Economic Impact of the Container Traffic at the Port of Algeciras Bay

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 9
1.1 Introduction......Page 12
1.2.1 Containerisation and Intermodality......Page 13
1.2.2 Agents and Activities Involved in the Containerisation Process......Page 16
1.3.2 Concentration of the Business and Activities Related to Containerisation......Page 20
1.4.1 Increase in the Size of Vessels......Page 23
1.4.2 Strategic Alliances and Cooperation Between Companies......Page 27
1.4.3 Competition Between Ports......Page 29
1.5 Conclusions......Page 31
2.2 The Port of Algeciras Bay......Page 34
2.3.1 Container Terminal Resources and Characteristics......Page 36
2.3.2 Investments/Projections......Page 37
2.3.3 Access to the Port and to the Land Infrastructures......Page 39
2.4 Port Infrastructure for Container Traffic in the Context of the Mediterranean Ports......Page 42
2.5 Logistics Infrastructure: Maritime Routes and Carriers......Page 46
2.6 Conclusions......Page 53
3.2.1 Container Traffic: Evolution and Indices of Containerisation......Page 55
3.2.2 Container Traffic in the Context of Spanish Ports: Evolution and Specialisation......Page 57
3.3 Evolution and Relative Position, in Relation to the Principal Mediterranean Ports......Page 67
3.4 Container Traffic of the PBA, in the Global Context......Page 71
3.5 Container Traffic in 2003 and the Land and Maritime Zones of Commercial Exchange......Page 73
3.6 Conclusions......Page 78
4.1 Introduction......Page 81
4.2 The Containerisation Process in the Port of Algeciras Bay: Companies and Economic Activities......Page 82
4.2.1 Container Terminals and Vertically-integrated Companies......Page 83
4.2.2 Port Services......Page 86
4.2.3 Customs Agents, Forwarders and Ships\' Agents......Page 89
4.2.5 Port Authority......Page 90
4.2.6 Public Institutions and Official Services. Customs and Para-Customs Authorities......Page 91
4.3 Economic Activities in the PAB and Their Degrees of Dependency......Page 92
4.4 Quantification of the Direct Economic Impact......Page 93
4.5.1 Indirect Economic Effects......Page 95
4.5.2 Induced Economic Effects......Page 99
4.6 Total Economic Impact of the Container Traffic......Page 102
4.7 Conclusions......Page 104
A.1 Studies of the Economic Impact of Ports......Page 106
A.2 General Approach......Page 109
A.4 Period of Study and Geographic Area......Page 111
A.5 Stages......Page 112
A.6 Study Execution Phases......Page 115
A.7 Input-Output Tables of Andalusia and Deflators......Page 116
A.8 Limitations......Page 120
Bibliography......Page 122