Monday, 06 July 2009 13:09

TRI presents at IAME Conference 2009

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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:

 

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:

 

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: