Gordon Wilmsmeier is Senior Research Fellow at TRI. He holds a masters degree in geography, transport planning and informatics Currently, he is Project Leader of the Northern Maritime University (NMU) Project which is developed as part of the NorthSea Region Interreg IVb Programme. 

He is an internationally recognized expert in maritime transport and port development issues and has worked as consultant to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), UNCTAD, UN-OHRLLS, The World Bank, Andean Development Fund (CAF), InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), UNDP, Organisation of American States (OAS), IIRSA and the Ministry of Economy - El Salvador. Gordon has worked in projects in 20 of the 33 countries in Latin America and Caribbean over the last 8 years. Since 2010 Gordon is invited lecturer at the Instituto de Telecomunicaciones, Transporte y Puertos - ITTP, Bogota, Colombia.

Gordon has collaborated in various EU projects for DG Trade and DGTREN in the 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programme.

He is also a member of the Transport Working Group of the German Association of Geographers, the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), the Port Performance Network (PPRN) and associate member of the PortEconomics.eu initiative.

Research Interests

• Freight transport, trade and transport costs – transport infrastructure development
• Sustainable transport - trade and transport geography
• Maritime transport networks and connectivity – SSS and Ferries
• Port devolution and privatization – organizational performance and efficiency in ports – institutional frameworks for ports
• Project and data management - database development

Professional Activities/Achievements

Memberships

IAME (International Association of Maritime Economists) since 2001

DVAG (German association of Geographers) – Transport Working Group, Webmaster (2004-2006), since 2003

TRB-Ports (Transport Research Board) for port development, since 2004

Port Performance Network, since 2004

PortEconomics.eu initiative, since 2010

Current Research Projects

NMU - Northern Maritime University, funded by the EU Interreg IVB North Sea Programme, Project Leader
May 2008 to April 2010 (with Professor Kevin Cullinane and Professor Alf Baird).

Scottish Ferries Review, funded by the Scottish Government,
January 2009 to May 2009 (with Professor Kevin Cullinane and Professor Alf Baird).
Website: Scottish Ferries Review

Dryport, funded by the EU Interreg IVB North Sea Programme,
September 2008 to August 2010 (with Professor Kevin Cullinane, Professor Alf Baird and Jason Monios).

STRATMOS: Strategic Motorway of the Sea Demonstration Project, funded by the EU Interreg IVB North Sea Programme,
2008 to 2011. (with Professor Kevin Cullinane and Professor Alf Baird)

Interconnect: Interconnection between short and long-distance transport networks, funded by the EU 7th Framework Programme.
June 2009 - June 2011 (with Christiane Bielefeldt and Helen Condie)
Responsibility: Ferry case studies.

Recent Research Projects

DIFFERENT: User reaction and efficient DIFFERENTiation of charges and tolls,
funded by the EU FP6, May 2006 to April 2008 (with Professor Christiane Bielefeldt, Professor Alf Baird and Helen Condie).
Website: www.different-project.eu

Clyde Waterbus - Glasgow City Council (with Professor Alf Baird).

IMEC (International Marine Environment Certificate), aimed at developing a certificate documenting personal environmental skills in marine and maritime issues.
Website: http://www.imec.no/

TRI - Webmaster

A visit to the Port of Cartagena, Colombia - September 2008