Friday, 24 July 2009 09:43

Logistics Countdown to 2012

3rd Annual Forum

Logistics Countdown to 2012:

Making It Work

3^rd November 2009, Eversheds, London

The building of the Olympic Park is one of the largest construction and engineering projects in Europe. A project twice the size of Heathrow Terminal 5 has to be delivered in half the time.

Now it its third year the 3^rd Annual Logistics Countdown to 2012 Forum has become established as an important industry annual event, bringing together the organisations at the heart of the London Olympics delivery to update on progress and discuss the challenges ahead.

This year’s event provides an opportunity to receive an update on logistics from the ODA and CLM.

For the first time it will focus on the provision for the movement of people and goods during the Games and hear from LOCOG on the arrangements for the handover. It will also present the chance to hear from Transport for London on the arrangements for managing London’s transport during the Games.

If you are involved in the delivery of logistics or transport within London attend this timely forum to update on progress and meet new contacts.

Issues to be discussed include:

• Hear an update on the ODA’s plans for construction logistics
• Learn the latest about progress on site
• Understand LOCOG’s plans for the handling of logistics issues
• Gain an update from the Host Boroughs
• Find out the arrangements for managing transport during the Games
• Discuss the challenges ahead

Speakers include:

David Quarmby CBE Director Colin Buchanan and Chairman Independent Transport Commission

Christopher Garnett Board Member Olympics Delivery Authority

Nigel Garfitt Group Services Director LOCOG

Hugh Sumner Director of Transport ODA

Graham Jones Head of Olympic Route Network Programme, Surface Transport Transport for London

Dave Peacop Head of Logistics ODA/CLM and Christopher Garnett Board Member Olympics Delivery Authority

For further information and to register please visit: https://www.eventsforce.net/logistics

Friday, 17 July 2009 16:17

IAME 2011: Successfull Bid by TRI, UNECLAC and ITMMA

The consortium of TRI, UN-ECLAC and ITMMA have been awarded the right to organise the Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) in 2011.

The conference will be held in Santiago de Chile at the Headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC).

TRI and its partners are looking forward to bringing the Annual Conference to South America for the first time in IAME history and, by doing so, bringing a new impulse to maritime research, to the region, and at the same time strengthening ties between TRI, ITMMA and UNECLAC.

The theme of the conference is to be “Shipping markets, port devolution and a changing geography of world maritime transport”, with proposed running dates of October 31st to November 4th 2011.

Arising key topics relating to the region and the IAME conference itself currently include:

• Renegotiation of the first port concessions in the region;
• Exciting new challenges ahead in maintaining and strengthening South America’s location within the global liner shipping network;
• South America as a net exporter of commodities;
• The role of bulk shipping markets play as significant determinants of the competitiveness of the countries in the region;
• Liberalisation of cabotage being back on the political agenda and the growing interest in establishing regional cabotage regulation.

If you have any queries or questions regarding the conference or any of the arising key topics, please contact TRI's This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Wednesday, 08 July 2009 12:21

Keynote Speech at North Sea Region Conference

On 24th June 2009, TRI's Gordon Wilmsmeier presented a keynote speech at the North Sea Region Programme Annual Conference 2009, hosted by the Interreg IVb Secretariat.  The presentation was on the topic of sustainable innovation and the associated challenges for maritime transport policy. TRI was representing the Northern Maritime University project, of which it is also the lead partner. The conference was held in Egmond aan Zee/Haarlem, the Netherlands, under the title "Sustainable Innovation". The event focused on the social and environmental dimensions of innovation in the context of transnational cooperation and the European policy framework.

Click below to download a copy of the presentation:

• "Sustainable Innovation – challenges for maritime transport policy"
  - Gordon Wilmsmeier

Monday, 06 July 2009 13:09

TRI presents at IAME Conference 2009

TRI Director Prof. Kevin Cullinane, as well as head of the TRI Maritime Research Group Prof. Alf Baird and TRI member Gordon Wilmsmeier, gave presentations at the 2009 IAME (Internation Associated of Maritime Economists) Conference, the most important academic event in the global community of maritime economists. For more information on the event itself, please visit the IAME 2009 website.

Prof. Cullinane gave his keynote presentation on the role of shipping in green logistics, looking at the environmental impact of shipping and what could be done about it now and into the future. Click below to download a copy of the presentation:

• "The Role of Shipping in Green Logistics"
  - Prof. Kevin Cullinane

Prof. Alf Baird presented on the topic of private equity investments in the European ferry market. Prof. Baird examined the structure of private equity firms (PEFs) and gave a series of recent case study examples detailing how European ferry firms had been bought by PEFs. Click below to download a copy of the presentation:

• "Private Equity Investments in the European Ferry Market"
  - Prof. Alf Baird

Gordon Wilmsmeier presented on three separate themes. The first, presented with Prof. Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso (Universidad de Jaime I), looked at trade responses to freight rates and the downward trend of Latin American maritime trade. The second talk, presented with Theo Notteboom (Antwerp University), analysed the determinants of liner shipping network configuration by comparing two regions, the west coast of South America and Northern Europe. The third presentation, given alongside Sebastián Faúndez (UNECLAC), Gabriel Pérez (UNECLAC), and Ricardo J. Sánchez (UNECLAC), focused on the impact of varying commodity freight rates. Click below to download a copy of the presentations:

• "Trade Responses to Freigh Rates: Decomposing Latin American Trade"
  - Prof. Inmaculada Martinez-Zaroso and Gordon Wilmsmeier
  
  
• "Determinants of Liner Shipping Network Configuration: A Two Region Comparison"
  - Gordon Wilmsmeier and Theo Notteboom
• "Commodities Freight Rates: What the Cargo Will Bear?"
  - Sebastián Faúndez, Gabriel Pérez, Ricardo J. Sánche, and Gordon Wilmsmeier

Monday, 06 July 2009 12:31

TRI Director Appointed as Scottish Government Advisor

The Director of the Transport Research Institute (TRI), Prof. Kevin Cullinane, was recently appointed as an adviser to the Scottish Government for its consultation document on ‘the use of cleaner vehicles and alternative fuels to reduce emissions from road transport’.

The consultation document was launched by Stewart Stevenson MSP (Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change) at the Transport Technology and Climate Change: Building a Greener Scotland conference which was held at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on June 29th. The conference was perceived as a significant success and was organised by Helen Condie, James Cooper and Jill Napier of TRI, in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise, COSLA (the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) and the Scottish Government.

Prof. Cullinane describes his involvement in the preparation of the consultation document as: "A gruelling and intense experience because of the tight deadlines, but also rather interesting because of the opportunity provided to contribute to, and help mould, emerging Scottish policy on such an important issue as road transport and climate change. It is particularly gratifying that TRI had such a pivotal involvement in the launch event for the consultation phase.  Enormous thanks must go to the organising team at TRI. They have done a magnificent job in bringing the event to fruition."

Monday, 06 July 2009 10:29

TRI Presents at ECOMM Conference

TRI members Prof Tom Rye and Dr Michael Carreno gave presentations at the recent ECOMM conference which was held in Donostia, San Sebastian this May 2009. Dr Carreno's presentation was named as one of the highlights of the event. A full list of presentations can be found by clicking here.

Files to download:

• Design and Evaluation of­ a Theory-Based Intervention Study
  - Dr Michael Carreno
  
• Integration of Mobility Management in Land Use Planning: Outputs
  - Prof Tom Rye
• Plenary Session: Exploring Future Strategies for Workplace Mobility Management
  - with participation by Prof Tom Rye