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October 22nd, 2013 European Port Policy, Featured, Viewpoints

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 By Thanos Pallis

PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis intervenes on the importance of the European Port Polcy review for national level port reforms in a viewpoint article published in the latest issue of the major Greek shipping magazine Naftika Chronika.

In his editorial entitled “Ευropean Port Policy: An opportunity to save the (lost) honour of the Greek Port System” Thanos describes how the new regulation proposal of the European Commission, as well as specific initiatives referring to concessions, state aid issues in ports, and the trans-european netwrok initiative,  provide a positive background for the progress of port policies at member-states level. He also identifies the ways that the sociall diaologue which is currently in progress at European level can also facilitate this progress.

You can freely download the viewpoint (in Greek) as published @PortEconomics.

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Thanos Pallis

Dr. Thanos Pallis is Professor of Port Economics & Policy & the scientific coordinator of the Jean Monnet Action on European Port Policy at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport (STT), University of the Aegean, Greece. He is currently the President of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), and has served as secretary general of MedCruise, the association of cruise ports in the Med. The author of the acclaimed book "European Port Policy", he has an extensive international experience in port policy and economics. Thanos co-directs PortEconomics and is a regular contributor at the work of national governments and international organisation (UNCTAD, OECD, and ESPO, IAPH, and AVIP) shaping the port sector.

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