Hercules Haralambides
Professor in Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL) Dalian Maritime University and Sorbonne University.
Address: Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Oostmaaslaan 336
3063 DD Rotterdam
Address: Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Oostmaaslaan 336
3063 DD Rotterdam
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Hercules
One-Belt-One-Road and Mediterranean Ports
Liner Shipping: Port-to-Port or Door-to-Door?
The Response of Ports to Concentration in Shipping
The Italian Port Reform
Masterplanning and City-Port Relationships
The EU Port Regulation
Conclusions
The paper/presentation is uploaded on my ResearchGate profile. It will be uploaded on Academia later on.
China is not investing only in African infrastructure but it transfers manufacturing activity there. By the end of 2015: 128 industrial projects in Nigeria, 80 in Ethiopia, 77 in South Africa, 48 in Tanzania and 44 in Ghana. It seems developing Africa is much easier than developing China’s own northwestern territories.
With investments in Australia (Darwin) and a continuing interest in the Nicaraguan canal, China will soon be looking at the Pacific Ocean, expanding OBOR to a global, “around-the-world” network, in competition to TPP. What are the prospects of the Panama Canal, in view also of competition from the Suez Canal? To my view, not very promising.
Russia is squeezed from both sides: USA/NATO from the west / China-Eurasia-OBOR from the east. Russia’s response: its own ‘OBOR’: The North-South Transport Corridor.
Both Russia and China intend to develop their own currencies into reserve, clearing ones, away from the dollar and a crisis-prone, risky and overburdened western financial system. China in particular has created a currency clearing house in Qatar while Russia has an “oil for goods” deal with Iran. The latter country too has recently entered into a “rail for oil” barter deal with Turkey.
1. Liberalization of the markets for port services
2.Transparency and operational and financial autonomy of ports