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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:57
Managerial Complexity in Shipping & Port Markets: Call for papers
International Journal of Shipping and Transport logistics, the scholarly Journal published by Inderscinece, is calling for papers for a special issue on Managerial Complexity in Shipping and Port Markets, to be co-edited by the members of the PortEconomics team Francesco Parola and Pierre Cariou. Topics to be covered include but are not limited to: • Growth strategies of ocean carriers and terminal operators• Port authority strategies• Port governance models and mechanisms• "Blue ocean" strategies in shipping and ports• Emerging market opportunities and trends• Competition and co-operation in shipping and ports• Economies of scale and cost leadership strategies• Vertical integration in shipping and transport logistics• Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in shipping and ports Those interested in contributing to the special issue, need to note that the submission deadline is: 1 August, 2013. For more information contact the editors of the special issue: Francesco Parolla , or Pierre Cariou, or visit the Journal's Special Issue webpage.
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Monday, 19 November 2012 19:59
PortEconomics partners in publishing with Port Technology International
PortEconomics and Port Technology International are pleased to announce a collaboration agreement to act as 'partners in publishing' and promote discussions and disseminate knowledge and research output on the various issues of interest to ports, port managers, industry professionals and decision-makers. Published 4 times a year Port Technology International (PTI) is the technical preview and review of advanced technologies for ports, harbours and terminals worldwide. Covering a wide range of topics from terminal operating systems, port management information systems, port construction and planning to terminal and container handling, reflecting emerging trends and technical advancements which lead to greater efficiency and higher productivity in ports and terminals. Its website (www.porttechnology.org) is one of the fastest growing maritime websites in the industry, receiving over 30,000 visitors a month and counting. Updated daily, the site gives a comprehensive overview of current industry developments, both from a supplier and end user stand point, and includes daily news, an extensive archive of articles, exclusive features and events. PortEconomics is a web-based initiative advancing knowledge exchange on seaport studies. It provides freely accessible research, education, information, and network-building material on critical issues of port economics, management and policies. The main objectives of PortEconomics are to develop and promote resources for increased quality port studies; to disseminate the activities and cutting-edge port research and analysis conducted by the group members and associates; and to foster a knowledge exchange network of scholars, policy-makers, practitioners and students interested in port studies. PortEconomics members and associate members will contribute an editorial article in every edition of the Port Technology International (PTI) magazine. Through this contribution PortEconomics members will distribute latest research findings and developments on themes of interest for the readership of Port Technology International - the first of these contributions will appear in the forthcoming issue 56 of PTI.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2012 08:49
Call for papers @EURAM13 Annual Conference
PortEconomics associate member Francesco Parola will be one of the organisers of the special track with theme "Port competitiveness and value creation: different perspectives of analysis" that will be part of this year's EURAM Annual Conference with special title "Democratising Management" that will be held at Istanbul. This track will focus on the topic of strategies in ports – adopting different perspectives of analysis and with a main focus on port authorities – and will address several, mutually related, research questions including: The role of port authorities to increase value creation in ports? Strategies of port authorities: port planning, development and growth from a stakeholder perspective? The role of cooperation within and between ports and with universities and other organizations on strategic value creation for port-related stakeholders? Public-Private-Partnerships in ports: democracy and fair competitive biddings? The impact of cultural origin and cross-cultural factors on port investments? Managerializing ports and port authorities: the role of corporate governance in ports? Corporate Social Responsibility and strategy: economic, environmental and social issues in ports? Communication as a tool for democratizing ports? The impact of port firms' strategies on the strategic value of ports for their region and country? The submission deadline of the papers is the 15th January at 2:00pm GMT+1 For more information for the the Conference visit Conference's website or Contact Francesco Parola (co-chair and corresponding organizer), University of Naples; tel. +39 0815474845, e-mail:
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Friday, 26 October 2012 08:59
European Port Policy Webminar
The European ports policy framework intends to tackle issues such as competitiveness and sustainable development, transport growth, environmental pressure and technological change. PortEconomics associate member and ESPO Secretary General Patrick Verhoeven, along with Philippe De Backer, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport & Tourism provided an update on the latest developments in ports policy during a webminar held under the EU funded PATCH (Ports adapting to change project). Watch the webinar @PortEconomics
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Sunday, 21 October 2012 22:51
