Port Economics, Management and
industry
Policy
Empty Containers Stacking
Area, Maher Container
Terminal, Newark
A comprehensive analysis of the port
CONTENTS ‣ III. PORT
TERMINALS ‣ Chapter 3.4 –
Container Terminal Design and
Equipment ‣ Empty Containers
Stacking Area, Maher
Container Terminal, Newark
 Theo Notteboom, Athanasios
Pallis and Jean-Paul Rodrigue
(2022) Port Economics,
Management and Policy, New
Empty Containers Stacking Area Maher Container Terminal Newark
York: Routledge, 690 pages /
218 illustrations. ISBN
Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2010.
9780367331559.

Most container terminals have an empty stacking area that act as a pool
for exporters. Most terminals have an imbalanced container traffic
meaning that for ports that import more full containers than they export,
doi.org/10.4324/978042931818
empty containers are brought back from the hinterland to either be 4
made available to local exporters or placed on containerships to be
repositioned. For ports that export more full containers than they export, Follow @pemp2021
 empty containers are mainly brought in by containerships to be placed
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II. CONTEMPORARY PORTS
III. PORT TERMINALS
IV. PORT GOVERNANCE
V. PORT COMPETITION
VI. PORT PERFORMANCE
VII. PORT POLICIES &
DEVELOPMENT
VIII. PORT MARKETS
IX. CASE STUDIES

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