Ports in the Polycrisis

Marine Chouquet is an Assistant Professor of Public Law at Le Havre Normandy University, France.Nathan Gouin is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Political and Economic Geography at Le Havre Normandy University, France.Laurent Livolsi is Professor in Management Sciences at Aix Marseille University, France.

• Introduction: Rethinking Port Strategies in the Age of Polycrisis First section – Geopolitical and Strategic Transitions 1. Port Reorganization in the Baltic Sea: Logistical Growth and Geopolitical Contractions 2. Impact of geopolitical factors on Ukrainian seaports during the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war 3. Chinese FDI in African Ports 4. New European Ports Strategies and Policies in the Globalisation Crisis 5. From the Japanese Perspective: A century of Ports Development 6. Looking Back at the Strategic Trajectory of Spanish Ports: Key Factors and Development Potential Second section – Ecological, Economic, and Social Transitions 7. City, port and Mediterranean cruises: conflicts and spatial restructuring in Venice, Marseille and Barcelona 8. Sustainable Reindustrialisation and the Future of Ports 9. The City-Port Relationship and Digitalisation: Towards Enhanced Competitiveness as Part of the Morocco Digital 2030 Strategy 10. The Changing Role of the Port of Laem Chabang, Thailand, in the Automotive Supply Chain Third section –Transitions of Institutions and Governance 11. The trajectory of French decentralized ports towards corporatization 12. The Law of Major Seaports Facing the Ecological Emergency. Janus or Jupiter? 13. The Privatisation of French Ports: an Unfinished Process? 14. Support for Port Transitions by Local Authorities 15. Cambodia’s Seaports in the Context of International Competitiveness