Larissa van der Lugt

Dr. Larissa van der Lugt has research and projectmanagement experience for about thirteen years in the field of ports, transport and logistics. At present at the Department of Port Economics of the Erasmus University Rotterdam she is as senior researcher involved in research projects in the field of port and maritime economics, port management and port related logistics development. She is a teacher in the Master Program: Urban, Ports and Transport Economics and she supervises Masterstudents. She specializes in economics, governance and management in ports and related logistics. She is writing a PhD on the Strategic Scope of Port Authorities. Before joining the Economic Faculty of the Erasmus University in 2001 she has worked as transport economist with the Dutch Ministry of Transport (one year) and with a consulting and engineering company (four years) in the field of port infrastructure.

Author's Posts

Strategic beliefs of port authorities Featured

Strategic beliefs of port authorities

Over the last decade, insights from the strategic management discipline have increasingly been applied to ports. A review of literature shows that in the analysis of port authority strategy mainly outside-in approaches are applied. The latest port study of PortEconomics members Larissa van der Lugt and Peter de Langen along with...
Port-related railway chains: an application to the port of Rotterdam PortStudies

Port-related railway chains: an application to the port of Rotterdam

Efficient port-related transport chains are key in the competition among ports,. Many forms of coordination are needed to ensure that the railway chain operates efficiently, including the bundling of cargo, and good organization between railway companies, terminal operators and the infrastructure managers to realize an efficient use of...
Beyond landlord: typologies of port authorities strategies Featured

Beyond landlord: typologies of port authorities strategies

PortEconomics members Peter de Langen and Larissa van der Lugt, along with Lorike Hagdorm presented their latest research on "Beyond landlord: Typologies of port authorities strategies", during the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME 2013, that was held in Marseilles, France. Port...
Coordination mechanisms in improving hinterland Featured

Coordination mechanisms in improving hinterland

An empirical analysis in the port of Rotterdam of coordination mechanisms in improving hinterland accessibility is the theme of the study by PortEconomics associate member Larissa van der Lugt in association with Martijn van der is published in Maritime Policy and Management, the flagship journal of maritime economics (vol 38:4, pp....
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