IAME Newsletter March 2012

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MARITIME ECONOMISTS

First Quarter 2012 March IAMEnews

The Quarterly Newsletter of the International Association of Maritime Economists

The Quarterly Newsletter of the International Association of Maritime Economists March 2012

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CONTENTS

1. WELCOME ............................................................................................................................................................ 1

2. IAME MATTERS .................................................................................................................................................... 3

2.1. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2. MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARIAT .................................................................................................................................. 4 2.3. MESSAGE FROM THE WEBMASTER .................................................................................................................................. 4

3. IAME IN THE WORLD ............................................................................................................................................ 5

3.1. ASIA .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.2. EUROPE...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.3. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ............................................................................................................................... 6 3.4. PACIFIC ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7

4. OUR CONFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................. 9

4.1. IAME 2012 TAIPEI ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.2. IAME 2013 MARSEILLE ............................................................................................................................................... 9 4.3. FUTURE IAME CONFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... 10

5. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS ................................................................................................................................ 11

5.1. COURSES .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 5.2. INDUSTRY RELATED CONFERENCES................................................................................................................................. 11 5.3. RESEARCH RELATED CONFERENCES ................................................................................................................................ 12

6. RESEARCH WORK ............................................................................................................................................... 14

6.1. RECENT ARTICLES IN MARITIME POLICY AND MANAGEMENT (MPM) .................................................................................. 14 6.2. RECENT ARTICLES IN MARITIME ECONOMICS AND LOGISTICS (MEL) .................................................................................... 15 6.3. ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY IAME MEMBERS IN OTHER JOURNALS .......................................................................................... 15 6.4. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 17 6.5. CALL FOR PAPERS FOR JOURNALS .................................................................................................................................. 19 6.6. CALL FOR PAPERS FOR CONFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 21

7. PUBLICATIONS, WEBPAGES OF INTEREST AND VIDEOS ....................................................................................... 21

7.1. PUBLICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 7.2. WEBPAGES OF INTEREST .............................................................................................................................................. 23 7.3. VIDEOS .................................................................................................................................................................... 24

8. MISCELLANEOUS FROM, FOR AND ABOUT MARITIME ECONOMISTS ................................................................... 26

8.1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT .................................................................................................................................................. 26 8.1.1. Environmental regulation exposes the policy challenges of the future; some thoughts and personal views 26 8.1.2. Environmental social responsibility in shipping: Is it here to stay? ............................................................... 27

8.2. MARITIME PROFILE JAN HOFFMANN .............................................................................................................................. 30 8.3. UNIVERSITY PROFILE ................................................................................................................................................... 32

9. IAME 2012 ELECTION ......................................................................................................................................... 34

9.1. NOMINATION FOR IAME PRESIDENT ............................................................................................................................. 35 9.2. NOMINATION FOR IAME COUNCIL ................................................................................................................................ 35

10. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM 2012 .......................................................................................................... 36

11. SUMMARY OF IAME MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS.................................................................................................... 38

12. IAME EXECUTIVE MEMBERS AND COUNCIL ....................................................................................................... 38


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1. WELCOME

Dear IAME Members,

I am taking over the work that Jan Hoffmann successfully has done for the past 8 years. It will be a new,

a challenging but above all, a learning experience for me. I hope that the IAME Newsletter meets your

expectations. As you will see, the Newsletter has a new design although it keeps the structure that Jan has

developed; in addition it includes some new sections to bring as much information as possible. I see the

Newsletter as a meeting point from all IAME Members to all IAME Members. In this regard, if there are

news about conferences, call for papers, research being conducted, policy documents, and other issues

that are of interest to the Community, please send it to our Correspondents (contacts at the end of the

Newsletter) or directly to our email ([email protected]). I am also looking for correspondents in Europe and

Africa. If you want to be one, please get in touch with me as I am sure it will be a rewarding work.

Our facebook page has a new design.

Thank you Jan for providing the photo

that represents the IAME Community and

interests. Please visit it on a regular basis

and feel free to publish information there,

or send it to me and I will do it for you.

IAME facebook page is particular

important for call for papers as deadlines

may have vanished by the time the

Newsletter is being published.

Apart from this, the market has

witnessed some events. The liquefied

natural gas fleet comprehends 376

vessels, of which 900,000 m³ of its

capacity is in a lay‐up or maintenance and

1.5 million m³ is being used as floating storage and regasification vessels; in addition, 1.2 m³ of capacity is

scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2013.

After 2012, an increase in tonne mile demand for chemical tankers may be expected as a result of rising

organic chemicals exports from the new Mideastern refineries to the Far East. In January in Singapore,

bunker prices remained over $700/tonne. Ultra large container carriers total capacity ordered in 2011

amounted to 916500 TEUs against a total capacity of 138200 TEU ordered in 2010. There is a growing trend

of carriers forming alliances.

The Costa Concordia capsized on the 13 January less than 200 m from the island of Giglio in Italy, with

4,200 passengers and crew on board for a cruise in the Mediterranean. The construction of the third set of

locks which is part of the Panama Canal expansion project started in January 2012. The Panama Canal

expansion is scheduled to be completed by 2014 and is expected to cost US$ 5.2 Bn. In the 4Q11 the

demand for oil is reported by the International Energy Agency to have dropped 300,000 barrels per day.

The poor dry freight market led owners to scrap their old vessels given since they are no longer in a

tradable condition. In the 4Q2011 Hanjin’s container business lost 177.2Bn won as against 107.6 Bn won in

profits in 4Q2010. Container vessels need to be in an idle condition for rates to recover because slow

steaming has reached its limit. The ro‐pax passengers that sank in Papua New Guinea were rescued by


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merchant ships. TBS International voluntarily filed in for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to ease the

establishment of a pre‐packaged creditor plan. Rio Tinto plans to invest $2.2Bn on the Nammuldi iron ore

mine thus increasing the project’s capacity to 283M tonnes per year. Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia

suspended Danube River shipping because of the weather conditions.

Box rates went on falling after the post‐Lunar New Year lull because of slow steaming. On 22 February

Singapore’s NOL reported US$478M in losses for 2011 as against the 2010’s profits, which accounted for

US$461M. The group AP Møller‐Maersk is expecting losses for 2012 because of lower freight rates and

higher bunker costs. In Auckland, New Zealand, port labour dispute led Auckland to unilaterally decide to

contract out its box terminal stevedoring. Finally, in the beginning of March, and according to the Shanghai

Containerised Freight Index box rates in the FAR EAST/Europe trades have risen more than 70% week‐on‐

week.

Greetings from Lisbon Ana Casaca, Editor of IAME Newsletter

[email protected] or ana‐[email protected]

Vera Cruz by Jan Hoffmann


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2. IAME MATTERS

2.1. Message from the President

Dear IAME Members,

We are happy to bring you the newest IAME Newsletter, for the first time professionally edited by Ana

Casaca, our new newsletter editor. As already mentioned in the previous newsletter, Ana takes over from

Jan Hoffmann who started editing our newsletter IAMEnews about eight years ago and is also the creator

of the IAME facebook page. He will remain on board as co‐editor. I invite all of you to have a look at this

latest issue and to discover the wealth of information the newsletter provides.

I suspect most of you are working hard on finalizing academic papers for upcoming conferences, not the

least for the upcoming IAME 2012 Taipei conference. The organizers of this year’s IAME conference have

informed me that the call for abstracts was an overwhelming success beating all previous records in terms

of submitted and accepted abstracts. I am confident the organizers have what it takes to make this

conference into another high‐quality event for all of you. As you might now, IAME is also supporting the

Short Sea Shipping 2012 conference which takes place in Lisbon in early April. In this newsletter and on the

IAME facebook page you will find other conference announcements. The organizers of the IAME 2013

conference have also started concrete preparations to welcome us in Marseille. 2012 is an election year.

The nomination round has already been initiated by our secretariat. The lists (for IAME Council and for

President) are expected to be finalized in the coming weeks.

The new website is up and running for some months now, but new functionalities have been added for

members. Thanks to the IAME web team, all members can now log on to the IAME website using their

personal login and password in order to get full online access to our two partner journals: Maritime Policy

and Management and Maritime Economics and Logistics. Both journals have recently been admitted as a

SSCI journal listed by Thomson Reuters, and we are expecting to receive news on the respective impact

factors in the coming months.

I hope to meet you at one of the upcoming events. In the meantime I wish you a lot of success with your

academic and personal endeavours.

Kind regards,

Theo Notteboom, IAME President Email: president@maritime‐economists.org

Over the Mediterranean by Jan Hoffmann


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2.2. Message from the Secretariat

Dear IAME Members and Colleagues

Our first Newsletter for the year under the new Editor. Welcome Ana!

You will be aware that 2012 is an election year for the IAME. Members will be asked to elect the

President and Council for the next two years. An email has been distributed to members inviting

nominations for the positions. Documentation sent out to you is included in this Newsletter for those who

have not received our email. Note that nominations are due by 31st March 2012. After nominations have

been received ballot papers will be prepared and sent out to you in April. A postal vote will be available to

all members ‐ of particular benefit for those unable to attend the Taipei conference. Please note that only

paid up members are eligible to participate in the election.

Memberships are due for renewal on 1st January each year. Invoices, reminders and final notices have

now been sent out ‐ some memberships, however, remain outstanding. If this has been an oversight please

renew your membership now to ensure ongoing benefit of membership such as uninterrupted receipt of

journals. If you choose not to renew your membership please advise the Secretariat and we can amend our

records and delete your details from the database and publishers' list.

You will be aware that the construction of the new IAME web is well underway. We are still waiting for

the membership list to be added. 'Note that access to Maritime Policy and Management and Maritime

Economics and Logistics is now installed.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Gordon Wilmsmeier, the IAME webmaster, for his role in

developing the web ‐ this can be a thoroughly thankless task and I take this opportunity to express my

appreciation. Well done Gordon and thank you!

Best wishes

Sophia Everett, Permanent Secretariat, IAME

March 2012 Email: [email protected]

2.3. Message from the Webmasters

Dear IAME Members,

The new website is running well and a lot of you have already visited the website using your personal

login. The access to both our IAME journals is now fully functional and all existing electronic newsletters,

going back as far as 2004, as well as the conference papers from previous IAME conferences are available

for download. We are currently recoding over 700 unique visitors a month with a tendency to increase

further in the future.

