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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Mediterranean cruise ports: traffic growth continues Cruise

Mediterranean cruise ports: traffic growth continues

A 5,62% increase of passenger movements comparing to 2014 was registered in Mediterranean cruise ports in 2015. The variation of cruise passenger movements in the second biggest cruise region of the world is positive when one relates the numbers with the one that had taken place at the beginning of the decade. In 2015 cruise ports in...
PortGraphic: big vessels are not, yet, calling Black Sea ports Cruise

PortGraphic: big vessels are not, yet, calling Black Sea ports

By Thanos Pallis Within the first 15 years of the 21st century cruise passenger movements in the Black See ports increased remarkably, the cruise ports in the region hosted in 2014 a total of 204.351 cruise passenger movements and 359 cruise vessel calls. Fifteen years earlier, just 55.237 cruise passenger movements were recorded at...
Port & the city: ports as engines of growth Cruise

Port & the city: ports as engines of growth

How can ports change a city? And what can a city do to enhance this? PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis took active part at the one-day conference 'Piraeus: Relations between the Port and the City',  discussed organised in Piraeus, Greece by the Univerisy of Piraeus. Thanos joined the Greek Minister for Shipping and Island...
Prospects for cruise activities in the Med Cruise

Prospects for cruise activities in the Med

The prospects of cruising in the Med, and their implications for the Greek cruise market, were the themes of the conference organised by the Greek Cruise Union in the context of the 2nd Greek Tourism Expo 2015. PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis, under his capacity as MedCruise Secretary General, was among the keynote...
Jean Monnet action European Port Policy: focus on Italy European Port Policy

Jean Monnet action European Port Policy: focus on Italy

The "Jean Monnet Action in European Port Policy", a European initiative to advance the study of port related initiatives  and policies with the contribution of distinguised scholars and business leader, continues to develop at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport of the University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece. In...
Cooperation and vertical integration in cruise ports Cruise

Cooperation and vertical integration in cruise ports

The cruise sector is one of the fastest growing market segments in shipping and seaport activities. However, the high level of market concentration and the geographical concentration of passenger flows at departure ports and destinations lead to possible congestion and delays in handling cruise vessels and passenger services. The...
European Port Policy: time for the EP to decide is approaching European Port Policy

European Port Policy: time for the EP to decide is approaching

European Port Policy is heading to a new phase, as the Transport Committee is getting ready to debate the Port regulation proposal. The rapporteur of the European Parliament, MEP Knut Fleckenstein (S&D, Germany) published his new draft report on the Port Regulation proposal and  shadows and other TRAN MEPs have written down...
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