It might be expected that the globalization of logistics has led to a convergence
in terms of how regional freight distribution of container traffic takes place in
North America and Europe. Both continents are treated as a whole, although large
differences among sub-regions might exist. Still, global logistics enhances
regionalism in freight distribution practices. It implies that geographical and
220 J.-P. Rodrigue and T. Notteboommarket forces are inciting an organization of freight distribution over functional
entities, such as port hinterlands, that are shaped by commercial flows and less so
by jurisdictional oversight.