Each member also has a personal profile page. We would like to remind you to fill your profile page, as

we are planning to use this information to publish the membership information, so that IAME members get

better information on the specialities and research areas in the IAME group.

Please remember to send news to be posted on the website to webmaster@maritime‐economists.org,

so that they can be posted. In case you have any further suggestions or ideas please also do not hesitate to

contact us.

Gordon Wilmsmeier and Tabatha Pettitt Email: webmaster@maritime‐economists.org


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3. IAME IN THE WORLD

This section targets at reporting news from the different regions of the world and which are of interest to

the IAME Community. IAME has a set of Correspondents and any news is to be forward through them.

Correspondents contact can be found at the end of the Newsletter.

As Editor of IAME Newsletter, I am looking for a European and African Correspondents. If you are willing

to be one, please reach me at my email: ana‐[email protected] / [email protected]. Meanwhile

information concerning both regional areas can be forward to me.

3.1. Asia

Shipping Research Centre, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic

University. The Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

established the Shipping Research Centre (SRC). The SCR comprehends a group of researchers with shipping

and logistics management background. The objectives of the SRC are as follows: “to promote best practices

in shipping and improve the management of shipping and related activities, and to strengthen the

theoretical base of decision making in shipping and logistics management”1. The SRC wants to serve as an

intermediary to easy collaboration between the industry practitioners and academic researchers. For

further information, please visit the website of the SRC. For more information, please follow the link below.

For further information visit the SRC webpage http://www.lms.polyu.edu.hk/Research/src/

PHD research on “Catastrophe Risk in Shipping: A Multivariate Approach to Assess, Model and Manage the

Impacts of on Natural Catastrophes on Marine Infrastructure and Cargo” at Nanyang Technological

University Singapore is underway and is being done in partnership with Aon Benfield, the world largest

insurance.

Nanyang Technological University Singapore and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore are jointly

organizing a Maritime Public Leaders’ Programme 15‐23 October 2012, for senior officials from maritime

administration. The Programme embraces different subjects such as port planning and management,

shipping economics and finance, maritime law and security, public leadership and governance and involves

Lecturers and speakers from NTU different schools and institutes.

To read the full story, please follow the link http://www.maritimeinstitute.sg/News/News_Detail.aspx?NewsID=148

1 Shipping Research Centre (2012). About SRC. Available at http://www.lms.polyu.edu.hk/Research/src/SRC_Background.asp (acceded at 28.02.2012)


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3.2. Europe

Minister presents the MARITIME PRIZE 2011 to the Blue MBA. The MBA program of the Copenhagen

Business School received the Maritime Prize 2011 from Ole Sohn, Denmark’s Minister for Business and

Growth, who handed the award to Per Holten‐Andersen, president of Copenhagen Business School and

program director Irene Rosberg. The ceremony took place on February 10 2012 at the Danish Design

House, Copenhagen. The prize has been awarded for three times now.

To read the full story, please follow the link http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2012/02/13/minister‐presents‐the‐maritime‐prize‐2011‐to‐the‐blue‐mba/

3.3. Latin America and the Caribbean

The Infrastructure Services Unit (USI) at UNECLAC continues to research on waterborne transport taking

the heritage of the former Division and Transport Unit that started working in this area in the mid 50's.

Currently, it is carrying out a series of activities to promote best practices in shipping and improve the

management of port and logistics services in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote equal economic

and social development of the region. USI has an important role in the physical regional integration

initiatives, where it promotes a comprehensive regional public transport policy, in which SSS, ferries and co‐

modal transport play a pivotal role. The unit also carries out studies to strengthen the logistics chain

security within Central America, the promotion of river transport as an element of development and the

strengthening of public policies for inland terminals. Important efforts are under way to update and

extende the information in the Maritime Profile with data on river and Caribbean ports. Finally, the current

research projects are focus in the sustainable transport, reefer logistics, ports and hinterland development,

promotion of co‐modal transport, among other emerging issues. For more information, please visit the site

of USI (http://www.eclac.org/usi) or contact Ricardo J. Sanchez, chief of the Unit at

[email protected].

Research being carried out at the Infrastructure Services Unit (USI) at UNECLAC. The following topics are

being researched at the USI:

‘South America West Coast Reefer markets’ (master thesis) by Ruth Vagle

‘SSS in Latin America’ by Gordon Wilmsmeier ‘Caribbean ports, challenges since the New Panama Canal’ by Ricardo Sanchez ‘Port Efficiency in Latin America’ by Gordon Wilmsmeier and Ricardo Sanchez ‘Fluvial transport at the Ecuadorian Amazonia’ by Gordon Wilmsmeier

In November 2011, a Governmental high‐level Seminar ‘Desarrollo pleno y políticas de transporte en

América Latina [Full Development and transport policies in Latin America]’ was organized by ECLAC, Ports

of the State of Spain and the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for the Development (AECID).

Ministers, vice‐ministers and high civil servants of governments of Latin America, Spain and USA, analyzed

the effects of the transport and infrastructure policies in the economic and social development of the

countries of the region and the need to advance towards a new paradigm of comprehensive and

sustainable policies of logistics and mobility.


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3.4. Pacific

Australia's resources boom. Australian bulk ports are undergoing unprecedented growth as the country is

continuing to benefit from the resources boom and ongoing escalating demand for coal and iron ore,

particularly from China and India. This demand is expected to continue as these economies grow.

Australia's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics reports that the economies of India and China,

which accounted for less than one tenth of the world GDP in 1990, represented one fifth in 2010 and by

2030 are expected to account for one third of the world GDP, exceeding that of USA, Japan and ASEAN.

Australia's iron ore exports are projected to increase to almost 476 million tonnes (mt) in 2012

representing 40 percent of global iron ore exports. Similarly, growth in coal exports is occurring with

metallurgical coal exports of approximately 165 mt and thermal coal tonnages to exceed 155 mt in 2012.

This growth has led to the expansion of all west coast iron ore ports and east coast coal terminals as well as

the construction of new facilities. The ports of Gladstone, Hay Point, Dalrymple Bay and Abbot Point are all

undergoing expansion and a new terminal has recently been commissioned in the port of Newcastle. It is

projected that the construction of two new terminals at Abbot Point will increase that port's capacity to

400 mt by 2017.

New Zealand Productivity Commission. The New Zealand Productivity Commission has released its draft

paper on International Freight Transport Services. This follows an earlier review by the New Zealand

Ministry of Economic Development into market power and its possible abuse by port companies. The

Productivity Commission report focused inter alia on port pricing and a lack of transparency in setting these

and the possibility of excessive returns. Investigating practices and performance of six ports between 2008

and 2011 the Commission found that only one port recorded a positive 'economic value‐added' for 2009 to

2011. The six port companies under investigation were Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, CentrePort

(Wellington), Lyttelton Port and Port Otago. The Commission found that only the port of Napier recorded a

positive result for the period which suggested that the ports were less effective at covering their cost of

capital compared with other former statutory authorities. One of the issues raised by the Commission

related to investment decisions ‐ in particular the institutions, markets and planning processes in which

investment decisions take place. A greater level of central government guidance was called for and the

need for coordinated decision‐making particularly in relation to road and rail networks. One of the

impediments found was the fact that infrastructure is provided by multiple levels of government and

although a National Infrastructure Plan does exist there is no requirement under the Resource

Management Act 1991 that the plan be taken into account by local or regional authorities when making

planning decisions.

For a copy of the draft report visit the webpage http://www.productivity.govt.nz/draft‐report‐engagement/1022

Government policy and port privatisation. State governments in Australia are introducing a spate of new

port privatisation policies. While the sale of government assets is not a new practice as privatisation and

corporatisation strategies have been an essential feature of government policy since the 1990s, the latest

moves are somewhat different as earlier reform policies focused primarily on the sale of either terminals or

regional ports. This latest move by governments focuses on the sale of capital city ports. In 2011 the

government of Queensland privatised the port of Brisbane and at the present time the government of New

South Wales is investigating ways and means of privatising Sydney’s Port Botany. The sale of Port Botany

includes three container terminals, eleven container berths and a bulk liquid berth. Earlier deregulation

strategies were driven by efficiency and productivity improvements whereas the objective for the latest


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spate of privatisation is revenue raising ‐ funds raised from the sale of the two capital city ports will be

allocated to upgrading roads and building new infrastructure.

Shipping policy. The present Australian Labour government is seeking to expand the national fleet by

tightening cabotage restrictions and imposing a new regulatory regime for foreign companies operating

along the coast. Some aspects of government's reform policy are expected to stimulate growth of the

national fleet ‐ taxation reform and the establishment of a second register, for example. While the Labour

Government's overt policy is to encourage the expansion of the national fleet and entice domestic freight

to be carried on a coastal service, it remains to be seen whether government policy and investment

decisions will have this outcome or whether it will lead to a further move to road and rail. The permit

system in the past enabled foreign operators to access coastal cargo ‐ this is now abolished. Revised

government policy is such that in the event that an Australian flag ship is not available cargo can be carried

by a foreign operator on the condition that employment and wage conditions are comparable with the

Australian equivalent. While this proviso will appease trade union demands it is likely to impose a burden

on shippers. Government must not be unaware that the high cost of Australian flag shipping led to its

demise in the first place. Is it now willing to re‐introduce a high cost coastal service imposing a cost impost

on Australian shippers? Or will it perpetuate the trend away from coastal shipping to road and rail? On the

other side of the Tasman the New Zealand Maritime Transport Act 1994 allows foreign ship owners to

provide a coastal service competing with domestic operators on the condition that they do so as part of an

international voyage and do not operate continuously along the New Zealand coast for a period exceeding

28 days. Domestic operators in New Zealand argue that they are discriminated against and do not compete

on a 'level playing field' with the international operators. Despite alleged discrimination, shippers in New

Zealand do have the benefit of competitive freight rates for coastal movements, unlike their Australian

counterparts.

A forest of cranes by Jan Hoffmann


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4. OUR CONFERENCES

4.1. IAME 2012 Taipei

The IAME 2012 Taipei on “Clustering Logistics with Ports and Shipping Services in the time of Free Trade

Era” is now underway. The full papers format guidelines have been updated and are now available at the

conference website (http://www.iame2012.org/). When submitting the full paper, please send it to both

emails [email protected] and [email protected]. Please play attention

Submission of full papers is due on March 31, 2012.

