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May 13th, 2013
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Theo Notteboom, co-director of PortEconomics.eu, gave a keynote presentation during the meeting of the Corporate Development Council of Duisport in Antwerp on 29 April 2013. The Duisport Group is active in a large array of logistics activities, but is particularly known as the owner and management company of the public ports of Duisburg (via Duisburger Hafen AG), Europe's largest inland port. During his speech, Theo talked about 'Volatility and flexibility in the European port system: how can inland ports benefit?'. He concluded by stating...
May 1st, 2013
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The 11th meeting of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) takes place in Marseilles, France on Tuesday, 2 July 2013, with the support of the IAME 2013 team and the kind hospitality of the Port of Marseilles. The Marseilles meeting will be the culmination of Phase 2 and the beginning of Phase 3. The second phase has working on sub-themes of interest to the group, and preparing a global role-out of a port effectiveness survey for port users. The forthcoming PPRN meeting will further discuss frameworks and structure future research...
April 28th, 2013
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PortEconomics member Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue of the Dept. of Global Studies and Geography at Hofstra Univeristy has been tasked by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide regular contributions to their freight transport and logistics blog. The Transportation Division at the IDB's Infrastructure and Environment Sector in collaboration with the Knowledge and Learning Sector and the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) of the Trade and Integration Department has fostered the setup of a Freight...
April 16th, 2013
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PortEconomics member Pierre Cariou delivered a presentation (in French) as invited speaker during "Les Journées Neptune", an international event aimed to provide an overview of multidisciplinary research which was organized by the University of Toulon (France) in April, 9th. Pierre participated in the session "Urban Coast and Mediterranean Sea Areas", organised by Nicolas Peridy and Gabriel Figueiredo de Oliveira of the Laboratory of Applied Economy for Development (LEAD). Pierre gave a speech titled "The effectiveness of a European Speed...
April 16th, 2013
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PortEconomics associate member Francesco Parola delivered a presentation (in French) as invited speaker during "Les Journées Neptune", an international event aimed to provide an overview of multidisciplinary research which was organized by the University of Toulon (France) in April, 9th. Francesco participated in the session "Urban Coast and Mediterranean Sea Areas", organised by Nicolas Peridy and Gabriel Figueiredo de Oliveira of the Laboratory of Applied Economy for Development (LEAD). Francesco gave a speech titled "Mediterranean ports...
April 16th, 2013
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European port authorities are ready to celebrate another edition of their annual conference and the PortEconomics team is ready to sit central stage, shaping the discusssions of stakeholders on port cooperation and synergies. PortEconomics co-director, and newly appointed MedCruise secretary general, Thanos Pallis will orchestrate discussions on marketing and promotion of port regions. Theo Notteboom, PortEconomics co-director, will be among the keynote speakers of the conference providing a thorough insight on the economic outlook...
April 1st, 2013
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MedCruise, the association representing over 100 cruise ports in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas, announced the appointment of PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis as its new Secretary General. To better serve cruise ports and associate members, MedCruise has restructured its secretariat and Thanos will continue the productive and successful work done to lead MedCruise to a new phase. 'All our members face challenges, and expect MedCruise to continue its pivotal role and assist them in benefiting from the growth of the cruise...
March 30th, 2013
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The International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) annual conference starts on Wednesday July 3, in Marseille, with the active participation of the entire team of PortEconomics. This year's conference on "Managing complexity in shipping and port markets: firms' business models, co-opetitive games and innovative public-private interactions" covers many areas such as port and shipping economics, logistics, environmental protection, shipping finance and maritime policies. More than 320 abstracts and 276 were submitted, from which...
March 30th, 2013
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PortEconomics associate member Adolf K.Y. Ng has been appointed as an Editorial Board Member of the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics (AJSL). AJSL intends to be an outlet for theoretical and empirical research contributions for scholars and specialists in the business of shipping and logistics. A multi-disciplinary and international refereed journal, it brings together papers on the many different topics that concern the fields of shipping and logistics. For more information about the journal, visit the journal's website....
March 24th, 2013
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PortEconomics Associate member Cesar Ducruet act as a member of the research team of DEVPORT project. DEVPORT project - a regionally funded project coordinated by Prof. Laurent Leveque (Le Havre University) aiming at mapping the logistics corridor of the Seine Axis at different scales and applying modeling and GIS methods as well as results from interviews to various industries such as freight forwarding to estimate its current and future development opportunities. The DEVPORT project relies notably on the development of a Geographic...
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