June 2011: PortEconomics member Thanos Pallis presents its views on the progress of the European Port Policy and the lessons resulting for European integration at the International Meeting of the Hellenic University Association for European Studies (EPEES).
The meeting, had the theme "Enlargement or deepening? The EU in the era of the Lisbon Treaty", and was held in Lesvos Greece, 11-12 June 2011. Thanos presentation "Deepening or Widening? The adjustment challenge for sectoral EU policies: Lessons from the European Port Policy" is...
June 2011: PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom and associate member Jean-Paul Rodrigue led the academic session at the TOC Europe conference which took place in Antwerp from 7 to 9 June 2011. Read their presentation on "The next box wave - can containerization reinvert itself?" @ PortEconomics.eu
May 2011: Members of the PortEconomics team played a key role at the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) 2011 Conference, held in Cyprus May 5 & 6, 2011.
The key presentations, that set the tune of the discussions in two different sessions, included:
Selection and measurement of port performance indicators. Peter de Langen, along with Michael Doooms, joined by partners in the PPRISM project presented the outline of a future European ‘dashboard’ of port performance indicators.
Economic outlook for ports and shipping: A...
May 2011: ENPOS member Theo Notteboom will speak at the upcoming 27th IAPH World Port Conference (International Association of Ports and Harbors) which will take place in Busan, South Korea from 23 to 27 May 2011.
Theo's presentation entitled ‘In search of synergies between seaports and inland ports in Europe’ will focus on the functional relationships between seaports and inland ports in Europe. It will be discussed how the European port system and inland port system developed over time and how competitive forces have reshaped...
PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas delivered a presentation on 4Ps (Public Private Partnerships in Ports): A Research Agenda at the Symposium "Public Private Partnerships in Transport: Trends and Theory Research Roadmap". The Symposium was organised in Lisbon (January 13-15) under the EU funded P3T3 COST Action (Public Private Partnerships in Transport: Trends & Theory) in which ENPOS members have an active role.
The presentation identifies research gaps and by proposes specific research issues related to...
November 2010: PortEconomics member Thanos Pallis was among the speakers at the CEMTPP Marine Transportation Lecture Series having the theme Port Financing in the Post-Financial Crisis: Funding the infrastructures that support globalization, that was held at Columbia University, New York, on November 12, 2010 .
The event was organized by the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, Columbia University, NY, in cooperation with NYMAR and The Transportation Committee of the New York State Bar Association, International...