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Celebration time: PortEconomics reaches 1.000 Facebook likes
PortEconomics reaches 1.000 facebook likes. A good day to renew our promise to keep developing and disseminating to you quality port research. Thank you All, The PortEconomics team Visit PortEconomics @ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PortEconomics
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OECD Round-Table on port investment and container shipping markets starts on Thursday (Santiago, Chile 7-8 Nov)
The OECD International Transport Forum Roundtable on Port Investment and Container Shipping Markets, planned jointly with the Government of Chile, will examine the broader issues that influence the development of container transport, will take please this week in Santiago, Chile, from 7 to 8 November 2013 PortEconomics members will have a pivotal role in advancing the Roundtable discussions. Thanos Pallis will act as the Rapporteur for the OECD-ITF, Mary Brooks chairing the discussions of the round-table, whereas Gordon Wilmsmeier will...
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PortEconomics members co-sharing thought-provoking Scheldt conference 2013
PortEconomics members Peter de Langen and Michael Dooms chaired the 7th annual 'Scheldt Conference' with participation from the four Scheldt ports: Zeebrugge, Zeeland Seaports, Ghent and Antwerp. The Scheldt Conference (Scheldeconferentie), held on the 3rd of October, gathers more than 100 C-suite executives and key decision makers of leading companies located in the maritime and industrial areas around the Scheldt basin. The conference was opened through a video message by European Commissioner Siim Kallas, who stressed the important...
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Port labour in belgian ports: PortEconomics co-director shapes public debate
PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom appeared on national Belgian TV program 'De vrije markt' ('The free market') on Saturday 21 September. The program devoted to the theme of port labour in Belgian ports, with the other panel member being Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of the port of Antwerp. You might share Theo's views and enjoy the most interesting discussion with the only condition that you understand Dutch, by simply watching the video (in Dutch).
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PORTOPIA: PortEconomics leads the flagship european project
PortEconomics members, joined by leading researchers and firms in Europe embark in a new major reasearch program aiming at improving the resource efficiency and competitiveness of the European Port System. This is one of the flagship research projects financially supported by the European Commission, in an attempt to facilitate policy-making and, ultimately, the competitiveness of the port system in Europe PORTOPIA aims at creating an integrated knowledge base and management system of port performance to serve the industry's stakeholders in...
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Port & the city: economic challenges to port-city relations
PortEconomics co-directors Thanos Pallis and Theo Notteboom were invited by the OECD to shape the OECD Conference on Port-Cities that take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. PortEconomics reports, on the key themes of their presentations. Theo's keynote speech on "Economic challenges to port-city relations" was delivered in a session where Theo shared the platform with Bill Johnson, Port director Miami; Hervé Martel, CEO, Port of Le Havre; Cathy Berx, Governor Province of Antwerp; Ron van het Hof, CEO Euler Hermes World Agency; and Arjen...
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2013 PortExecutive seminar: the diary of a successful event
Participants from three different continents - Asia, Europe Oceania - joined the PortEconomics team at the premises of the University of Antwerp, Europe's second largest post and enjoyed two days of interactive discussions on all those that port professionals need to know about ports. With the group of participants including the perfect blending of professionals working for port authorities, terminal operators, shipping lines, consultants, and trade unions, the seminar fulfilled its aim to share knowledge, experiences, examples and...
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Ocean freight Logistics: special IJLM issue on current issues
Ocean freight logistics play a significant role in facilitating international trade. A special issue in International journal of Logistics Management on "Strategic Management of Ocean Freight Logistics in An Ever-Changing Global Economy" edited by Jingjing Xu (University of Plymouth) and PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom (ITMMA - University of Antwerp) contributes to ongoing debates on current issues shaping ocean freight logistics. A total of seven papers are included in this Special Issue addressing various aspects of ocean...
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