2. Cooperation between ports: rationale and interpretation
This section presents the rationale behind the collaborative approaches adopted by port authorities, and provides the keys to their interpretation.
2.1 The logic of cooperation
Cooperation between port authorities is not spontaneous, even between establishments under the same authority. Moreover, it is not always based on geographical contiguity (in the case of technology transfer or industrial know-how, for example). On the other hand, the technical and commercial contacts developed within the framework of front-country relations open up a range of possibilities which largely loosen the geographical criteria
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