The conference is governed by the One‐to‐One Presentation Rule, which means that one registered

participant, is allowed to present only ONE paper, exception to be made to the papers recommended by

the Co‐Chairman of the Academic Science Committee. As per the rule, if one participates as a co‐author

and/or corresponding in three full papers, one and two other co‐authors should register and attend the

conference to present the papers.

The Conference is being organised by the Shipping, Port, and Logistics Research Center (SPLRC) of

Kainan University and Chinese Maritime Research Institute (CMRI) in Taiwan, and Jungseok Research

Institute of International Logistics and Trade (JRI) of Inha University in Korea and provides a unique

opportunity to join academics, key industry practitioners, and policy makers from diverse backgrounds and

interests.

For further information please visit the Conference website http://www.iame2012.org

4.2. IAME 2013 Marseille

The IAME 2013 organizing team gathered

in Marseille on February 9, 2012. Professors

Claudio Ferrari (University of Genoa),

Francesco Parola (University of Naples

Parthenope), Elisabeth Gouvernal (IFSTTAR)

met with the local organizing committee

composed by Pierre Cariou, Laurent Fédi,

Marie Cazade, Catherine Delon and Anya

Penney (Euromed Management). One of the

objectives of the meeting was to agree on

the future conference location.

The conference will take place at ‘Le


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Palais du Pharo’ in Marseille (see photos and visit website: http://palaisdupharo.marseille.fr/ ). The ‘Le

Palais du Pharo’ was built in 1852 and was the imperial. Today, the site comprises ceremonial rooms, a

1200 m2 exhibition hall, a 500 m2 restaurant and a 900‐seat auditorium which can be adapted to

accommodate conferences or seminars. The organizing team looks forward to meeting all of you for

IAME2013. Conference dates are July 3‐5, 2013

Palais du Pharo, Marseille

A view from Palais du Pharo on Marseille Old Port

The IAME 2013 Conference organizers are Pierre Cariou (Euromed Management, France,

pierre.cariou@euromed‐management.com); Enrico Musso (University of Genoa, Italy,

[email protected]); Elisabeth Gouvernal (IFSTTAR, Paris, France, [email protected]);

Claudio Ferrari (University of Genoa, Italy, [email protected]); Francesco Parola (University of

Naples Parthenope, Italy, [email protected]); Laurent Fédi (Euromed Management,

France, laurent.fedi@euromed‐management.com).

4.3. Future IAME Conferences

To this date, we have received two formal expressions of interest for the IAME 2014 conference. One from

Singapore (Nanyang Technological University) and one from Shanghai (Jiao Tong University). Universities or

other parties who are interested in bidding for the IAME 2014 conference can do so by sending a letter to

the IAME Secretariat containing an expression of interest to host IAME 2014. The formal bid documents for

the IAME 2014 conference have to be submitted by the end of May 2012. The IAME Council will decide on

the venue for IAME 2014 during the IAME 2012 Taipei conference

Duel by Jan Hoffmann


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5. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

5.1. Courses

TransportNET COURSE ON PORT ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

May 23‐25, 2012, University of Antwerp (UA), Antwerp, Belgium

For further information visit the course website http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.TRANSPORTNET&n=105424

SUMMER COURSE 2012 ON POLICY ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

June 2‐7, 2012, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

For further information visit the course websitehttp://www.pacts‐eu‐us.net/summer‐course‐2012

PORTEXECUTIVE COURSE

June 28‐29, 2012, Marseille, France

For further information visit the course websitehttp://www.porteconomics.eu/portexecutive.html

5.2. Industry Related Conferences

CENTENNIAL AAPA SPRING CONFERENCE

March 19‐20, 2012, Washington, DC, United States

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.aapa‐ports.org/Programs/seminarschedule.cfm?itemnumber=18109

BIMCO PERSPECTIVES IN SHIPPING 2012

Organised by BIMCO in conjunction with Singapore Maritime Week 2012

April 23‐25, 2012, Singapore

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://agm.bimco.org/

2012 OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (OTC)

30 April‐3 May, 2012, Houston, Texas, United States

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.otcnet.org/2012/


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INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT FORUM 2012

2012 Annual Summit "Seamless Transport: Making Connections

2‐4 May 2012, Leipzig, Germany

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.internationaltransportforum.org/

POSIDONIA 2012

June 4 at 8:00 AM to June 8 till 5:00 PM

Athens Metropolitan Expo Center, Athens‐ Spata, Greece

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.posidonia‐events.com/general/general‐info.aspx

NMSA 2012 ANNUAL MEETING

June 27‐29, 2012, Williamsburg Lodge, Colonial Williamsburg, VA, United States

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.nmsa.us/nmsa2012/

BIT 1ST ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS OF OCEAN (WCO‐2012)

September 20‐23, World Expo Center, Dalian, China

For further information visit the Conference Website http://www.bitconferences.com/wco2012/default.asp

BREAKBULK AMERICAS 2012

October 9‐11, 2012, Houston TX, United States

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://breakbulkevents.com/index.php?section=breakbulk_americas2012

5.3. Research Related Conferences

2012 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON SHORT SEA SHIPPING

April, 2‐3, 2012, Estoril, Lisboa, Portugal

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.sss2012.org/


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TRANSPORT RESEARCH ARENA * EUROPE 2012

Sustainable Mobility Through Innovation

April 23‐26, 2012, Athens, Greece

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.traconference.eu/

KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PORT AND MARITIME SECTOR

World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) Special Interest Group 2

May 21‐22, 2012, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://webh01.ua.ac.be/sig2/wctrs/html/activities.html

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON SHIPPING, PORTS AND AIRPORTS (IFSPA 2012)

“Transport Logistics for Sustainable Growth at a New Level”

May 27‐30, 2012, Hong Kong, China

For further information visit the Conference website http://www.icms.polyu.edu.hk/ifspa2012/

5th ASIAN LOGISTICS ROUNDTABLE AND CONFERENCE

“Managing Connectivity in the Supply Chain – Human Resources, Sustainability, and

Security in the Presence of Global Financial Risk”

June 14‐15, 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://alrt2012vancouver.org/

XIV CONFERENCE OF THE ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS (SIET)

June 28‐30, 2012, Bari, Italy

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://www.sietitalia.org/siet2012/

EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE 2012

October 8‐10, 2012, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

For further information visit the Conference websitehttp://abstracts.etcproceedings.org/


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6. RESEARCH WORK

6.1. Recent Articles in Maritime Policy and Management (MPM)

Volume 39, Issue 1, 2012 (Special Issue: Concessions)

Guest Editors: Theo E. Notteboom, Athanasios A. Pallis and Sheila Farrell

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tmpm20/39/1

Terminal concessions in seaports revisited (Guest Editorial)

by Theo E. Notteboom, Athanasios A. Pallis and Sheila Farrell

The ownership and management structure of container terminal concessions

by Sheila Farrell

Concession of the Piraeus container terminal: turbulent times and the quest for competitiveness

by Harilaos N. Psaraftis and Athanasios A. Pallis

Managing port concessions: evidence from Italy

by Francesco Parola, Alessio Tei and Claudio Ferrari

Awarding of Port PPP contracts: the added value of a competitive dialogue procedure

by Hidde Siemonsma, Wouter Van Nus and Patrick Uyttendaele

A new approach to granting terminal concessions: the case of the Rotterdam World Gateway

terminal

by Peter W. De Langen, Roy Van Den Berg and Aernoud Willeumier

A new lease charging system for Busan container terminals: a historical case study

by Paul T.‐W. Lee and Tsung‐Chen Lee

Current practices in European ports on the awarding of seaport terminals to private operators:

towards an industry good practice guide

by Theo Notteboom, Patrick Verhoeven and Martina Fontanet

Acknowledgement to Reviewers 2011

Volume 39, Issue 2, 2012

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tmpm20/39/2

The geography of maritime transportation: space as a perspective in maritime transport research

(Guest Editorial)

by Adolf K. Y. Ng and Gordon Wilmsmeier

Container freight rates and economic distance: a new perspective on the world map

by Elisabeth and Gouvernal and Brian Slack

Maritime constellations: a complex network approach to shipping and ports

by César Ducruet and Faraz Zaidi

The hierarchical configuration of the container port industry: an application of multiple linkage

analysis

by Kevin Cullinane and Yuhong Wang

Why are maritime ports (still) urban, and why should policy‐makers care?

by Peter V. Hall and Wouter Jacobs

Port‐centric logistics, dry ports and offshore logistics hubs: strategies to overcome double

peripherality?

by Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier

Types of cluster adaptation to climate change. Lessons from the port and logistics sector of

Northwest Germany

by Winfried Osthorst and Christine Mänz


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6.2. Recent Articles in Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL)

Volume 14, Issue 1 (March 2012)

Special Issue: The dry port concept ‐ Theory and practice

Guest Editors: Kevin Cullinane, Rickard Bergqvist and Gordon Wilmsmeier

http://www.palgrave‐journals.com/mel/journal/v14/n1/index.html

The dry port concept – Theory and practice (Guest Editorial)

by Kevin Cullinane, Rickard Bergqvist and Gordon Wilmsmeier

The extended gate concept for container terminals: Expanding the notion of dry ports

by Albert Veenstra, Rob Zuidwijk and Eelco van Asperen

A model optimizing the port‐hinterland logistics of containers: The case of the Campania region in

Southern Italy

by Fedele Iannone

A study of dry port development in China

by A Beresford, S Pettit, Q Xu and S Williams

The spatial evolution of dry ports in developing economies: The Brazilian experience

by Flavio Padilha and Adolf K Y Ng

On balancing supply chain efficiency and environmental impacts: An eco‐DEA model applied to

the dry port sector of India

by Hercules Haralambides and Girish Gujar

Free online access to ALL Palgrave Macmillan Journals. During the month of March, in March Palgrave is

offering free online access to their entire journals portfolio. If there are any queries about Access All Areas

please contact Palgrave Macmillan Journals at journals‐[email protected].

