleves par moyen des strategies de specialisation et de diversification. Tout en developpant les recherches de longue date sur l'amenagement du territoire, cet article propose une etude empirique de l'interaction entre l'eventail du trafic et la performance des ports. L'analyse des donnees sur le trafic suivant le produit pour 330 ports europeens souligne l'influence de plusieurs facteurs, tels l'emplacement, la fonction et le contexte local, conjointement avec la specificite de certains produits quant au developpement des ports. L'importance deja evoquee de certains facteurs territoriaux complete bien la documentation actuelle qui porte largement sur les reseaux mondialises et les agents economiques. Produit Diversite Europe Port Specialisation Trafic Ducruet C., Koster H. R. A. und Van der Beek D. J. Gutervarietat und Leistung von Meereshafen, Regional Studies. Meereshafen sind wichtige Standorte innerhalb von Wertschopfungsketten und Produktionsnetzwerken. Die Regierungen auf nationaler und lokaler Ebene versuchen durch Strategien der Spezialisierung oder Diversifizierung ihre Pachteinnahmen aus Hafen zu steigern. Aufbauend auf langjahrigen Forschungen uber Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung wird in diesem Beitrag eine empirische Untersuchung der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Verkehrsvarietat und Hafenleistung vorgeschlagen. Bei einer Analyse der nach Gutern aufgeschlusselten Verkehrsdaten von 330 europaischen Hafen wird der Einfluss verschiedener Faktoren wie Standort, Funktion und lokaler Kontext deutlich, begleitet von der spezifischen Funktion einiger Guter fur die Entwicklung des Hafens. Die nachgewiesene Bedeutung territorialer Faktoren bietet eine gute Erganzung zur vorhandenen Literatur, die sich grosstenteils auf globale Netzwerke und wirtschaftliche Akteure konzentriert. Guter Diversifizierung Europa Hafen Spezialisierung Verkehr Ducruet C., Koster H. R. A. y Van der Beek D. J. Variedad de mercancias y rendimiento de los puertos maritimos, Regional Studies. Los puertos maritimos son lugares clave dentro de las cadenas de valores y las redes de produccion. Las politicas portuarias de gobiernos nacionales y locales quieren rentas mas altas a traves de estrategias de especializacion o diversificacion. Con ayuda de un amplio trabajo sobre desarrollo urbano y regional, en este articulo proponemos una investigacion empirica de la interaccion entre variedad de trafico y desempeno portuario. En el analisis de datos de trafico por mercancias para 330 puertos europeos se destaca la influencia de factores multiples, tales como el lugar, la funcion y el contexto local, junto con la especificidad de algunas mercancias con respecto a la evolucion del puerto. La importancia demostrada de los factores territoriales representa un buen complemento a la literatura existente que presta atencion principalmente a las redes globales y los protagonistas economicos. Mercancia Diversidad Europa Puerto Especializacion Trafico

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  • Cesar Ducruet & Hans Koster & Daniel Van der Beek, 2010. "Commodity Variety and Seaport Performance," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(9), pages 1221-1240.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:44:y:2010:i:9:p:1221-1240
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400903167904
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