George Vaggelas

Dr. George Vaggelas is a Partner and Consultant at “Ports and Shipping Advisory” and a Research Fellow at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport of the University of the Aegean (Greece). He has previously been an advisor to the President and CEO of Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (Greece) and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of the Aegean. George has more than 10 years of experience in consulting and research on port and shipping issues and he has been involved also in European and national projects examining the port and maritime industries. A specialist in passenger ports, port management, port economics and port policy issues, George has authored several papers published in international scientific journals and international conferences examining seaport economics and politics of seaports. George Vaggelas holds a BSc (Shipping & Enterpreneurship), an MSc in Shipping Trade and Transport (STT), and a Phd (2008), from the School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece.

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Shipping strategies: Global liner alliances in the port of Piraeus Containers

Shipping strategies: Global liner alliances in the port of Piraeus

How the strategic planning of a liner alliance affects the development prospects of a container port? How the relations inside the alliance are reflected on port selection?  Shipping strategies and the rise of global liner alliances is the subject of PortEconomics member George Vaggelas' most recent port study. George has...
PORTOPIA: port users' perceptions on port performance Category

PORTOPIA: port users' perceptions on port performance

PortEconomics member George Vaggelas presented the platform for measuring the port users’ perception on port performance, one of the new topics on port performance measurement that has been tackled in the PORTOPIA framework. Following a brief description of the electronic platform developed for the exploitation of port users’...
PortEconomics members shape outcome and final event of the PORTOPIA project Featured

PortEconomics members shape outcome and final event of the PORTOPIA project

PortEconomics members, who have contributed to the development of the PORTOPIA project, shaped the final event of the project that was held in Brussels on 9 November 2017. The PORTOPIA project, which started in 2013, is aimed at the development of key performance data for European ports and the accompanying ICT tools facilitating data...
Measuring the missing link in port performance evaluation Containers

Measuring the missing link in port performance evaluation

Port performance measurement is continuously gaining ground in contemporary port management. Intense competition and the progressive metamorphosis of port authorities’ idiosyncrasies towards more commercialised and industrialised entities have been vital: ports, in their vast majority, are actively engaged in the complex supply chains...
A Greek prototype of port governance Category

A Greek prototype of port governance

Compared with the port governance models and reforms endorsed in other countries, port governance in Greece has developed in many respects in a very unique way. Greece has departed from the initial choice to attempt the application of generic port governance models developed at international level opting for governance patterns...
Unveiling the critical elements for attracting homeport traffic Cruise

Unveiling the critical elements for attracting homeport traffic

Trying to exploit the significant benefits associated with homeporting, several cruise ports are mobilised to establishing homeport operations. This goal is subject to a variety of factors, both internal and external one. A new port study by PortEconomics member George Vaggelas, co-authored by Spyros Niavis (University of...
GREPORT 2016: Report on Greek ports available in English Containers

GREPORT 2016: Report on Greek ports available in English

With total throughput 6.36 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo, 3.98 million TEUs, 28.23 million coastal passengers and 2.07 cruise passengers in 2014, Greek ports are important actors in local, national and regional level. In 2014, their turnover exceeded the €326 million. GREPORT 2016, the Report on Greek Ports...
Cruise ports and sustainability: contemporary issues Cruise

Cruise ports and sustainability: contemporary issues

The aspirations of the cruise companies and how they are shapping the challenges that cruise ports are facing today was the key issue addressed by PortEconomics member George Vaggelas during the presentation titled "Cruise ports and sustainability – Contemporary issues". Cruise ships gigantism, port-city relations, cruise...
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