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PortEconomics member joins Genoa/Savona port system authority BoD
PortEconomics member Francesco Parola joined the board of Directors of the Port Authority of Genoa/Samoan as representative of the respective Italian region. On March 13th the Port System Authority (or, simply, Port Authority) of Genoa-Savona started to operate with its new executive board composed by the President, the representative of the Coast Guard, and the members appointed by the two municipalities and the Liguria Region. This development represents an important "step" in the implementation of the recent port governance reform in...
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Panama Canal Authority enjoys a customised edition of the PortExecutive Seminar
The PortEconomics team had the privilege to provide a customised edition of its flagship PortExecutive Seminar, this time in Panama, with the program attended by the personnel of the Panama Canal Authority The 6th edition of the PortExecutive Seminar focused on business development for ports, and related industrial and logistics complexes. Specific attention was given on issues as drivers of change, the use of concessions, stakeholder management and business development capabilities. The program included various interactive...
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Academic position in supply chain management/logistics @ Kedge Business School
Kedge Business School is looking to fill positions in various fields. These include the field of Supply Chain management, with particular emphasis in the maritime area and logistics at Assistant/Associate Professor level, on its Marseille and Bordeaux campus. ...
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Explore the ECLAC 'maritime and logistics profile'
PortEconomics is pleased to share an advanced notice and invitation to explore a beta version of the new ECLAC Maritime and Logistics Profile. The Profile, in its new format, offers more interactive functionalities, which improve the visibility of data and allow construction of basic and customized indicators. You are invited to explore and test this tool, your feedback on the new format and the contents will be highly appreciated: please forward any comments, to PortEconomics member Dr. Ricardo Sanchez...
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PortReport 2016
In 2016, PortEconomics launched PortReports, a new PortEconomics Discussion Reports series aiming to enrich business and academic insights related to the port sector and to support policy-making by port profession. PortReports are freely distributed to visitors of our initiative, who simply have to freely login. The first PortReport, which has been collectively prepared by four PortEconomics members: Theo Notteboom, Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier, identifies the type of distribution activities...
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Global shipping and ports: call for papers
The Journal of the American Society of Transportation and Logistics announced the special themed issue "Global Shipping and Ports" for the Summer 2018 issue. Guest co-editors: Douglas N. Hales and Jasmine Siu Lee Lam Global shipping has experienced huge changes over the past decade. It began with the shipping boom prior to 2007, radically slowing during the recession period, but picking up again in late 2013. But over the past 18 months, shipping has slowed again, while the industry is continuing to increase capacity. This cycle...
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Game theory applications in port and maritime studies: call for chapters
A call for contributions in a an edited book project entitled "Game Theory Applications in Port and Maritime Studies" to be published by Routledge (Maritime Masters book series) has been announced by PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom and Bruce Hartmann. This book aims to make analysis using game theory more accessible to those who are interested in maritime and port affairs. To reach this goal, the chapters in the book will address multiple facets of game theory applications in port and maritime studies in view of: Introducing...
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Coordination in hinterland chains: an institutional analysis of port-related transport
PortEconomics associate member Martijn van der Horst successfully defended his PhD thesis at Delft University of Technology, entitled Coordination in Hinterland Chains: An institutional analysis of port-related transport. Martijn joined the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of Delft University of Technology as a guest-PhD candidate to work on his thesis under supervisor of prof. John Groenewegen (emeritus professor in Economics of Infrastructure). The thesis was defended in public in the presence of a thesis committee on 3rd of...
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