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One-belt-one-road and hundreds european ports

June 10th, 2016 Containers, Featured, Presentations, Thematic Area

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How the One-belt-one-road (OBOR) policy might affect european port-hinterland dynamics?

In 2013 Xi Jinping embarked in a strategy to “break the connectivity bottleneck” in Asia.  60 countries are already involved, with this policy impacting 4.4 billion people.  In March 2015, the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiatives action plan was detailed.

PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom addressed the theme during his invited presentation gave at the ESPO Conference 2016, held in 2-3 June in Dublin, Ireland.

Theo also discussed “Potential facilitators and game stoppers in international trade”, whereas his intervention addressed the following themes:

  1. One belt, one road: What and why?
  2. Current situation of the OBOR in relation to Europe.
  3. Possible impact of developments on port hierarchy in Europe

You might freely download Theo’s presentation here.

Dr. Theo Notteboom is co-founder and co-director of PortEconomics. He is a professor in port and maritime economics and management with about 25 years of experience in this area. His work is widely cited. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and a rapporteur/expert to leading organizations in the field. He is Chair Professor at Ghent University in Belgium. He is a visiting Research Professor at China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain of Shanghai Maritime University. He also is part-time Professor at University of Antwerp and the Antwerp Maritime Academy in Belgium. He previously held a full-time position as High-end Foreign Expert / Professor at Dalian Maritime University in China (2014-2016) and an MPA visiting professorship in port management at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is immediate past President (2010-2014) and Council Member of International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). Between October 2006 and October 2014 he was President of ITMMA of the University of Antwerp. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belgian Institute of Transport Organizers (BITO), an institute of the Belgian Federal Government.

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