For more information visit Palgrave website http://www.418group.com/palmac/aaa/index.html

6.3. Articles Published by IAME Members in Other Journals

Please submit only information about articles published in Journals and subject peer reviewed

For Submission send and email to Ana Casaca Email: ana‐[email protected]

Bergantino, A. S. (2009). Can cruising‐related tourism be considered one of the channels of economic

growth? Some preliminary results using Italian data, World Journal of Tourism, Leisure and Sport, 3(2),

pp.2‐9.

Bergantino, A. S., De Villemeur, E. B. and Vinella, A. (2011). Partial regulation in vertically differentiated

industries, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13(2), pp.255–287.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467‐9779.2010.01488.x/abstract.

Cariou , P. (2001). Vertical integration within the logistic chain: does “regulation” play rational? The case for

dedicated container terminals, Trasporti Europea, 17, pp.37‐41. http://www.istiee.org/te/.

Cariou P. (2011). Is slow steaming a sustainable means of reducing CO2 emissions from container shipping,

Transportation Research Part D, 16(3), pp.260‐264.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209/16/3.

Cariou, P. (2004). Les principales évolutions de long terme du transport maritime international, Revue

Congolaise des Transports et des Affaires Maritimes, Aout‐Decembre, pp.125‐133.


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Cariou, P. and Cheaitou, A., (2011). The effectiveness of a European speed limit versus an international

bunker‐levy to reduce CO2 emissions from container shipping, Transportation Research Part D, 17(2),

pp.116‐123. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209/17/2.

Cariou, P. and Wolff F.‐C., (2010). La future réglementation de l’OMI sur les émissions de CO2: Les

conséquences d’une approche par types de navires, Revue Maritime, 488, pp. 84‐91.

Cariou, P. and Wolff F.‐C., (2011). Ship‐owners’ decision to outsource vessel management, Transport

Reviews, 31(6), pp‐709‐724. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01441647.2011.587907.

Cariou, P. and Wolff, F‐C. (2010). La détention des navires par les Etats du Port: Une application uniforme

des règles?, Annuaire de Droit maritime Océanique, Tome XXVIII, pp.411‐427.

Cariou, P. and Wolff, F‐C. (2011). Do Port State Control inspections influence flag‐ and class‐hopping

phenomena in shipping?, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45(2), pp.155‐177.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/lse/jtep/2011/00000045/00000002/art00001.

Cariou, P. and Wolff, F‐C., (2011). A longitudinal analysis of piracy in shipping, Economics Bulletin, 31(2),

pp.1055‐1062. http://www.economicsbulletin.com/.

Cariou, P., (2000). Les économies d’échelle dans le transport maritime de lignes régulières, Cahiers

Scientifiques des Transports, 37, pp.75‐96.

Cariou, P., (2008). Liner shipping strategies: An overview, International Journal of Ocean Systems

Management, 1(1), pp.2‐13. http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijosm.

Cariou, P., Meija M. and Wolff F.C., (2009). Is maritime piracy random?, Applied Economics Letters, 16(9),

pp.891‐895. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504850701222186.

Cariou, P., Meija M. and Wolff, F.C. (2008). On the effectiveness of Port State Control Inspections,

Transportation Research Part E, 44(3), pp.491‐503.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545/44/3.

Cariou, P., Meija, M. and Wolff F.‐C., (2009). Evidence on target factors used for port state control

inspections, Marine Policy, 33(5), pp.847‐859.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X09000487.

Chang, Y., Tongzon, J., Luo, M., and Lee, P. T. (2012). Estimation of optimal handling capacity of a container

port: An economic approach, Transport Reviews: A Transnational Transdisciplinary Journal, 32(2), pp.

241‐258. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01441647.2011.644346.

Chang, Y.‐T., Lee, P. T.‐W., Kim, H.‐J. and Shin, S.‐H. (2010). Optimization Model for Transportation of

Container Cargoes Considering Short Sea Shipping and External Cost: South Korean Case, Transportation

Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2166, pp.99–108.

http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=910352.

Grammenos C. Th. and Papapostolou, N. C. and (2012). US Shipping Initial Public Offerings: Do Prospectus

and Market Information Matter?, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review,

48(1), pp.276‐295. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554511001049.

Grammenos, C. Th. Alizadeh A. H. and Papapostolou, N. C., (2007). Factors Affecting the Dynamics of Yield

Premia on Shipping Seasoned High Yield Bonds, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and

Transportation Review, 43(5), pp.549‐564.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554506000688.

Grammenos, C. Th., Nomikos, N. K. and Papapostolou, N. C., (2008). Estimating the Probability of Default

for Shipping High Yield Bond Issues, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation

Review, 44(6), pp.1123‐1138. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554508000148.

Gurning, R. O. S., Cahoon, S., Nguyen, H.‐O. and Achmadi, T. (2011). Mitigating maritime disruptions:

Evidence from the Australian–Indonesian wheat supply chain, International Journal of Shipping and


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Transport Logistics, 3(4), pp.406‐429.

http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=41135.

Kim, H.‐J., Chang, Y.‐T., Kim, K.‐T. and Kim, H.‐J. (2012). An epsilon‐optimal algorithm considering

greenhouse gas emissions for the management of a ship’s bunker fuel, Transportation Research Part D,

17(2), pp.97–103. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920911001337.

Lau, Y. Y., Lei, Z., Fu, X. and Ng, A. K. Y. (2012). The implications of the re‐establishment of direct links across

the Taiwan Strait on the aviation industries in Greater China, Research in Transportation Economics (in

press, available online, doi: 10.1016/j.retrec.2011.11.007).

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885911000631.

Lun, V. and Cariou, P. (2009). An analytical framework for managing container terminals, International

Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 1(4), pp.419‐438.

http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=304&year=2009&vol=1&issue=4.

Luo, M. and Opaluch, J. (2011). Analyze the risks of biological invasion. Stochastic Environmental Research

and Risk Assessment, 25 (3), pp.377‐388. http://www.springerlink.com/content/1436‐3240/25/3/.

Luo, M., Fan, L., nd Li, K. X. (in press, 2012). Flag Choice Behaviour in the World Merchant Fleet.

Transportmetrica. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18128602.2011.594969

Luo, M., Liu, L., and Gao, F. (2010). Bertrand competition with capacity expansion – A case study for

container port competition between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Transportation Research Record: Journal

of Transportation Board, 2166, pp.74‐81. http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=910268.

Luo, M., Liu, L., and Gao, F. (2012). Post‐Entry Container Port Capacity Expansion. Transportation Research

B, 46 (1), pp.120‐138. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019126151100124X.

Ng, A. K. Y. and Cetin, I. B. (2012). Locational characteristics of dry ports in developing economies: some

lessons from Northern India, Regional Studies (in press, available online, doi:

10.1080/00343404.2010.532117).

http://rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00343404.2010.532117#preview .

Qin, H., Luo, M., Gao, X., and Lim, A. (2012). An algorithm for the freight allocation problem with all‐units

quantity‐based discount, OMEGA ‐ the International Journal of Management Science, 40, pp.415‐423.

Wolff, F‐C. and Cariou, P. (2010). Le contrôle des navires par l’Etat du Port: Une analyse des critères de

sélection des navires à inspecter, Annales de l’Institut Méditerranéen des Transports Maritimes, pp.229‐

238.

6.4. Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the International Maritime Statistics Forum, Hong Kong, 31 May ‐ 1 June 2011

The International Maritime Statistics Forum (IMSF) dates from the beginning of the 1970s' whose objective

is to harmonise and improve statistics quality and scope within the international maritime industries. To

achieve this, the IMSF promotes ongoing work programmes and affiliation with national and international

maritime institutions. Members of the IMSF are linked to numerous institutions such as trade associations,

port authorities, shipbrokers, carriers, data providers and universities. The Forum organises their annual

meetings, and the most recent one has taken place in Hong‐Kong. The programme of the meeting can be

found at http://www.imsf.info/documents/2011/IMSF%20programme%202011.pdf.The date and venue for

the next IMSF Annual Meeting to be advised.

For further information on the Forum visit the IMSF Webpage http://www.imsf.info/previous_annual_meeting.html


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Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings. The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) is an international

Forum which disseminates research papers in the field of simulation. It comes up as a central meeting who

working in disparate industries make use of simulation. The Conference has been organised since 1968, and

the next WSC will be held in Berlin, Germany at the Hotel Intercontinental, December 9‐12, 2012. The WSC

2011 addressed a comprehensive list of research areas which can be found at http://informs‐

sim.org/wsc11papers/prog11.html and the one that concerns transport falls within ‘Logistics,

Transportation & SCM’ which can be visited at http://informs‐

sim.org/wsc11papers/prog11.html#013%20//%20Logistics,%20Transportation%20&%20SCM. The WSC also

provides an archive of previous conference proceedings which can be found at http://informs‐sim.org/

For further information visit WSC Website http://wintersim.org/

Real Options Theory Meets Practice Annual International Conference Proceedings. The conference has

been organised by the Real Options Group since 1997, and it aims at joining academics and practitioners at

the forefront of real options and investment under uncertainty. The conference embraces, i) theoretical

and applied work of academic and professional presentations, ii) workshops and case discussions, and iii)

experiences from the field and panel discussions. The Conference website presents an archive of the papers

presented in the previous conferences which can be seen at http://www.realoptions.org/abstracts.html

and in it there are some papers of interest to the sector. The next conference will take place in June 27‐30,

2012, London, England, and is organised by the Real Options Group, London Business School in cooperation

with Northwestern University and UCLA.

For further information visit the Real Options Theory Website http://www.realoptions.org/index.html

Ship Structure Symposium Proceedings. The Ship Structure Symposium aims at gathering the international

marine industry members to discuss how marine structures are affected by new cause impacts.

Proceedings are available on line between 1975 – 2007.

For further information visit the Ship Structure Symposium Proceedings Webpage http://www.shipstructure.org/symposium.shtml

International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2009 Conference Proceedings. Subject to the

theme "Post‐Financial Tsunami: The Way Forward for Shipping, Transport and International Trade", the

Proceedings comprehend shipping, ports and airports matters. It consists of 50 research papers within the

scope of global maritime and aviation economics, policies and management. More than 85 authors have

been involved.

