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European Port Governance ‘The ESPO Fact-Finding Report’

European Port Governance ‘The ESPO Fact-Finding Report’. Patrick Verhoeven AmCham Latvia – Riga, 22 November 2011. Summary. Devolution Corporate governance Functional autonomy Functional pro-activeness Investment responsibility Financial autonomy Concluding observations.

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European Port Governance ‘The ESPO Fact-Finding Report’

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  1. European Port Governance‘The ESPO Fact-Finding Report’ Patrick Verhoeven AmCham Latvia – Riga, 22 November 2011

  2. Summary • Devolution • Corporate governance • Functional autonomy • Functional pro-activeness • Investment responsibility • Financial autonomy • Concluding observations

  3. Hanse: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland • New Hanse: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia • Anglo-Saxon: UK and Ireland • Latin: France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus and Israel • New Latin: Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania

  4. Responding port authorities per region

  5. 1. Devolution

  6. Ownership of port authorities

  7. Frequency of contacts with government

  8. National reforms and re-organisations

  9. Legal form of port authorities

  10. 2. Corporate Governance

  11. Economic objectives of port authorities

  12. End responsibility for appointing top management executive of the PA

  13. Average composition of supervisory / governing body, in n° of people

  14. Use of public selection procedures to contract out port land

  15. Accounting

  16. Port authorities subject to taxation

  17. 3. Operational Profile

  18. Direct provision of operational services

  19. 4. Functional Autonomy

  20. Governance of port land

  21. Regulator function: Harbour Master 57,3 % Harbour Master is fully integrated in the port authority organisation

  22. 5. Functional Pro-activeness

  23. Clauses generally applied in major contractual arrangements

  24. Port authorities issuing own regulations

  25. Involvement of PA in actions / initiatives that benefit the entire port community

  26. PA involved in societal integration initiatives

  27. Strategic partnerships and direct investments with other ports

  28. Export of regulatory expertise

  29. PA providing services outside their own port(s)

  30. 6. Investment Responsibility

  31. 7. Financial Autonomy

  32. Average income profile PA

  33. Legal nature of port charges (PA)

  34. Calculation basis of general port dues

  35. Port charges – autonomy PA

  36. General financial autonomy PA

  37. 7. Concluding Observations

  38. Most European PA converge towards ‘facilitator’ type • ‘Renaissance’ ambitions PA limited / enabled by diversity in governance frameworks • Traditional Hanse, Latin and Anglo-Saxon frameworks explain most of the diversity • New regions ‘in between’ but closer to Latin • Most PA are Hanse or Latin: north-south duality • Size matters (but not always) • Influence EU law and policy: new EU ‘Ports Package’

  39. Thank you for your attention Patrick Verhoeven – Secretary General European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Treurenberg 6 – B-1000 Brussel / Bruxelles - Tel + 32 2 736 34 63 – Fax + 32 2 736 63 25 Email: pverhoeven@espo.be – www.espo.be

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