Research Joost Hintjens

Abstract

This proposal is aimed at mapping the cross-border bottlenecks between the South of the Netherlands and Flanders in the South corridor on behalf of the Ministry of I&W and in collaboration with other relevant parties in the corridor. The South corridor has strong regional interaction between the Netherlands and Belgium. The South corridor is the zone that runs from the port of Amsterdam, via the ports of Rotterdam, Moerdijk, the Drechtsteden and Bergen op Zoom to the ports of North Sea Port and to the port of Antwerp-Bruges. Based on a thorough analysis of the bottlenecks, the ministry requests proposals to resolve these bottlenecks. The following questions and needs arise: a. What are the bottlenecks in question (identification of bottlenecks)? b. Which bottlenecks are currently being addressed and which are not? c. Come up with solutions for these bottlenecks. d. Also identify opportunities based on solving bottlenecks.

Researcher(s)

• Promoter: Vanelslander Thierry
• Co-promoter: Hintjens Joost

Research team(s)

• Transport and Regional Economics

Project type(s)

• Research Project

Abstract

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic shook many sectors on their foundations. One of the human activities which was heavily impacted was global trade. Where some sub-sectors came almost to a standstill, other sectors actually benefitted from rapidly changing practices. Some factories had to shut down because of absent workers or missing supplies, online business boomed because customers that got stuck at home started ordering online. It remains to be seen which of these newly acquired habits will stay with us once we get back to business as usual, if ever. The European ports, as key nodes in the global supply network, experienced several waves of effects and the impact differed between the ports.

Researcher(s)

• Promoter: Hintjens Joost

Research team(s)

• Transport and Regional Economics

Project type(s)

• Research Project