For further information visit the IFSPA 2009 Conference Proceedings Webpage http://www.icms.polyu.edu.hk/Proceedings/Proceedings%20of%20IFSPA%202009.pdf

International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2010 Conference Proceedings. The

Proceedings comprehend shipping, ports and airports matters subject to the conference theme “Integrated

Transportation Logistics: From Low Cost to High Responsibility". Concerning waterborne transport, papers

fall within the scope of shipping economics, port strategy, port management and development, port

efficiency and competition, safety, security and environment issues.

For further information visit the IFSPA 2010 Conference Proceedings Webpage http://www.icms.polyu.edu.hk/Proceedings/Proceedings%20of%20IFSPA%202010.pdf


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6.5. Call for Papers for Journals

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (IJAOM)

Special Issue on: "Rich and Real‐Life Vehicle Routing Problems"

Guest Editors: Dr. Angel A. Juan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain, Prof. Javier Faulin, Public

University of Navarre, Spain, Prof. Scott E. Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA,

Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Important Dates

Manuscript submission: 1 May, 2012

Notification of initial decision: 1 June, 2012

Submission of revised manuscript: 1 July, 2012

Notification of final acceptance: 1 August, 2012

Submission of final revised paper: 1 September, 2012

For further information visit the Journal Webpagehttp://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1830

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E: LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW

SPECIAL ISSUE ON MARITIME FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Guest Co‐Editors: Wolfgang Drobetz, Department of Finance, University of Hamburg, Hamburg,

Germany, Phone: +4940428382421, [email protected]‐hamburg.de

Andreas G. Merikas, Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece,

Phone: +306945792401, [email protected]

Publication Schedule

The deadline for paper submissions is May 31st, 2012.

Final decisions on accepted papers are anticipated by no later than December 2012.

For further information visit the Journal Webpagehttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation‐research‐part‐e‐logistics‐and‐transportation‐review/calls‐for‐

papers/special‐issue‐on‐maritime‐financial‐management/

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING (IJMDM)

Call for Papers Special issue on "Collaboration, Information Sharing and Integration in Supply

Chains: Models for Decision Making"

Guest Editors: Dr. Salvatore Cannella, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal; Prof. Manfredi

Bruccoleri, University of Palermo, Italy

Important Dates

Paper submission: 30 June, 2012

Reviewer reports: 31 October, 2012

Revised paper submission: 31 January, 2013

Final manuscript submission to publishers: 31 March, 2013

For further information visit the Journal Webpage http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1813


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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SERVICES AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (IJSOM)

Special Issue on: "System Modelling for the Development of Sustainable Supply Chain Systems"

Guest Editors: Dr. Rika Ampuh Hadiguna, Andalas University, Indonesia; Dr. K. Ganesh,

McKinsey & Company, India; Dr. Harlina Suzana Jaafar, MARA University of Technology,

Malaysia ; Prof. M. N. Qureshi, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.

Important Dates

Manuscript submission: 1 August, 2012

Notification of initial decision: 1 December, 2012

Submission of revised manuscript: 1 February, 2013

Notification of final acceptance: 1 March, 2013

Submission of final revised paper: 1 April, 2013


TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E: LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW

SPECIAL ISSUE ON GREEN SHIPPING MANAGEMENT

Guest Co‐Editors: Prof. T.C. Edwin Cheng, Dr Kee‐hung Lai, Dr Y.H. Venus Lun, and Dr Christina

W.Y. Wong, Shipping Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Publication Schedule

Deadline for manuscript submission: 31 August 2012

Notification of review results: 31 December 2012

Deadline for revision: 31 March 2013

For further information visit the Journal Webpage http://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation‐research‐part‐e‐logistics‐and‐transportation‐review/calls‐for‐

papers/special‐issue‐on‐green‐shipping‐management/

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (IJAMS)

Special Issue on: "Supply Chain Risk Management"

Guest Editors: Dr. Gang Xie and Prof. Shouyang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),

China; Prof. Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of complete manuscripts: 1 September, 2012

Anticipated date for provision of first round decision to authors: 1 January, 2013

Deadline for submission of revised manuscripts: 1 March, 2013

Provision of final decisions: 15 May, 2013



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6.6. Call for Papers for Conferences

MAST EUROPE 2012

Abstract Deadline: 16 April 2012

Abstract(s) must be in English and between 150 and 250 words

Authors to define the paper(s) as operational, policy, conceptual or technical and

distinguish between practical, simulated, and theoretical results. Where appropriate,

clearance from organisation(s) or relevant national authority(ies) should be sought.

For further information visit the Conference Website http://www.mastconfex.com/papercall.asp

3ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL LOGISTICS (ICCL’12)

September 24‐26, 2012, Shanghai, China

Proposal for organizing special sessions ‐ April 09, 2012 Submission of draft paper ‐ April 30, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection ‐ June 18, 2012 Submission of final camera‐ready paper (incl. source files) ‐ July 09, 2012 Early Registration ‐ July 18, 2012 Registration for inclusion in the proceedings ‐ July 18, 2012

For further information visit the Conference Website http://gauss.econ.uni‐hamburg.de/iccl2011/ICCL2012.html

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7. PUBLICATIONS, WEBPAGES OF INTEREST AND VIDEOS

7.1. Publications

‘Políticas integrales y sostenibilidad del transporte marítimo en Iberoamérica’ [Comprehensive policies

and sustainability of the maritime transport in Ibero‐America] (Fernando González Laxe and Ricardo J.

Sánchez). 5 Chapters, part of the large research working program being done by the ECLAC Infrastructure

Services Unit on the Sustainable Transport in cooperation with Ports of the State, Spain. Gabriel Pérez,

Georgina Cipoletta Tomassian, Ricardo Sánchez and Octavio Doerr are co‐authors.

International Transport Forum Publications. The International Transport Forum (ITF) at OECD is an

intergovernmental organisation that comprehends 53 Member‐States. Its objective is to address transport

policy on a global level so that it enhances economic growth, protection of the environment, social

inclusion and human life and well‐being preservation. The Forum organises an annual summit which is a

platform to discuss transport strategies on a global basis. The ITF Publications covers 12 transport topics

(including maritime transport). In this regard, the forum provides some interesting papers that can be

downloaded and which address inter alia port competition, greenhouse gas emissions, Competition

between Transport and Logistics Businesses, and shipping regulation. The papers are available at

http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/maritime/index.html.

For further information visit ITF website http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Home.html

‘Research in Transportation Business & Management’ is a new journal from Elsevier. It aims are publishing

research work which addresses transport management international aspects such

as business strategy, communication, sustainability inter alia. In addition, the

Journal welcomes special issues from management academics who target all

transport modes A list of potential themes to developed special issues has been

identified and include areas such as i) Transport Management and the Reduction

of Transport's Carbon Footprint, ii) Logistics and the Integration of Transportation

into Freight Supply Chains. The Journal editors are M. Brooks (Dalhousie

University, Halifax, NS, Canada) and S. Ison (Loughborough University,

Leicestershire, UK).

For further information visit the Journal’s webpage http://www.journals.elsevier.com/research‐in‐transportation‐business‐and‐management/#description

Elsevier has released a new journal named ‘Economics of Transportation’, whose

editors are Mogens Fosgerau and Erik Verhoef. ‘Economics of Transportation’ is the

official journal of the International Transportation Economics Association and

targets theoretical and applied papers that contribute to the development of

transportation economics. Despite this, the Journal also targets other research areas

that cross the transportation economics. These include labour, trade, urban

economics, industrial organisation and transportation related policy issues. Papers

online submission is now available.

For further information visit the Journal’s webpage http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/726964/description#description


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‘The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics’ is a handbook that provides an in‐depth analysis of

numerous issues related to shipping and port economics. Original theories

relating to maritime carriers and ports theories are presented. The handbook is

five parts which address research papers within the scope of ‘MARITIME

CARRIERS AND MARKETS’, ‘SHIPPING ECONOMICS’, ‘SHIP ECONOMICS’, and

‘PORT ECONOMICS’. The section on ‘INTRODUCTION’ looks at background issues

to shipping such as ‘The Evolution of Maritime Economics’, ‘The Business of

Shipping: An Historical Perspective’ and ‘International Seaborne Trade’. The

handbook is edited by Wayne K. Talley who is Professor of Economics at Old

Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia and is the Maritime Institute Executive

Director. Wayne K. Talley also holds the designations of Eminent Scholar and the

Frederick W. Beazley Professor of Economics.

For further information visit the Book’s webpage http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd‐1444330241,descCd‐reviews.html

7.2. Webpages of Interest

Emerald Journal of the Week. It provides free weekly access to two of Emerald's high quality journals.

Check the link below to see which journals are available over the coming months. You have access, free of

charge, all content from the featured journals. Check the page regularly.

For further information visit the Emerald Journal of the Week webpage http://www.emeraldinsight.com/jotw/index.htm?PHPSESSID=inop4p0erv6muhjdbr15oi4vo2&

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). RePEc is a decentralized database of journal articles, working

papers, and software components. All material is available for free and results from the effort of hundreds

of volunteers that aim at enhancing research in economics dissemination. Anyone can be a provider of

research. There are two ways of participating: i) via a department or institutional archive, in which case all

institutions need to establish and maintain their own RePEc archive; ii) individually if your institution does

not participate in RePEc, in which case you need to submit your papers via the Munich Personal RePEc

Archive (MPRA) and they will be included automatically in the RePEc. RePEc collaborates with the

American Economic Association's database, the EconLit and involves 75 countries.

For further information visit the RePEc website http://repec.org/

Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA). It is a database that economists can use to disseminate their

research papers and make them available for free through the RePEc, and whose institutions are not

registered in RePEc. This database has 19352 documents registered.

For further information visit the MPRA website http://mpra.repec.org

EconPapers. EconPapers allows access to RePEc.

For further information visit the EconPapers website http://econpapers.repec.org/


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IDEAS. It is one of the several services that make use of RePEc information; it contains 1,100,000, most of

which can be downloaded in full. It aims at disseminating Economics research and it is maintained by the

Economic Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

For further information visit the IDEAS website http://ideas.repec.org/i/c.html

The Infrastructure Services Unit (USI) Documentation Centre at UNECLAC. The webpage offers a variety of

documentation and information related to transport, including maritime transport, port statistics, logistics.

Publications date from April 1998 and although most of the publications are written in Spanish, there are

also publications that are written in English. Information is available for free. One of the latest papers

discusses ‘The Costa Concordia disaster and the cruise industry: An analysis of risks and challenges in LAC’.

