Integration of port-cities in infrastructure corridors

Olaf Merk Conference European Seaport Organisation Varna, Bulgaria 30th May 2013

• Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in Paris

• 34 members: developed market economies

• Port-Cities Programme (2010-2013): network, case studies and synthesis report

• www.oecd.org/regional/portcities

• 9th September 2013, Rotterdam

What is the OECD?

Finalised OECD Port-City Studies

1. Ports need to be integrated in transport corridors, but the effect on port-cities is mixed

2. Related to economic spillovers from ports

3. Spillovers can take place in inland port, generally close to seaport, but also longer range

4. Economic impacts of inland ports are substantial, but there are trade offs and a mismatch of benefits and costs across regions

Key messages

1. Mixed effects on port-cities

Independent port metropolis: •St. Petersburg – Moscow

•Durban – Johannesburg

•Odessa - Kiev

Short-range corridor: •Santos - Sao Paulo

•Port Klang – Kuala Lumpur

•Incheon – Seoul

Long-range corridor: •Le Havre – Paris

•Port Said – Cairo

•Constanza – Bukarest

Dependent satellite: •Civitavecchia – Rome

•San Antonio – Santiago

Source: OECD Port-City Case Study of Seine Axis (2011)

Only limited share of multiplier effect of port-related activities stays in port-region:

• 31 % for Rotterdam

• 6% for Marseille

• 4% for Hamburg

• 3% for Le Havre

Based on multi-regional input/output-analysis with integrated port clusters

Source: OECD Port-City Studies of Seine Axis (2011), Hamburg (2012), Marseille-Fos (2012), Rotterdam/Amsterdam (2013)

2. Economic spillovers from ports

3. Spillovers to inland ports

Source: OECD Port-City Case Study of Danube Axis (forthcoming)

3. Spillovers to inland ports

Source: OECD Port-City Case Study of Danube Axis (forthcoming)

3. Spillovers to inland ports

Source: OECD Port-City Case Study of Danube Axis (forthcoming)

3. Spillovers to inland ports

Source: OECD Port-City Case Study of Danube Axis (forthcoming)

One million ton of port cargo related with

• 800 jobs (seaports)

• 980 jobs (inland ports)

One ton of port cargo related with:

• 100 USD of economic output (seaports)

• 250 USD of output (inland ports)

(Meta-analysis of 158 port impact studies)

4. Economic impacts from ports

4. Economic impacts from inland ports

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4. Trade offs and mismatch

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Source: Civic Exchange and Hamburg Port Authority

1. Ports need to be integrated in transport corridors, but the effect on port-cities is mixed

2. Related to economic spillovers from ports

3. Spillovers can take place in inland port, generally close to seaport, but also longer range

4. Economic impacts of inland ports are substantial, but there are trade offs and a mismatch of benefits and costs across regions

Key messages

Integration of port-cities in infrastructure corridors

olaf.merk@oecd.org www.oecd.org/regional/portcities