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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Regulatory challenges for seaports European Port Policy

Regulatory challenges for seaports

The regulatory challenges that the port sector faces was the theme of PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis presentation at the 1st European Maritime Transport Regulation Forum "Ports: How to Regulate Logistics Interfaces?" that was organised by the Florence School of Regulation, of the European University Institute in...
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Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in seaports: the case of Nigeria

PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis presented his latest research on Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in seaports: The case of Nigeria, during the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME 2012, that was held in Taipei, Taiwan. Policy reforms and subsequent entry of private port terminal...
IAME 2012: the PortEconomics diary Featured

IAME 2012: the PortEconomics diary

The annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Εconomists-IAME 2012, that was held in Taipei, Taiwan provided to the PortEconomics team the opportunity to present the research they conducted over the last year. In total PortEconomics members presented 16 different port or port relate studies that progressed over...
What lies ahead for Greek ports? Featured

What lies ahead for Greek ports?

PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis presented his views on the prospects and current initiatives to promote the competitivess of Greek ports, during the Financial Times World Shipping Congress that took place in Athens Greece, 19 & 20 February 2012. In front of a crowd that included presidents of shipowners' Associations...
UNCTAD's study on utilizing FDI to improve ports Featured

UNCTAD's study on utilizing FDI to improve ports

The UNCTAD study "How to utilize FDI to improve transport infrastructure - ports: Lessons from Nigeria" prepared by Thanos Pallis with inputs and assistance from PortEconomics member Aimilia Papachristou was released on January 31st in Geneva and New York. The study draws lessons from the experience of Nigeria and its broad-based...
Study on "Understanding mode choice decision" wins IAME 2011 best paper prize Featured

Study on "Understanding mode choice decision" wins IAME 2011 best paper prize

PortEconomics associate member Prof. Mary R. Brooks won the MEL Best Paper at the IAME (International Association of Maritime Economists) 2011 Conference, for the study: UNDERSTANDING MODE CHOICE DECISIONS: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN FREIGHT SHIPPERS. The prize was presented by Prof. Kevin Cullinane Edinburgh Napier University - TRI) and...
New port studies presented @ IAME 2011 Category

New port studies presented @ IAME 2011

PortEconomics members presented a number of new port studies at IAME 2011 – the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists, that took place in Santiago, Chile. In particular, the program included the following studies by the members of the PortEconomics team: Jacobs, W., De Langen, Peter W. and...
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