It is written by Ricardo J. Sánchez and Gordon Wilmsmeier and the authors analyse the possible

repercussions for the sector if a comparable incident would have happened in LAC countries.

For further information visit the USI Documentation Centre website http://www.cepal.org/cgi‐

bin/getProd.asp?xml=/transporte/agrupadores_xml/aes294.xml&xsl=/agrupadores_xml/agrupa_listado.xsl&base=/transporte/tpl/top‐bottom.xsl

Economists Online. It contains more than 900,000 bibliographic references, many of which are available for

free. It also makes use of RePEc in order to provide economics with a new information service. It

comprehends i) some of the world's leading institutions, ii) their scholars and iii) their academic

publications and datasets.

For further information visit the Economists Online website http://www.economistsonline.org/home?lang=en

Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). It is an electronic database that covers a selected collection of

Brazilian scientific journals. Its purpose is to develop and establish an electronic virtual library of individual

serial titles and full text of articles.

For further information visit the SciELO website http://www.scielo.br/

7.3. Videos

CargoXpress. “European cargo freighter for the motorways of the sea … vision … innovating the maritime

transport technology … building low fuel and low cost ships … market … actual maritime technology ship …

a new fleet of fast cargo freights is needed serving the small ports of Europe and Africa … perfect terminal

for CargoXpress … solution … the travelling superstructure contains the command bridge and a cantilevering

crane able to lift 40t cargo … basic architecture developed …structural parts aluminium … elements

produced from one plate no welding – two schottel pods … passenger compartments … life saving rafts …

fuel or gas tankers … ready for structure calculations and channel test … load 100 – 150 TEUs”.

Visit the video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jfMTDYJBm8&feature=related

AMV Njord. “Sustainable Arctic Shipping in 2050 … modular transportation … trading on the top of the

world … Njord – an Arctic modular vessel … cutting edge ship technology – innovative transhipment”.

Visit the video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYyVk9b1C8


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Cargotec's Port2060: 100 years of containerisation. “… the world has changed in many ways … cargo

handling has kept evolving … ports are located offshore … megaports are artificial islands … feeder

terminals can be floating or structures that can be moved around … the container itself will remain as it is …

the materials of which containers are made may exchange to something else … intelligent fully automated

lashing systems … next generation ships will be fully automated or with a very small crew … entire cargo

area can be separated and the actual ship can then pick up the next cargo block and sail on … storage of

containers is organised in underground silos … sustainable form of energy to operate the terminal …

containers will be transported by air … containers are connected to flying spreaders … nano fibre technology

wiring to replace steel wires … feeder vessels loaded with flying spreaders … last minute loading changes

can be made … individual and intelligent transport platforms take care of logistics … equipment monitors its

normal own wear and tear … equipment consists of universal modules that are interchangeable … the

tailoring is done with software … more extraordinary or slightly less exotic”.

Visit the video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=pt‐PT&v=MhzVE_Fhghw

or http://port2060.cargotec.com/

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8. MISCELLANEOUS FROM, FOR AND ABOUT MARITIME ECONOMISTS

8.1. Food for Thought

8.1.1. Environmental regulation exposes the policy challenges of the future; some thoughts and personal views

The European Parliament is currently discussing the amendment of Directive 1999/32. Fuels used in

Member State’s territorial waters should not exceed the limit of 0.1% as from 2015. Exceptions have been

considered for passenger ships engaged in some trades till 2025. The final decision is still pending.

This development is interesting as many and fundamental questions are raised. Almost all related

studies derive the result that the benefits out of a ‘clean air’ policy outweigh the costs. Consequently the

first question is, if the limit of the territorial waters addresses the needs and yields the desired benefits.

The limit is similar to the one set by the IMO for SECA areas. If the Member States of the EU, parties also to

the IMO and MARPOL Conventions, do not declare their adjacent seas as SECA, then a question of

enforcement is raised. The Port State Control (PSC) can effectively enforce a limit that is derived out of an

IMO instrument (specifically MARPOL in this case). Moreover, there are issues related to the availability of

the ‘cleaner’ bunkers as well as to the associated costs. The conditions of the argument that a levelled field

is required for all ship operators in Europe, therefore the SECA areas should be expanded around the

European coastline, are not satisfied, if there are different application limits and enforcement capabilities.

Last but not least, there is an issue of social cohesion for Europeans living on islands, as the ferry services

will become eventually more expensive. Is there a study or a formula clearly indicating the benefits to these

people, and is there an argument that could suggest a trade‐off between ‘health’ and ‘cost of living’ units?

The above questions are deeply political yet the health benefits out of any policy prevail over any interests

of industrial actors and costs. It is interesting though to see, who is supporting all these policies and

developments. Environmentalists and other lobbies with similar interests proclaim such policies.

Manufacturers of equipment support these policies as they serve their private profit‐seeking means. Other

stakeholders, such as the metalworkers support the initiative as they hope that some shipbuilding activity

will be attracted.

Taking into account all the above, I would like to share some personal views. The ‘clean air’ policies

seem to have a positive impact in terms of externalities. Therefore they consist on a good set of regulation.

However, they are incomplete, unless neighbouring third countries adopt similar rules and they are

imposed through the appropriate IMO instruments. Even if ships fuelled by ‘cleaner’ fuels serve the

northern Mediterranean littoral regions, then a substantial part of pollution from other non‐EU littoral

regions will dilute the effectiveness of the strict environmental legislation. Moreover, ships that do not

comply, could unload their cargo in third‐countries ports, and then by truck (mainly) some if not all parcels

could be transported to the EU regions. The externalities in the third countries might be high, yet the

increase of the port activity could balance the costs. However, this might result an increased flow of trucks

from third countries into the EU jeopardizing also efforts to ‘shift cargoes from land to the sea’. The critical

factor for such a modal shift is the cost of compliance, bunkers and generally the generalized cost of the

logistics alternatives. If the compliance cost is high then it is possible to experience many cases of violation

of the rule or of change of the port of call. In both cases, the final result to the environment is detrimental.

The issue of the enforcement is also critical. The introduction of strict environmental rules out of the

current PSC framework is doomed to fail. The PSC safety net is so far proven efficient, and cooperation

among Administrations could amplify further the effectiveness of the regulations. A ‘list of shame’ could be


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also initiated for polluters or systematically not compliant ships, as well as common patrolling and similar

monitoring and prevention actions. The experience from the Baltic Sea is noteworthy. This implies that the

EU has one more good reason to seek for the cooperation of the third countries.

Besides, it seems that the issue of the representation of the EU at the IMO becomes a hot potato. It

might be an unpleasant issue for all parties to discuss; it is definitely controversial yet a new modus

operandi should be conferred. Environmental policies require a concerted action from as many countries as

possible in order to be effective; policies at national level cannot be as effective unless they are stricter and

technically compatible, in order to avoid cases, such as carbon leakage. There is no such thing as a

mandatory consensus, yet the peoples of all States will enjoy the benefits, and they should split the costs.

So, how could one split these costs in a fair and transparent way? The EU should guarantee at last a fair

solution, and so far it seems that it does not, as skepticism about the efficiency of European bodies at

various levels and fields prevails.

The reaction of the maritime community was in many cases not very effective or productive too. The

industry failed to prove that owners and operators would finally pay the compliance bill and this could

affect the quality of the shipping service in the current dire financial conditions, when capitals are scarce.

The persistence of ignoring the evolution of European maritime policy vis‐à‐vis the IMO development

resulted to unpleasant deadlocks and bitter skirmishes with other stakeholders. Finally, the public image of

the industry was damaged and this makes harder to pursue interests at a political level, to tempt the

sympathy of the wider public and to attract young and smart people as motivated employees.

Concluding, environmental regulation of relatively minor importance could have a substantial impact on

the industry and at the same time to reveal the necessary steps towards effective policies. I cannot see any

stakeholder challenging the goal towards ‘clean air’ (and generally any sound environmental goal), despite

the fact that some will argue about the technical issues and the procedures. Moreover, I cannot see how a

new set of marine environment protection policies will emerge, unless the key questions of the relations of

the EU with the IMO and of the enforcement are resolved. Finally, I strongly suggest that policy makers

should estimate the cost of any option or decision and to identify clearly the ‘winners’ and the ‘losers’

before opting for one of them. At this point, the work of academics and of researchers might be

indispensable.

Orestis Schinas Head of the Maritime Business School

Hamburg School of Business Administration Hamburg, Germany

Email: [email protected]

8.1.2. Environmental social responsibility in shipping: Is it here to stay? The last decade has witnessed an increase in the consideration of environmental factors in shipping,

mostly as a consequence of regulation and media attention. Policy measures and the threat of public

indictment have acted as powerful incentives for shipping companies, especially in liner shipping and in the

liquid bulk segments, to take greater consideration of environmental impacts in their investment strategies

and operations. These developments are sometimes dismissed as temporary or motivated only by

marketing considerations. But if this is maybe true for some companies, the shipping business is slowly

changing.

Government approaches to environmental challenges have recognised the necessity of creating

environmental awareness, of providing incentives for greener shipping and stimulating innovation, so that

policy has shifted towards a combination of command and control and market based measures. This is clear


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in the approaches adopted at the EU level, and the IMO level where market‐based measures are intended

to complement technical recommendations and requirements. This appears to be more a more adequate

tactic to tackle issues such as climate change and global warming, and in general environmental challenges

on a global scale. Notwithstanding the difficulties of reaching an agreement at international level on some

of the major environmental issues, an increasing number of policies will be affecting all shipping segments

(Acciaro, 2012).

The policy focus on the environment has come together with a renewed interest of society on the issue.

Consumers are increasingly considering the environmental footprint of products in their purchasing

decisions (see Pickett‐Baker and Ozaki, 2008), and new market segments have been developed that support

sustainable sourcing and help companies in procurement decisions (Meehan and Bride, 2011). Initiatives

such as Wall‐Mart green label or the IKEA Eco Score cards, just to mention a few, are likely to modify how

production, marketing and sourcing will be performed in the future. Although the understanding of green

consumer behaviour is still controversial (Young, et al. 2010; Peattie and Crane, 2005), there seem to be a

distinct trend towards greener purchasing (Huang and Rust, 2011; Flatters and Willmott, 2010).

