Regional integration and maritime connectivity across the Maghreb seaport system

Models and empirical studies of port system evolution dominantly focus on land-based dynamics. Hence, it is traditionally recognized that such dynamics condition the evolution of ports and their relations as well as wider regional integration processes. The Maghreb region (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), which is currently responsible for no less than one-third of all African port throughputs, offers a fertile ground to test the possibility for regional integration to occur through maritime linkages despite limited trade integration and land-based transport connectivity. Main results highlight the increase of trans-Maghreb maritime connectivity but this occurs mostly at the periphery of the system based on transit flows. Logistical integration versus trade integration is discussed in light of the recent evolution of Maghreb ports and of the region in general.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.013
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692315000228
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/09666923
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Mohamed-Chérif, Fatima
  • Ducruet, César
• Publication Date: 2016-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 280-293
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 51
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connectivity; Logistics; Seaports; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01598432
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 2016 11:07AM