Low-Carbon Rail Freight Corridors – Final Event
TPR kindly invites all to participate to the final event of the project ‘Low-Carbon Rail Freight Corridors for Europe’ on 8 November in Brussels. The theme of the event is ‘Demand shift of road electrification – Pathways towards a carbon-free European freight transport’. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
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Seminar Two decades of world city network research
TPR kindly invites all to an Urban Studies Institute seminar by Prof. Ben Derudder on 20 November in Antwerp on ‘Two decades of ‘world city network research’: looking forward by looking back’. This seminar will be devoted to a critical review of the roughly two decades of ‘world city network research’ carried out under the umbrella of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network.
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TPR hosted NOVIMAR general project meeting
From 3 to 5 October, TPR hosted the third general project meeting of the NOVIMAR project. In the NOVIMAR vision, future waterborne transport operations on short-sea, sea-river and inland waterways can be performed by vessel trains.
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TPR hosted Simultra general project meeting
On 27 and 28 September, TPR hosted the third general project meeting of the SIMULTRA project. Simultra aims to implement six simulation tools for some of the main operational processes in the logistics and transport sector.
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TPR students @ Chongqing
From 7 to 22 September, TPR students enjoyed a visit to Chongqing, hosted by Chongqing University. The students participated to lectures, went on company visits, and exchanged cultural experiences with local Chinese students.
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Taming the last mile
Past TPR work on last mile costs got recent attention in Supply Chain Management Review.
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TPR presented @ IAME 2018
TPR gave following presentations at the IAME 2018 Conference in Mombassa:
– Determining detailed requirements for a baseline logistics model for vessel platooning
– Cooperation between port authorities from a port user perspective: the case of the Flanders Port Area
– The chain cost impact of various environmental shipping policies on maritime trade flows and port competitiveness
– Economic impacts of the ballast water treaty: a case study for The Netherlands and Belgium
– Economic Analysis of Demurrage and Detention along the Maritime Supply Chain
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| TPR presented @ various eventsTPR lately presented on: – Special problems of benchmarking ports and airports – Status, trends and challenges of shipping and ports in Europe – Route optimization: a strategic analysis of supply chain costs – The Liner Perspective on Container TradeView presentations |
| Upcoming external events where you can meet TPR |
Chainport Hackaton Antwerp – 11 oct 2018
| OTM Logistics Hackaton Antwerp – 16 nov 2018 |
Contact
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Economics University of Antwerp
departement.tpr@uantwerpen.be
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