Presentations
Presentations
Presentations
The Panama canal today: impacts on world economy and competition
PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue delivered a keynote presentation on the impacts of the Panama Canal on world economy and competition, during the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) that was held in Washington DC, January 12-16, 2014. Jean-Paul discussed the impacts of transoceacnic passages and canals, the several induced and derived demand questions, Panama's changing role in the global economy, the challenges to the expansion of the Panama Canal and many more issues about the legacy and future of the...
Presentations
Port and maritime security: the european approach
Porteconomics member Aimilia Papachristou gave an invited presentation on the Conference entitled "Security at the EU Ports" that was held in the context of EU Projects "See Mariner" and "Support" by the Piraeus Port Authority. During the first session of the conference Aimilia presented a research co-authored by PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis on the theme of "Port and Maritime Security: Τhe European approach". The presentation covered the following three major topics: 1. The need for a maritime (trans)port security 2....
Presentations
Med ports: MoS and the efficient accommodation of mega-containerships
PortEconomics co-director Peter de Langen gave a key-note speech at the Euro Mediterranean Forum in Livorno, Italy, on opportunities for Mediterranean ports to take advantage of the Motorways of the Seas and efficiently accommodate mega-containerships The event brought together a large group of industry experts from Europe, to discuss important issues like the challenges ahead for Mediterranean ports and port cooperation potentialities, the extension of Motorways of the Sea to Southern Mediterranean countries, and the views of the port...
Presentations
Entrepreneurial port development
By Peter de Langen Port economics co-director Peter de Langen gave a presentation on 'Entrepreneurial Port Development' at the IAPH Europe & Africa regional meeting in Amsterdam. Based on experience in Rotterdam as well as with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Peter showed some stylized steps in entrepreneurial port development projects. He also discussed the benefits such an approach can bring and implications for policy makers. The presentation was summarized, in an innovative way, by a cartoonist. ...
Presentations
Challenges to port restructuring: lessons from (failed) reforms
During the Irish Ports Association 2013 Conference, held in Dublin, PortEconomics co-director Τhanos Pallis presented the lessons that European ports and policy makers might learn from cases of countries that failed to conclude port reforms, extracting lessons from the Greek case The 2013 IPA conference brought together an elite panel of speakers that looked at recent policy developments in Ireland and beyond, as well as presented examples from around the world as to how ports have adapted and responded to changing regulatory...
Presentations
Look beyond GDP: challenges for making port throughout forecasts
PortEconomcis co-director Peter de Langen gave an invited presentation at the 7th International Port Finance & Investment Seminar that was held in Amsterdam. Peter's presentation focused on challenges for making port throughout forecasts, inviting participants to rethink conventional ways, in particular the ways that they should look beyond GDP for key drivers of freight flows. Visitors of PortEconomics might freely download and read the presentation.
Presentations
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...
Presentations
Turkey: Istanbul as a cruise hub in East Meditteranean
Turkey's potential on becoming a cruise hub for the East Mediterranean Region, and in particular the potential of Istanbul is the theme of the port study presented by PortEconomics member Michael Dooms along with Oguz Bagis during the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME 2013, that was held in Marseilles, France. Cruise lines seek for new markets in order to accommodate the growing demand for cruise tourism. In this context, East Mediterranean and Black sea ports would be alternatives to the...
Presentations