The new maritime trade world geography. Opportunities for Italy?

Margherita Paradisi ()

Department of Economics from University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi"

Abstract: Nowadays, global trade flows are characterized by new economic trends and changes in the trading composition, the launch of mega-vessels, together with the new role of the Countries involved, are defining a new global geography for maritime transportation. This paper seeks to understand which opportunities Italy can count on, in order to strengthen its role in the international trade flows and particularly in the Mediterranean basin.

Keywords: feeder port; Italy; giant full containers; maritime transport; port geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L91 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 21
Date: 2012-01
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