NMU presented in full strength at IAME Conference 2009

Written by Gesine Stück  |  Wednesday, 08 July 2009  | 

The NMU’s lead partner, the Transport Research Institute from the Edinburgh Napier University, was presented in full strength at the IAME Conference 2009: Prof. Kevin Cullinane, Prof. Alf Baird and Gordon Wilmsmeier gave presentations. This conference of the International Associated of Maritime Economists is the most important academic event in the global community of maritime economists.

Prof. Kevin 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. 
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"The Role of Shipping in Green Logistics" by 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.
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"Private Equity Investments in the European Ferry Market" by Prof. Alf Baird

Gordon Wilmsmeier presented on two 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.
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"Trade Responses to Freigh Rates: Decomposing Latin American Trade" by Prof. Inmaculada Martinez-Zaroso and Gordon Wilmsmeier

Together with Theo Notteboom (Antwerp University) Gordon Wilmsmeier analysed the determinants of liner shipping network configuration by comparing two regions, the west coast of South America and Northern Europe.
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"Determinants of Liner Shipping Network Configuration: A Two Region Comparison” by Gordon Wilmsmeier and Theo Notteboom

The NMU project partner University of Southern Denmark (SDU) was among others organising the IAME Conference 2009. Arne Jensen (University of Gothenburg) and Kristen Nedergaard (SDU) were members of the Scientific Executive Committee.

For more information about IAME 2009 click here.