4. Port cooperation and river corridors in Northwest Europe

The integration of the logistics chain is leading maritime operators to forge closer links with their hinterland. The challenge is both to secure the routing of shipments through better coordination of the parties involved, and to provide the means to respond to growing volumes and modal shift requirements. The principle of port regionalization advocated by Rodrigue and Notteboom in echoes this progressive coordination of operators and operations. Section 1 has already highlighted the fact that, following this economic and competitive logic, port authorities (maritime and river) have initiated cooperation on different scales and in different...