Posts tagged with "Thanos Pallis"

Inter–organisational relationships of European port management entities Featured

Inter–organisational relationships of European port management entities

Port management entities, -or, Port Authorities, in a most accustomed context are increasingly involved in collaborations with other ports, commercial entities and institutions. As Port Authorities (PAs) ‘go international’ via several strategies, they expand collaborations well beyond the notion of proximity. While they continue to...
Models of cruise ports governance Cruise

Models of cruise ports governance

The last two decades the structure, strategies, and operational frameworks of cruise ports changed in too many respects. Infrastructure renewal and construction has been accompanied by a wave of reform in cruise ports governance. Cruise ports management has matured with sophisticated strategies involving port professionals and linked...
Calls, connectivity, liners and alliances at Thessaloniki container port Containers

Calls, connectivity, liners and alliances at Thessaloniki container port

by George Vaggelas & Thanos Pallis Thessaloniki stands as the second biggest container port in Greece and a peripheral port aiming to serve the Balkans and further regions in Southeast Europe. It is almost a year since the privatization of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A., via the selling of the majority of the shares of the...
Cruise shipping and green ports: a strategic challenge Cruise

Cruise shipping and green ports: a strategic challenge

Cruise is a maritime activity on continuous growth for more than three decades. With the positive direct and indirect impacts diffused to the port cities or nearby touristic destinations, cruise seaports are gaining importance. The interest in hosting more cruise calls and cruise passenger movements has been supported, in general, by...
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IAME elects PortEconomics members in leading roles

PortEconomics member Thanos Pallis has been elected as the new President of IAME, the International Association of Maritime Economist. The announcement is made following the conclusion of the election during the IAME 2018 Annual Conference held in September in Mombasa, Kenya. Established in 1992, IAME is the Association representing...
Cruise ports: facing the challenges & potential EU initiatives Cruise

Cruise ports: facing the challenges & potential EU initiatives

Which are the challenges & problems that cruise ports face? Do ‘regional’ perspectives exist? For instance, do sub-groups of European groups that face diverge challenges? Is there a North vs South dimension ? Are other parameters, such as governance (PA vs TO) and size that affect the challenges that cruise ports face? Those...
Private entry in cruise terminal operations in the Mediterranean Sea Cruise

Private entry in cruise terminal operations in the Mediterranean Sea

Aiming to effectively respond to calls for upgrading cruise terminals, while safeguarding public spending, port authorities started to seek the active involvement of third parties to finance, construct, operate, and/or commercially develop cruise facilities. Specialized cruise terminals replace multi-purpose or temporary docking...
GREPORT2018: Report on greek ports European Port Policy

GREPORT2018: Report on greek ports

GREPORT2018, the second edition of the bi-annual Report on Greek Ports, has been produced by PortEconomics members George Vaggelas and Thanos Pallis, and published by Ports & Shipping Advisory (P&SA). The report covers all the developments in the Greek Port System over the last years, including a detailed analysis of the...
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