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The Third Annual Report analyses the new phenomena that are currently shaping trends in maritime trade and looks closely at the situation in Italy. The first part of the report is concerned with a study of the competitiveness and economic scenarios of the Italian maritime system through data, statistics and indexes that analyse the competitiveness of the country. In the second part there are two monographic papers: one is about the ports of the Northern Range whilst the other is about the Panama Canal. The first paper highlights the importance of the port of Antwerp for the Belgian economy and for the whole Northern Range area. It also provides a comparison with the ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg and it focuses on the potential developments of these ports which may take place as a consequence of the opening of the new Panama Canal. This event, in fact, will generate medium and long-term effects on maritime trade. This is why it has been analysed in the second monographic paper. This study has been made possible thanks to the know-how SRM acquired during a mission it carried out in Panama in April 2016, when all the main operators involved in the realization of the infrastructure were heard.
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The purpose of the paper is to highlight the perspectives and the economic benefits that the expansion of the Panama Canal will entail for the transport and the logistics industry at world level and in the Mediterranean. The consequences linked to this expansion will in fact be considerable. The paper also proposes a cost comparison between the main competing routes, the implications for cargo and trades and the composition of the global market. From North America, Latin America, Europe to Asia in fact, suddenly many nations will see the opening of alternative naval routes to access the markets.
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This paper intends to call attention to the major economic repercussions expected in the sectors of transport, logistics, tourism, and in the businesses directly or indirectly associated with the intercontinental maritime transport deriving from the enlargement of the Suez Canal and in the synergic logistics activities planned by the Egyptian Government and expected to be completed in the next few years. The study is structured so as to address the role of Egypt within the world supply chain and the effects of its most recent strategic investments in maritime and port economy. The study, in particular, analyzes the traffic trends and the new infrastructure built along the Suez Canal. The analysis offers an exhaustive overview of the expanding work in the Suez Canal as well as the enlargement of the ports on the Egyptian Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts which can be the principal beneficiaries of the work along with those overlooking the Gulf. The last part contains a summary of the evaluation of the direct and indirect economic effects, with an insight on maritime and port economy.
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