The conditions for the emergence of a port-urban logistics service ecosystem – The case of the port city of Le Havre

Les conditions d’émergence d’un écosystème de services de logistique urbano-portuaire (ESLUP) – Le cas de la ville portuaire du Havre

Justine Quillet, Claire Capo and Marie-Laure Baron ()
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Justine Quillet: NIMEC - Normandie Innovation Marché Entreprise Consommation - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - IRIHS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Claire Capo: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Marie-Laure Baron: NIMEC - Normandie Innovation Marché Entreprise Consommation - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - IRIHS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université

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Abstract: This study explores how a service ecosystem can emerge to support urban logistics in port cities – a topic that remains largely unexplored in existing research, aside from the contribution of Browne et al. (2017). This study adopts an exploratory and abductive approach suited to the analysis of emerging phenomena. The case of the port city of Le Havre highlights forms of cooperation between the city and the port, the institutional arrangements that support them, and the dynamics of resource integration. The research proposes a characterisation of the port-urban logistics service ecosystem and its emergence, transferable to other contexts, and contributes to a reciprocal theoretical enrichment of the service ecosystem concept and port-urban logistics. On a theoretical level, it formalises the ESLUP and identifies key factors in its emergence. On a managerial level, it informs public and private decision-making by specifying the conditions conducive to the activation of such ecosystems, often hindered by prolonged latency.

Keywords: Service ecosystem; urban logistics; port-city relationship; Le Havre; portcity; port; ville; Relation ville-port; Logistique urbaine; Écosystème de services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02-05
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Published in Logistique & Management, 2026, 34 (2), pp.122-140. ⟨10.1080/12507970.2026.2613849⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/12507970.2026.2613849

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