Gordon Wilmsmeier

Transport Research Institute (TRI)
Napier University
Merchiston Campus Edinburgh EH10 5DT
Scotland
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Drs. Gordon Wilmsmeier is Senior Research Fellow at Napier University’s Transport Research Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an internationally recognized expert in maritime transport and port development issues and prior to his career at TRI he was a consultant to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC), UNCTAD, UN-OHRLLS, The World Bank, The InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), CAF (Andean Development Fund), the Organisation of American States (OAS) and other international institutions and has collaborated in various EU projects for DG Trade and DGTREN. Further he has worked as Adviser to the Ministry of Economics in El Salvador. He is also member of the Transport Working Group of the German Association of Geographers, the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), and the Port Performance Network (PPRN).
Gordon has an extensive research expertise in port reform, the effects of port privatisation on international transport costs and port efficiency. His prime research focus is on port development in Latin America.

Articles in PortStudies Database

Sanchez, R.J., Hoffmann, J., Micco, A., Pizzolitto, G., Sgut, M. and Wilmsmeier, G. (2003) Port Efficiency and International Trade: Port Efficiency as a Determinant of Maritime Transport Costs, Journal of Maritime Economics and Logistics, 5(2), pp. 199-218.

Papers with PortEconomics members

Wilmsmeier, G. and Notteboom, T., (2009). Determinants of liner shipping network configuration: a two region comparison”. Proceedings of the 2009 International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2010 [Download]

Other major publications

K. Cullinane and G. Wilmsmeier (2010): The contribution of the dry port concept to the extension of port life cycles. (forthcoming)

G. Wilmsmeier and R. J. Sánchez (2008): Interport Competition in a Single Market under Port Devolution: Lessons from the Southern Cone. In: The Human Element at the Ship/Port Interface Conference. W. Wittig and C. Prieser (eds.). Bremen. Germany.

G.Wilmsmeier (2008): Review of Regional Developments: Latin America. Published in: Review of Maritime Transport, 2008, Chapter 7. UNCTAD. Geneva, Switzerland.

R. J. Sánchez, G. Wilmsmeier (2006): The River Plate Basin. In Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 17, Elsevier.

G. Wilmsmeier, J. Hoffmann, R. J. Sánchez (2006): The Impact of Port Characteristics on International Maritime Transport Costs. Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 16, pp 119-142, Elsevier.

G. Wilmsmeier and I. Martínez-Zarzoso (2010): Determinants of Maritime Transport Costs – A panel Data Analysis for Latin American Containerised Trade. Transportation Planning and Technology, 33(1), pp. 105-121

L. Márquez and I. Martínez-Zarzoso E. Perez and G. Wilmsmeier (2010): Maritime Networks, Services Structure and Maritime Trade. Networks and Spatial Economics (forthcoming)

G. Wilmsmeier and T. Notteboom (2009): Determinants of Liner Shipping Network Configuration - A two Region Comparison. GeoJournal, November.

G. Wilmsmeier and J. Hoffmann (2008): Liner Shipping Connectivity and Port Infrastructure as Determinants of Freight Rates in the Caribbean. Maritime Economics and Logistics, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp 130–151

G. Wilmsmeier, R. J. Sánchez, J. Hoffmann, A. Micco, G. Pizzolotti, M. Sgut (2002): Port Efficiency and International Trade: Port Efficiency as a Determinant of Maritime Transport Cost. Maritime Economics and Logistics, Vol. 5 No. 2.