The group Port Economics focuses on the translation of academic knowledge into market based research, policy advice and business solutions in the field of port economics and management and port related logistics. Trough our involvement in academic research via PhD projects and academic programmes and trough our embeddedness in both national and international academic research networks we are very well equipped to make this translation into highly valuable contract research. Our internal Erasmus University network increases our potential research capacity and gives us access to high level academic knowledge in the relevant economic and management based disciplines, like contracting, entrepreneurship, strategy making, business economics, micro-economics, institutional economics, quantitative optimization and simulation.
Together with our own in-depth knowledge of ports and logistics and our vast experience in doing contract research and projects this results in research outcomes with sound quality and high level policy advice and innovative business solutions.
Specific research topics of the team members for PhD theses and publications in academic journals are:
· Governance in seaport clusters (PhD, finished in 2004)
· The impact of leader firms in the performance of port clusters (PhD project)
· Strategy of Port Authorities (PhD project)
· Port hinterland accessibility (academic publications)
· The role of ports for value added logistics (academic publications)
CURRENT PROJECTS
The staff of Port Economics is often asked for advice by businesses and policy makers. The expertise of the staff in the fields of port management, -policy, competition and cost benefit analysis make them a valuable partner to anyone involved in port management.
Port monitor; evaluation of the economic value of Dutch seaports; Ministry of Transport
Flexible ports; new ways of port planning; Province of Zeeland
Sustainable port cities, What can firms do?
Portbase, exploring market possibilities for port information system; Portbase
Port Authority Strategy; Port of Rotterdam
PAST PROJECTS
Mainports 2040, Van mainport naar
wereldstadhaven. Belang en betekenis van mainports in 2040 voor de Nederlandse
economie; Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat
SWOT- analyse Maritieme Piek
Drechtsteden; Bureau Drechtsteden
24 uurs economie in het
Waal-Eemhavengebied in 2025; Port of Rotterdam Authority
Waarde van betrouwbaarheid; de
waarde van betrouwbare wegverbindingen voor bedrijven in de Rotterdamse haven;
Port of Rotterdam Authority
Tankstorage in the ARA range, market overview; Noble Industries
Leader firms and suppliers in the port of Rotterdam; ACTransPort, Port of Rotterdam
Hinterland connections as an organizational puzzle; Transumo- pro-acces
Bouw- Sevice en bestelverkeer in Rotterdam; Rotterdam Climate Initiative
Rail transport configuration in seaports;
Pro-Acces (Business
collaborative)
Economic effects of congestion; Port of Rotterdam
Effects of infrastructure failure, Port railway / Betuweroute
Economic effects of shipping policy, in cooperation with
MTBS; Ministry of transport,
Leader firms en innovatie in de haven van
Rotterdam
Interreg; Sustainable transport, developing transport
and logistics centres
Barge terminal development; Port of Amsterdam
Port Performance Indicators; ACTransPort, Port of Rotterdam
Legislation and competition in seaports; National Port
Council
Pricing strategies; Port of Amsterdam
Economic impact analysis sea-lock failure; Port of Amsterdam
Cooperation Ports of Gent and Terneuzen; In cooperation with
Euricur
Seaports and National Interests; Ministry of Transport
Ships waste and competition; Ministry of Transport
Leader firms in de Nederlandse maritieme cluster
Evaluation of infrastructure investments; City of Dordrecht
Level playing field for European Seaports; National Port
Council
Scale and Scope in seaports; Ministry of Transport