Update on academic research and courses of the Center of Excellence for supply chain and logistics.
The transport and logistics industry is under increasing pressure to provide sustainable solutions to global challenges such as COVID-19 and climate change. To meet this demand, we offer top-notch academic research and future-proof management courses on supply chain, transport and logistics. In this newsletter, you get an update on our latest activities.
In a year where digital resilience has proven to be a key success factor for ports, #SPEED has been shortlisted for the World Port Sustainability awards, as the only European contender in the category ‘Resilient Digital Infrastructure’. If you believe that collaborative innovation toward a smarter ports market is the way forward: give us your vote!
Greening of ports : sailing the green course Maritime shipping and ports are important contributors to air emissions. Legislation is available at various policy levels, but more solutions are needed that are in a further stage of development, taking into account also the economics of the various involved actors.
The added value of rail freight transport in Belgium
Rail freight transport is facing contradicting realities. Ambitious goals to stimulate this mode of land transport at the expense of the less sustainable and over congested road transport, are going hand in hand with a continuous decrease in usage and modal share statistics.
Our specialization courses of one or two weeks are designed to gear you up with all the necessary skills and knowledge to address current and future challenges. Pick your modules within Maritime Transport, Air Transport and Research Fundamentals.
Get thorough insight into global supply chains and logistics. Discover the 8 online sessions, each containing a challenging combination of real life business cases and relevant academic knowledge.
In a smart port world enabled by digital technologies and platform business models, the key to realizing the economic value-added potential will lie in strategies to form, activate and grow the ecosystem. In this panel, moderated by AMS professor Wouter Van Bockhaven, experts from DP World, MOW, IBM Tradelens, Digitaal Vlaanderen and eClic will share their perspective on the necessary conditions to reinforce the competitive position of the Flemish region and its ports.
Questions? Contact Wouter!
Wouter Van Bockhaven
Assistant Professor Strategy & Innovation Ecosystems
