Hercules Haralambides

Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, Economics, Faculty Member

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics - Econometric Institute, Faculty Member

Dalian Maritime University, School of Maritime Economics and Management, Faculty Member

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Professor in Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL) Dalian Maritime University and Sorbonne University.
Address: Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Oostmaaslaan 336
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The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains

Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2024

Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports

Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2022

A lot of ink has been shed lately on the concept of port connectivity. This is particularly true ... more A lot of ink has been shed lately on the concept of port connectivity. This is particularly true currently in view of the strength of global shipping alliances (GSA), their ability to jointly ‘manage’ the supply of tonnage, and the negative impact such power has had on the frequency of services, the number of companies calling at a port, on containership sizes, and call sizes, i.e., on port connectivity. However, connectivity alone cannot explain the importance of a port as an international hub, its attractiveness to shippers, and its ability to develop new transshipment traffic (no matter how well connected a port is in the Arctic, or in Tierra del Fuego, it will never assume hub-port status). We argue that connectivity needs to be combined with measures of centrality , as these are derived from network theory . We thus introduce the novel concept of composite connectivity : Through an innovative use of two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) and complex network theory, we first evaluate the efficiency of ‘basic connectivity’ and use this as input in the second stage, which measures the strength of centrality . To do so, we employ such network theory measures as betweenness centrality , closeness centrality , and eigenvector centrality . The “Composite Connectivity Index” — CCI is thus obtained as the ratio of (our measures of) port centrality to port connectivity. The top nine mainland China ports are used as a case-study. Our results (and rankings) conform to the general perception on the international importance of the ports of Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, thus demonstrating the validity of our model. The usefulness of CCI as a decision-support tool for ports with hub aspirations is, we believe, obvious.

Economic forces shaping the evolution of integrated port systems - The case of the container port system of China's Pearl River Delta

Research in Transportation Economics, 2022

Port reform: A prerequisite for the re-launching of the Greek economy

Sustainable port development: the role of Chinese seaports in the 21st century Maritime Silk Road

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 2021

We evaluate the respective roles, functions and prospects of the 15 Chinese ports, intended to be... more We evaluate the respective roles, functions and prospects of the 15 Chinese ports, intended to be the 'eastern end' of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To achieve this, and thus contribute to the future development of BRI, we introduce the concept of sustainable development capability. We employ principal component analysis and analytic hierarchy process to build a model which evaluates the (cooperative) sustainability of the ports, based on four dimensions: capacity of port operations; (ambient) economic conditions; environmental factors; and human intellect and technology (HIT). Sensitivity and cluster analysis are used, to classify the ports into four categories (respective roles): international hub ports, regional hub ports, node ports, and regional gate ports. We hope that the port system we present and assess here will provide guidance to ports and countries, especially in Europe, leading to the right 'port alliances', that could turn BRI into an efficient global transportation system.

Transport Systems and Policy: Selected Essays of Peter Nijkamp, Volume 2

Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2005

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