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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IAME 2011 @ Santiago Chile Featured

IAME 2011 @ Santiago Chile

The opening of IAME 2011 Conference, the annual meeting of maritime economists around the globe, will take place in Santiago Chile on October 25th, and a most interestening conference programme is to follow. With over 100 full papers accepted and contributors from five continents, this year's IAME 2011 Conference is going to be one...
European Port Policy: a new port package in 2013 European Port Policy

European Port Policy: a new port package in 2013

In a video interview to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad Transport, European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas responsible for Transport announced his intention to bring forward in 2013 a package of proposals to help ports remain competitive and support the huge potential for growth in the port sector.  ...
PortEconomics summer course: the diary of a successful event Featured

PortEconomics summer course: the diary of a successful event

The PortEconomics SummerCourse was completed with participants and instructors sharing their enthusiasm for the event. Updates on developments in the field and state-of-the art research, interesting discussions and networking dominated four productive days on the theme of "Advances in Port Management: Theory and Practice". Instructors...
European Port Policy: Deepening or Widening? European Port Policy

European Port Policy: Deepening or Widening?

June 2011: PortEconomics member Thanos Pallis presents its views on the progress of the European Port Policy and the lessons resulting for European integration at the International Meeting of the Hellenic University Association for European Studies (EPEES). The meeting, had the theme "Enlargement or deepening? The EU in the era of...
PortEconomics @ ESPO 2011 Featured

PortEconomics @ ESPO 2011

May 2011: Members of the PortEconomics team played a key role at the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) 2011 Conference, held in Cyprus May 5 & 6, 2011. The key presentations, that set the tune of the discussions in two different sessions, included: Selection and measurement of port performance indicators. Peter de Langen, along...
4Ps (Public Private Partnerships in Ports): Setting a research agenda Featured

4Ps (Public Private Partnerships in Ports): Setting a research agenda

PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas delivered a presentation on 4Ps (Public Private Partnerships in Ports): A Research Agenda  at the Symposium "Public Private Partnerships in Transport: Trends and Theory Research Roadmap". The Symposium was organised in Lisbon (January 13-15) under the EU funded P3T3 COST...
ALRT 2010: Twelve (12) new studies by the PortEconomics team Featured

ALRT 2010: Twelve (12) new studies by the PortEconomics team

PortEconomics members and associate members were involved in a large number of papers which were presented at  the Asian Logistics Round Table 2010 Conference and Meeting (ALRT 2010) which took place in Antwerp on 2-3 December 2010. The studies to be published in an edited book in late January/early February 2011: SHOU, C., NG,...
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