Thanos Pallis

Dr. Thanos Pallis is Professor of Port Economics & Policy & the scientific coordinator of the Jean Monnet Action on European Port Policy at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport (STT), University of the Aegean, Greece. He is currently the President of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), and has served as secretary general of MedCruise, the association of cruise ports in the Med. The author of the acclaimed book "European Port Policy", he has an extensive international experience in port policy and economics. Thanos co-directs PortEconomics and is a regular contributor at the work of national governments and international organisation (UNCTAD, OECD, and ESPO, IAPH, and AVIP) shaping the port sector.

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LIVE: The PortEconomics Diary: #ESPO2018 Day 1 Category

LIVE: The PortEconomics Diary: #ESPO2018 Day 1

PortEconomics is at #ESPO2018, the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Association (ESPO) and provides you live coverage of all you want to know about the latest discussions of European port authorities. Eamonn O’REILLY, Chairman, ESPO:  "Developing a basic infrastructure to serve Europe is more than important. Energy and...
Marketing of port authorities: a novel conceptualisation Category

Marketing of port authorities: a novel conceptualisation

Port authorities  have transformed to hybrid organizations mostly disassociated from operational activities and port services provision. Still, they maintain a key role as managing bodies advancing the prospects of respective port and associate clusters. Marketing is among the functions working towards this end. In a new port study,...
Details of a port privatisation: Thessaloniki port European Port Policy

Details of a port privatisation: Thessaloniki port

By George Vaggelas and Thanos Pallis The port is Thessaloniki in Greece. The date is March 2018. A long port privatization process that lasted almost 13 (!!) years is finally concluded, with the Greek state handing 67% of the shares of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. to the new owners of the port, the South Europe Gateway...
Cruise ports need to upscale their representation by subscribing to the WPSP Cruise

Cruise ports need to upscale their representation by subscribing to the WPSP

By Thanos Pallis The launching of the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP) by the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), AIVP – The Worldwide Network of Port Cities (AIVP) and the World Association for Waterborne...
#EEPSymposium2018: programme now available Category

#EEPSymposium2018: programme now available

The program of the Jean Monnet Symposium on 'The future of the European Port Policy" is now available. The high-level list of speakers includes: Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director General, DG-Move, European Commission Christos Lambrides, Secretary General of Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investment, Ministry of Shipping and...
Study reveals PortEconomics leading role in maritime research Category

Study reveals PortEconomics leading role in maritime research

Α just published research reveals the leading role of several members of PortEconomics team in maritime research in the 21st century. Reviewing the top 50 authors in maritime research over the period 2000-2015, Chang, Y-T., Choi, K-S., Jo, A. and Park, H. published in early 2018 a study of the ‘Top 50 authors, affiliations, and...
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