The Port and Maritime Sector: Key Developments and Challenges - 5-7 May 2021 - online | Three-day international conference on the latest developments in maritime shipping and ports, targeting business practitioners, policy makers and scientists from around the world, hosted by:
- The Special Interest Group A2 (Ports and Maritime) of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)
- Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
The conference runs over three days of presentations and discussion sessions in an international program, from a selection of global abstracts submitted earlier. Sessions will feature
among others following topics:
- Maritime trade and forecasting
- Shipping markets
- Ship emissions and solutions
- Port energy issues
- Maritime and port digitalization and big data use
- Port and maritime security
- Maritime and port innovation
- Hinterland transport solutions, bundling and synchromodality
- Cruise business
- Terminal operations
- Port capacity investments
130 contributions will be presented in a series of parallel tracks.
Special sessions will deal with the future of jobs in ports and maritime, and with sustainability. A round table workshop will enable you to get in touch with
representatives of the ports of Abu Dhabi, Australia, Antwerp, Ghana, Hamburg, Israel, Panama, Rotterdam, Seattle/Tacoma and Vancouver. They will each interact with you on a specific key issue in ports.
The conference participation fee is deliberately kept low (€150).
Find all information for registration on the conference website. | |