Container Throughput Dynamics in the East Asian Container Port System

Theo Notteboom (Institute of Transport and Maritime Management, University of Antwerp, Keizerstraat 64, 2000 Antwerp (Belgium)) *

Journal of International Logistics and Trade

ISSN: 1738-2122

Article publication date: 15 May 2006

Issue publication date: 15 May 2006

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Abstract

This paper analyses container throughput developments in the East Asia container port system. Throughput evolutions and concentration/deconcentration patterns in the multi-range container port system of East Asia are analysed. The paper also provides a more in-depth qualitative analysis of the reasons underlying the observed trends and results. It is demonstrated that the East Asian port system is undergoing major structural shifts in cargo patterns and is witnessing a cargo deconcentration trend as a result of the rise of the Chinese ports and the relative stagnation of the Japanese range.

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Citation

Notteboom, T. (2006), "Container Throughput Dynamics in the East Asian Container Port System", Journal of International Logistics and Trade, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 31-52. https://doi.org/10.24006/jilt.2006.4.1.31

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006 Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade

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*Corresponding Author: Associate Professor, Institute of Transport and Maritime Management, University of Antwerp, Keizerstraat 64, 2000 Antwerp (Belgium), Tel: +32 3 2755149, fax: +32 3 2755150, E-mail:

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