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and environmental awareness is increasing in shipping beyond the

levels of avoiding detention and fines as a result of non‐compliance. Companies have understood that

moving towards a more sustainable operations and sourcing may grant them the favour of shippers, and

allow higher margins and eventually generate competitive advantage similarly to what is happening in the

logistics segments (Etsy and Winston, 2006). Companies have also realised that CSR and environmentally

aware operations often do not necessarily translate in higher production costs but are able to even limit or

reduce costs.

A large number of emission reducing technologies and operational measures, for example, appear to be

at least cost neutral in general and in shipping (IPCC 2001; UNDP, UNDESA and WEC 2000; Eide, et al. 2011).

Some emission reduction technologies and operational measures could grant ship‐owners substantial fuel

savings that would allow repaying capital costs in a relatively short period of time. Especially if bunker fuels

keep on rising, the importance of finding alternative and more efficient ways to propel a ship will become

more important.

A clear example that has caught also the attention of the academic community is speed reduction (or as

it is often referred to in the industry, slow steaming) (see Cariou 2011). Although there are other limitations

to the implementation of slow steaming, the costs savings are sizeable. If it is true that for many companies

the decision of reducing speed has been motivated by cost considerations primarily, environmental aspects

have surely also played a role.

Further examples are related to fuels, such as LNG or biofuels for maritime use, or technologies, such as

fuel cells or waste heat recovery systems. Some of these technologies and operational measures can

contribute to saving fuel costs substantially, and can benefit the company bottom line depending of fuel

price levels (Eide, et al. 2011). If it is true that some of the costs associated with new technologies are

hidden, and the uptake of new technologies may be limited by lock‐in effects or uncertainty with respect to

the costs and effects of the technology (Acciaro, et al. 2012), other effects are well documented

(Chryssakis, et al. 2012).

The reluctance of shipowners to implement new cost saving technologies, because of what is often

referred to as barriers to energy efficiency (Sorrel, et al. 2004), is a well‐documented phenomenon in most

industries but under‐researched in the shipping economics and management literature (Acciaro, et al.

2012). Although some of the barriers appear to be technical and seem to influence directly the uptake of

emission reduction measures (Acciaro, et al. 2012), others are of a managerial nature (Johansson and


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Andersson, 2011). Increasing environmental awareness in the organisation might then be beneficial for

implementing environmental measures.

Much of the research in these areas is motivated surely by the quest for increased efficiency in ship

operations and the need to comply with upcoming regulation that will require ships to reduce the levels of

sulphur and nitrogen oxides. We see surely in the liner shipping sector the increase of initiatives, proposal

of new designs, marketing campaigns and change of attitude in sourcing aiming at greening the corporate

profile of the company. Many companies also in the bulk shipping sector are actively pursuing

environmental sustainable strategies. They include funding or participating in research and innovation

projects aiming at testing or developing more sustainable concepts, invest in greener designs or new fuel

types.

For many companies there seem to be the desire of establishing themselves as paragons of

environmental compliance. If companies such as Maersk and Grieg, NYK and Wallenius Wilhelmsen, to

mention a few shipping companies or Wärtsilä, among engine manufacturers, are putting so much effort in

greening their operations and corporate images, they must believe they can create competitive advantage

by adopting more environmentally friendly strategies.

This seems to be the perception among several shipping companies as many are turning green and the

initiatives to applaud outstanding environmental performance multiply during maritime events and

conferences. The degree of environmental awareness and compliance is bound to have larger impacts on

the competitive position of the owner or operator as regulation tightens and shippers increase their

demand for green shipping. Being ahead of the game and maybe be able to influence regulation can have a

large impact on the success of the company.

There is evidence furthermore that in procurement relations the environmental profile of a supplier

plays a role in the selection process for many companies. This is not only because the profile of a supplier

may have an impact on the CSR profile of the company, but also because a green profile is associated with

innovativeness and quality of service (McWilliams, et al. 2006; Kibbeling 2010; Acciaro 2011). In this way

shippers would prefer greener shipping companies because they would associate with them innovation

potential and a higher quality of service. Although maybe this paradigm is not yet established in all shipping

segments, it a possible explanation and surely a hypothesis that should be tested further.

We can then summarise arguing that environmental social responsibility in shipping is motivated mainly

by:

The need to comply with existing and fore‐coming regulation

The desire to identify efficiency gains by incorporating environmental aspects in the company

strategy

The desire of gaining competitive advantage through establishing a green profile.

On the basis of these main drivers, it can be concluded that environmental social responsibility is

becoming one of the most relevant developments in shipping and it is a development whose importance

will not decrease in the near future. Although owners and operators might complain that this is another set

of variables they will have to deal with, many are already learning to operate in a business setting where

neglecting to take care of the environmental risk of their operations may have a very high cost. It is likely

that they will also learn to turn this development into a business opportunity.

REFERENCES Acciaro, M. 2011. ‘Pricing in Sustainable Global Supply Chains’. European Conference on Shipping, Intermodalism &

Ports, ECONSHIP2011, Chios, 22‐24 June 2011. Acciaro, M. 2012. ‘Pricing in sustainable global container transportation’. Int. J. Decision Sciences, Risk and

Management, in press.


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Acciaro, M., Hoffmann, P. and Eide, M. 2012. ‘The energy efficiency gap in maritime transport’. 5th international Conference on Maritime Transport, Technological Innovations and Research, Barcelona, 27‐29 June 2012.

Cariou, P. .2011. ‘Is slow steaming a sustainable means of reducing CO2 emissions from container shipping?’, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp.260–264.

Chryssakis, C., Acciaro, M., Eide, M.S. and Endresen, Ø. 2012. Scenario Evaluation for Future Greenhouse Gas Emissions, DNV report.

Eide, M.S., Longva, T., Hoffmann, P., Endresen, Ø. and Dalsøren, S.B. 2011. ‘Future cost scenarios for reduction of ship CO2 emissions’. Maritime Policy and Management, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp.11–37.

Etsy, D.C. and Winston, A.S. 2006. Green to Gold, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. Flatters, P. and Willmott, M. 2009. ‘Understanding the post‐recession consumer’. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 87,

Nos. 7/8, pp.106–112. Huang, M‐H. and Rust, R. 2011. ‘Sustainability and consumption’. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol.

39, No. 1, pp.40–54. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2001. Third Assessment Report, IPCC, Geneva. Johnson, H. and Andersson, K. 2011. ‘The Energy Efficiency Gap in Shipping: Barriers to Improvement’. International

Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Annual Conference, Santiago de Chile, 25‐ 28 October 2011. Kibbeling, M.I. 2010. Creating Value in Supply Chains: Suppliers’ Impact on Value forCustomers, Society and

Shareholders, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven. McWilliams, A., Siegel, D.S. and Wright, P.M. 2006. ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications’, Journal of

Management Studies, Vol. 43 No. 1, pp. 1–18. Meehan, J. and Bride, D. 2011. ‘Sustainable procurement practice’. Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 20 No.

2, pp. 94–106. Peattie, K. and Crane, A. 2005. ‘Green marketing: legend, myth, farce or prophesy?’. Qualitative Market Research: An

International Journal, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp.357–370. Pickett‐Baker, J. and Ozaki, R. 2008. ‘Pro‐environmental products: marketing influence on consumer purchase

decision’. Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 25 No. 5, pp. 281–93. Sorrell, S. O’Malley, E. Schleich, J and Scott, S. 2004. The Economics of Energy Efficiency, Barriers to cost effective

investment. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and World

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Young, W., Hwang, K., McDonald, S. and Oates, C.J. 2010. ‘Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products’. Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 20–31.

Michele Acciaro DNV Research and Innovation

Det Norske Veritas Veritasveien 1

1363 Høvik, Norway E‐mail: [email protected]

8.2. Maritime Profile Jan Hoffmann

Introduction

I grew up in a little village in Northern Germany (“Horneburg”, Altes Land,

next to “Buxtehude”), went to high school in Stade on bicycle (13 km), and met

my first wife when I was 18 years old in Bath, England. As a child, I kept frogs,

ants and spiders and earned some money by breading fish; this was good

business, because my parents paid for the food and water and I could sell the

“Betta Splendens” in the local aquarium shop. At high‐school, with long hair

and patches on my jeans, I was elected speaker of the student union and

decided that (when I am grown up) I would work for the United Nations and

save the world. In Bath, while doing a Biology A‐level at College, I worked in the


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evenings as a bar man in the Bath Trade and Labour Institute; that was long ago, when a pint of Toby Bitter

cost 51p. Later, while studying Economics in Hamburg, I worked during the summer holidays as a seafarer,

on a 1100 dwt tweendecker belonging to a company called “Hoffmann Shipping”, registered in St. John’s,

Antigua & Barbuda.

After a honey‐moon in Brazil, marrying, studying one year in Barcelona, working two weeks in Cotonou,

fathering my first two boys and finishing my PhD in Hamburg (in this order), we moved to London, where I

worked one year for the IMO (1995). In 1996, we moved to Chile, where I spent 7 years, working for IMO

(1996) and UN ECLAC (1997‐2003). In 1997, my third son was born, with his three passports (German,

Spanish and Chilean). Together, the five of us moved to Geneva in 2003.

Here in land‐locked Switzerland I am working for UNCTAD, in charge of the “Trade Facilitation Section”;

my team (I hope they don’t mind the possessive pronoun) is fantastic, currently has 10 staff and

consultants, and I am the only European. I am also coordinator of the Review of Maritime Transport and the

Transport Newsletter, and responsible for a number of projects with activities in Latin America, Africa and

South Asia.

My linkages with the IAME date from 2000, when we started the preparations of the IAME Panama 2002

conference. For eight years I edited the Newsletter, and try as time permits to make contributions to the

conferences and our two associated journals MEL and MPM. The collaboration helps me to keep somewhat

abreast of ongoing research in maritime economics, and I’d hope that IAME has benefited from some of the

input I could give based on my work for the United Nations.

Who or what has been the greatest influence on your life?

My three sons, who keep me young (I like to believe) and who currently study in York, Brussels and Ferney

Voltaire.

What objects do you always carry with you?

CHF, USD, Euros, a USB memory stick, business cards, my 28 year‐old drivers licence, VAT tax exemption

forms, house key, used boarding passes, a key to my suitcase, frequent flyer and 25 other cards, Asperin,

and Imodium.

