Posts tagged with "George Vaggelas"

PortGraphic: economic crisis and ports - the greek case Containers

PortGraphic: economic crisis and ports - the greek case

By George Vaggelas The Greek economy is going through the eighth year of economic recession as the economic crisis in Greece started at the end of 2008 and continues today. In this environment, Greek ports tried to respond to a series of challenges such as the reduction in consumption in the internal market, the reduction in the...
PORTOPIA: stakeholders to reflect on port performance criteria Containers

PORTOPIA: stakeholders to reflect on port performance criteria

Port Experts and stakeholders  are invited to reflect upon the performance of the port industry in the EU, and the further need to develop performance insights on the industry level. An one-day event is organised in Lisbon on March 23rd, 2016, which can be combined with an IAPH-PIANC event on the stakeholder consultation of...
Container ports: the most popular in 2015 Containers

Container ports: the most popular in 2015

PortEconomics is celebrating the ending of 2015 recapping the articles that have captured the interest of the visitors of our web initiative so far for 2015. As measured by Google Analytics the list of the top-5 papers on container ports: 1. Scenarios on alliance formation in container shipping Having demonstrated how strategic...
Piraeus port privatization: trick or treat? Containers

Piraeus port privatization: trick or treat?

By George Vaggelas Following a series of delays in the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) privatization process that started back in 2010, it seems (?) that the long suffering privatization will come into an end on early December with the submission of the economic offers from the interested bidders. PortEconomics member George Vaggelas...
European port policy at a crossroads European Port Policy

European port policy at a crossroads

Fourteen years since its first attempt, the EU is still searching for a European port policy able to increase the competitiveness of European ports. PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas in their article at "Naftika Chronika" magazine argue that market access to port services is no longer the "Holy Grail" for the EU's...
Beyond productivity: understanding container port performance Containers

Beyond productivity: understanding container port performance

Port users perceptions of their experience in a given port, do matter and port performance measurement needs to take this into account argue Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas in their latest port study that was presented at the 5th International Symposium on Ship Operations, Management & Economics (SOME 2015) held in Athens,...
Coal handling at the port of Thessaloniki Featured

Coal handling at the port of Thessaloniki

By George Vaggelas PortEconomics member George Vaggelas contributes to the latest issue of Dry Cargo International magazine (February 2015) with an article presenting the business of coal handling at the Port of Thessaloniki (Greece). Coal is one of the major dry bulk cargoes in the global trade. The port of Thessaloniki is the...
Dealing with supply chain visibility Featured

Dealing with supply chain visibility

Visibility perspectives are among the top priorities for supply chains; a core issue towards more efficient operation and cooperation among the supply chain players, with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) playing a crucial role towards this direction. Supply chain players cooperation relies heavily in ICT integration...
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