Cruise ports: A strategic nexus between regions and global lines-evidence from the mediterranean

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-150

  Gui, Lorenzo ^a   Paolo Russoz, Antonio ^b  

^a Isola di San Servolo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORT OPERATION; REGIONALIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79957572818     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.556678     Document Type: Article

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41. All three ports are connected to international airports in their proximity-Barcelona, Girona and Reus; respectively, they are the second Spanish airport for international traffic and an intercontinental hub; Ryanair's main southern Mediterranean hub; and an important charter destination from Northern and Central Europe. Note
42. To this regard, it is worth quoting the words of Jordi Valls, president of the Port Authority of Barcelona: One final reflection has to be given to our dimension, and the need of coordinating the Catalan port system. We have to enhance the operative synergies between the port of Barcelona and the port of Tarragona. Our individual port size doesn't let us to be competitive in the global environment where we operate. [...] Open the debate with respect to a merger of the two port authorities, of Barcelona and Tarragona, it is a necessary process for our future competitiveness' [40, p. 57]. Note