Call for papers on port performance and strategy
Research in Transportation Business and Management, the scholarly Journal published by Elsevier, is calling for papers for a new issue on port performance and strategy. The special issue is co-edited by PortEconomics members Mary Brooks and Thanos Pallis, and will include among others contributions by several members of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN), a network of researchers that has developed port studies since 2001. The themes of the special issue include five areas: Port Governance in the Post Reform Era: Lessons for 2020 Port Strategies: Internationalization/growth strategies of Port Authorities Port Strategies: Port concessions and financing Port Strategies: The 'greening' of port activities Port Performance Measurement: Port efficiency and effectiveness Researchers interested in submitting a paper might either contact the editors (Mary Brooks or Thanos Pallis, or submit their papers - to be subject to a double blind review - by 30 November 2012. More about the Journal and the special issue @ Research in Transportation Business and Management
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Sunday, 30 September 2012 09:34
5th MEL PhD Competition (2011-2013)
In pursuit of its commitment to promote quality research and strengthen research links, particularly among young researchers, the academic journal Maritime Economics & Logistics organises its fifth Competition for the best PhD Theses that have been successfully defended during the period 1st July 2011 to 28th February 2013. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international Jury composed of 11 members, including the three PortEconomics co-directors, and a member of the PortEconomics team: Professor Hercules Haralambides, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL Professor Alfred Baird, Napier University, Orkney Isles, Scotland Professor Mary R. Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada Professor Kevin Cullinane, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland Professor Peter de Langen, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL Dr. Jan Hoffmann, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland Professor Theo Notteboom, ITMMA, Antwerp Professor Thanos Pallis, University of the Aegean, Greece Professor Photis Panayides, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Professor Ross Robinson, University of Tasmania, Australia Professor Anna Sciomachen, University of Genova, Italy The "Palgrave Macmillan" Prize for the best PhD thesis, accompanied by a prize of € 1,000, will be awarded at a ceremony that will take place in July 2013 during the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), in Marseille (www.iame2013.org). The five short-listed authors are expected to either join the IAME annual conference to present their work in a special session or arrange for suitable representatives to present on their behalf. Authors should submit an electronic copy of their thesis plus an approximately 6,000-word paper of publishable quality, encapsulating the essence of the thesis (particularly the methodological part). Literature review should be limited to the absolute minimum, i.e. to works that bear directly upon the development of the thesis. MEL's Instructions to Authors can be found on the journal's website. Thesis and paper can be emailed to Dr. Francesco Parola, Parthenope University, Naples, Italy (
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012 11:23
European Ports Policy Review Conference (Day 2): The PortEconomics diary Featured
PortEconomics followed the high-level Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential" (Brussels, 25-26 September 2012) and reports events, interventions, and all you want to know about the final second Conference day as unfolded: Day-2: Wednesday 26 September 2012 Workshop on Port Performance and the Horizon 2020: PortEconomics co-directors Thanos Pallis and Theo Notteboom to offer their perspectives on the future of the European port policy, joined by Martijn van Dongen (Head of Business Development, APM Terminals) and Paul Kyprianou (Manager Research and External Relations Department, Grimaldi Lines). Theo Notteboom (ITMMA-PortEconomics co-director) presented the PPRISM project, that has selected five types of feasible and relevant indicators to measure the overall port performance of the European port sector, and discusses the lessons and challenches of this first attempt towards a more comprehensive apporach of port performance: PPRISM (Port PeRformance Indicators: Selection and Measurement) was a two year project that identified a key list of sustainable, acceptable, relevant and feasible indicators to monitor the overall performance of the EU port system. The achievements of PPRISM can be summarised as follows: PPRISM delivers a shortlist of indicators that form the basis of a future European Port Observatory which will take the form of a Port Sector Performance Dashboard. These indicators contribute to provide insight into the overall performance of the European port system: Environmental indicators: EMS, carbon footprint, waste recycled, water consumption; Socio-economic indicators: employment in FTE; Supply chain performance: maritime connectivity, inland connectivity, quality of customs procedures; Institutional and governance indicators: ownership of Pas, economic objectives of Pas, ivolvement of PA in actions and initiatives that benefit the entire port community, direct provision of operational services' Market trends and structure: maritime traffic, call size. The Dashboard will not publish or compare the performance of individual ports or terminals, but focus on the performance of the port system as a whole. PPRISM provides a final shortlist of…
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:51
European Ports Policy Review Conference (Day 1): The PortEconomics diary Featured