What is your favourite word?

Sonntagmorgenkäsepfannkuchen.

What is your favourite book?

May I mention more than one? Goethe’s “Faust” as literature. Brockman’s “What we believe but cannot

prove” introducing different current thinkers. Dawkins’ “Unweaving the rainbow” in defence of humanism.

And most recently Kahneman’s “Thinking, fast and slow”: just fascinating.

What is your favourite song or piece of music?

Inti Illimani “Tatati”

What is your favourite restaurant and Jazz Club?

Das‐Feuerschiff (see website http://www.das‐feuerschiff.de/ )

What has been your best past investment?

A course in 10‐finger typewriting at the age of 16.


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What do you do to relax?

Read a book with a glass (or more) of red wine.

What keeps you awake at night?

Not much, really (and the rest is confidential).

What is your favourite journey?

The next one (for past journeys, see whttp://www.janhoffmann.info)

What makes you angry?

Other people’s anger about things that can’t be changed.

What makes you laugh?

The Noodle ‐ Comedy by Loriot, http://noodle.janhoffmann.info

What is your main vice?

Maniac about having my e‐mail inbox emptied in the evening.

What would your epitaph be?

Between birth and death, Jan just kept on seeming to exist. But though he couldn’t prove it, he thought it

was true that he didn’t (idea is borrowed from Susan Blackmore)

8.3. University Profile

Shipping, Port and Logistics Research Center (SPLRC);

Department of Logistics and Shipping Management (DLSM)

Kainan University

Address 33857 No. 1, Kainan Road,

Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Website http://www.knu.edu.tw/splc/ http://eng.knu.edu.tw/

Historical Background and Organisational Structure

The Department of Logistics and Shipping Management offers academic programs covering both the

technological and managerial aspects of the shipping, air‐transport and logistics profession. It provides

undergraduate and graduate (master’s and on‐the‐job master’s) programs. Our graduates serve a wide

spectrum of shipping‐ and logistics‐related companies and organizations.

The department is focusing on the education and training needs of the industry in Taiwan and beyond.

Our mission is to provide academic excellence and professional managers for Asian and international

shipping and logistics industries, and, by so doing, to become an significant and integral element of

Taiwan’s efforts to enhance its position as one of major shipping and logistics centres in the Asia‐Pacific

region.

We aim to provide our graduates with a wide spectrum of knowledge and skills in maritime/logistics

within the perspective of international transport and trade. The programs are also designed to cater to the

academic needs of those who wish to focus their careers on either the operational or commercial side of


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the shipping/logistics industries. We integrate logistics and supply‐chain management with traditional

transportation and manufacture‐operation management to optimize the use of resources of firms in a

logistics network that delivers value to end customers. In addition, to meet employers’ current and future

needs for expertise, the curriculum builds skills and knowledge in operations management, information

technology, cross‐functional management, international business, and transport logistics. We place special

emphasis on active student participation and industry collaboration. In parallel with and in support of

Taiwan’s objectives, the department expects to become an international centre of excellence for

international shipping/logistics education and research.

Presently, the organisational structure is as follows: the Shipping, Port and Logistics Research Center is

the only one university level research centre, which has been qualified in terms of publication and research

fund raised over the last three years. Department of Logistics and Shipping Management belongs to the

School of Tourism and Transport of Kainan University.

Head(s) of Section

Professor Paul T‐W Lee

Director

Shipping, Port and Logistics Research Centre (SPLRC)

Kainan University

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Dr. Chen Tao

Department Head

Department of Logistics and Shipping Management

School of Tourism and Transport

Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan


People involved in the Shipping, Port and Logistics Research Centre (SPLRC) and Department of Logistics

and Shipping Management

The SPLRC consists of four research sections comprising a total of seven research members that have

collaborated with the Asian Logistics Round Table launched in 2007.

There are 11 teaching staff in the Department of Logistics and Shipping Management.

Two of the people involved in the SPLRC are Members of IAME. The contact person for IAME members is

Professor Paul T‐W Lee, [email protected]; [email protected];

Courses Lectured Research Areas

Shipping Management

Port Management

Maritime Policy

Maritime Law

International Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Management

Logistics Management

Shipping Management

Port Management

Maritime Policy

Maritime Law

International Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Management

Logistics Management

Green shipping, port and Logistics

Operations Research and Decision Making Support

System


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9. IAME 2012 ELECTION

Dear IAME Members and Colleagues

As you are aware IAME members elect bi‐annually a new Council and President. The next election will be

held in September 2012 at the Taipei conference.

In order to enable you to have input in determining the next IAME Council and President, I am inviting you

to nominate your preferences. The following forms are attached for completion and return to

[email protected]

Nominations for Council

Nomination for President

Once we have a list of nominees for both the Council and President those nominated will be contacted and

their approval to stand sought. We will prepare the ballot papers and distribute these in April 2012. We will

also distribute a short biography of each nominee. Members will have the opportunity to vote either in

person or by post. Postal voting will enable those unable to attend the Taipei conference to have their say

in electing the executive of the IAME for the following two years. The Council has expressed in the past its

preference to see all continents represented and I urge you to consider this when making selections.

Council members may not serve more than three consecutive two year terms but may stand for re‐election

after a two‐year break. The President shall not serve more than two consecutive two year terms.

There is no restriction as to the number of candidates each member can nominate – although when we

come to the actual ballot each member may vote for no more than ten candidates. Please note that only

paid up members of the Association are eligible to participate in the ballot.

I would appreciate it if you would indicate your preferences and return the completed forms by email no

later than 31st March 2012.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Kind regards

Sophia Everett

Secretary

Saturday, March 17, 2012



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9.1. Nomination for IAME President

I nominate the following as President of the IAME 2012 ‐ 14.

Please email your nomination/s to me by 31st March 2012.

Note that only paid up members are eligible to participate in the election

Sophia Everett

Secretary

IAME



9.2. Nomination for IAME Council

Please email your nomination/s to me no later than 31st March 2012.

Please note that only paid up members are eligible to participate in the election.

Sophia Everett

Secretary

IAME




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11. SUMMARY OF IAME MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

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Bulk Materials International 50% discount (IAMENews #3/2004) [email protected]

Cargo Systems 50% discount (IAMENews #2/2004) [email protected]

CoalTrans International 50% discount (IAMENews #3/2004) [email protected]

Lloyds Shipping Economist 50% discount (IAMENews #1/2004) [email protected]

Sea Change in Liner Shipping 50% discount (IAMENews #1/2004) [email protected]

World Cargo News 50% discount (IAMENews #3/2004) [email protected]

Port Strategy Magazine 33% discount (IAMENews #2/2004) [email protected]

Seatrade Magazine 33% discount (IAMENews #2/2004) hrees@seatrade‐global.com

CI‐Online Liner Intelligence including Liner Alert 30% discount (IAMENews #2/2005) ci‐[email protected]

CI‐Online Liner Alert 30% discount (IAMENews #2/2005) ci‐[email protected]

Fairplay Magazine and Electronic news 30% discount (IAMENews #2/2004) [email protected]

Book ports are more than piers 25% discount (IAMENews #4/2006) [email protected]

Alan Branch’s Dictionary of shipping 25% discount (IAMENews #2/2005) [email protected]

Book Maritime Economics 20% discount (IAMENews #2/2008) [email protected]

Book Marketing of Shipping Companies 15% discount (IAMENews #4/2008) [email protected]

Derivatives in Shipping Markets 10% discount (IAMENews #4/2006) [email protected]

Networking: Being a member of the Association, maritime economists have preferred access to networking through meetings and contributionsto conferences, the newsletter and web site (part of the web site is planned to be accessible by password to IAME members only). IAME Members can nominate candidates, stand for and vote for IAME’s Council and Executives.

IAME Annual Conferences: IAME Members pay a reduced conference fee, participants who are not yet members pay a higher, which includes theIAME membership fee for one year (the exact rates may vary according to the year and place of the conference).

More details were included in previous IAMEnews. Provided to the best of the editor’s knowledge. The usual disclaimers apply.

12. IAME EXECUTIVE MEMBERS AND COUNCIL

IAME Secretariat Sophia Everett, Ross Robinson, Tabatha Pettitt, Australian Maritime College University of Tasmania Fax: + 61 3 9810 3149 Phone: + 61 3 9810 3187 [email protected] Secretary Professor Sophia Everett [email protected] Treasurer Professor Ross Robinson [email protected] Webmaster Tabatha Pettitt [email protected]

President Professor Theo Notteboom [email protected] President Emeritus Professor Peter Marlow [email protected] Council Adolf K.Y. Ng Ana Cristina Casaca Enrico Musso Gordon Wilmsmeier Kevin Cullinane Pierre Cariou Ricardo Sanchez Siri Strandenes Stephen Cahoon Tabatha Pettitt Thanos Pallis [email protected]

Newsletter IAMEnews is being edited and produced for IAME members by Ana Casaca (ESPRIM) as editor and Jan Hoffman (UNCTAD) as co‐Editor, upon the request of IAME’s Council. The opinions expressed in IAMEnews do not necessarily reflect those of the IAME, ESPRIM or UNCTAD. The information is reproduced as believed to be correct by its Editor and co‐Editor. Newsletter contact Ana Casaca, ESPRIM, Rua dos Ciprestes 71, 1ºA, 2775‐357 Parede Portugal Phone: +351214674219 Fax: +351214674219 [email protected] Cover photo http://www.janhoffmann.info

For more information please contact the IAME Permanent Secretariat: Professor Sophia Everett, Australian Maritime College, The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Telephone: +61 (0) 3 9866 7005 Fax: +61 (0) 3 6335 4720 Email: secretariat@maritime‐economists.org Visit our website: http://www.maritime‐economists.org/ For submitting information on a regional basis please contact our Correspondents as follows: Region Correspondent EmailAfrica Ana Casaca ana‐[email protected] / [email protected] Jasmine Lam [email protected] / [email protected] Europe Ana Casaca ana‐[email protected] / [email protected] America and Caribbean Ricardo Sanchez [email protected] / [email protected] Pacific Sophia Everett [email protected] / [email protected] States and Canada Robert Desrosiers [email protected] / [email protected]

IAME Newsletter March 2012

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