PortEconomics followed the high-level Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential" (Brussels, 25-26 September 2012) and reports events, interventions, and all you want to know about stakeholders views on the future of the European Port Poicy as happened: Day-1: Tuesday 25-September Opening (14h00): The high-level two days-Conference European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential" begins in Brussels (25-26 September 2012). More than 400 people are attending the event, representing the different stakeholders in the port sector. The aim of the conference, which is organised by the European Commission, is to analyse the current EU policy framework for ports, which is laid down in a communication of the Commission that was published in 2007. The outcome of the review is not decided yet, with options ranging between doing nothing, guidance on application of Treaty rules and full-blown legislation. A central part of the conference is also the role of ports as key nodes of the pan-European corridors 2030: A major innovation on the new Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines is the introduction of 10 implementing pan-European corridors. The program is available at the official website of the event: Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential". Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the European Commission): "The European Ports Policy Review initiative of the European Commission is neither about micro-management, nor about interruption of what works in European ports". This is not an "one size fits all" policy but a policy "about what works in European ports" and the expansion of such practices.The Commissioner emphasised the presence of restrictions in the case of many services, the fact that several services are provided by few operators needs to be addressed. Explicit reference was made first to the different concepts of concessions in different member states and the 'tricky' issues of relationships between the port authorities and the…
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Monday, 27 August 2012 08:47
Maritime academic Journals: Quality acknowledged
Good news were awaiting port researchers and maritime economists involved in academic research on their return from the summer break - and just before the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). Maritime Policy & Management and Maritime Economics & Logistics, the two IAME (International Association of Maritime Economists) affiliated journals received an Impact Factor for the first time. After being listed as SSCI journals last year, Maritime Policy & Management received an Impact Factor (IF) of 0.743, while Maritime Economics & Logistics reached an Impact Factor of 0.902. These are excellent first scores for both journals and an important step for developing the position of both journals further. Impact Factor, is a measurement of quality of academic journals, representing the overall quality and impact of the publications on the global research communities. The 2011 Impact Factors have been released by Thomson Reuters just before the summer and other journals that publish maritime and port-related papers on a regular basis are also doing quite well at the impact factor front. The PortEconomics team contributes regularly to Maritime Policy & Management and Maritime Economics & Logistics, as well as in the other prestigious maritime transport related academic journals. The impact factor ratings of other major scientific journal that publish maritime and port related studies have been also announced: International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics : 1.844 Journal of Transport Geography : 2.538 Marine Policy : 1.865 Transport Policy : 1.719 Transport Reviews : 1.875 Transportation Research Part A : 2.354 Transportation Research Part B : 2.856 Transportation Research Part C : 1.957 Transportation Research Part D : 1.659 Transportation Research Part E : 1.648 Transportation Research Part F : 1.989 The PortEconomics initiative provides its readers a full list of all port studies published in academic journals since 1950s, through…
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Tuesday, 31 July 2012 20:14
European Ports Policy Review Conference (25-26 Sept): PortEconomics members invited to high-level panel discussions Featured
PortEconomics co-directors Thanos Pallis and Theo Notteboom are invited to offer their perspectives on the future of the European port policy during the high-level discussions to take place in Brussels on 25-26 September 2012 during a Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential". The Conference is organised by the European Commission and will take place within the frame of the Ports Policy review. A third member of the PortEconomics, associate member Patrick Verhoeven, will participate under his capacity as Secretary General of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO). A central part of the conference will also be the role of ports as key nodes of the pan-European corridors 2030: A major innovation on the new Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines is the introduction of 10 implementing pan-European corridors. Each corridor must include three transport modes, three Member States and two cross-border sections at least. All corridors start and/or end in a seaport and cross one or more inland ports. More information about the event might be found at the Conference website: Conference on European Ports Policy Review: "Unlocking the Growth Potential". PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis is the co-author of the book European Port Policy: The movement towards a long-term strategy published in 2002 by Edward-Elgar. Thanos Pallis and Patrick Verhoeven are now working on a new book on the progress of the European Port Policy, that is expected to be published next year.
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