New paper contributions by TPR

–Assessing Daily Urban Systems: A Heterogeneous Commuting Network Approach -Towards improved port capacity investment decisions under uncertainty : a real options approach

Season’s greetings from TPR!

It’s been a great year working with you. Merry Christmas from all of us!
May the new year unite us in education, research and interesting cooperation

Antwerp Rail School 2019

On 11-15 March 2019, the sixth edition of the Antwerp Rail School is organised by our Department, in cooperation with Ricardo Rail.
The target audience includesprofessionals in the rail business, as well as academics and PhD students who would like to gain advanced insight how rail businesses work and what scientific methods can be applied and derived.
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Master Maritiem en Logistiek Management

Dit is de nieuwe naam voor de Master Maritieme Wetenschappen. In deze master kan je vanaf academiejaar 2019-2020 ook de Chongqing Summerschool, of de Summerschool on Urban Logistics volgen!Ga naar de website

VRP Stoomcursus

Op 9, 16 en 23 maart 2019 organiseert de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ruimte en Planning een Stoomcursus Ruimtelijke Planning. Deze unieke driedaagse opleiding van de VRP in samenwerking met de Vlaamse universiteiten, is een uitgelezen kans om uw kennis over ruimtelijke planning bij te spijkeren.Registreer hier

TPR hosted succesful BNPPF Port Innovation Café

On 8 November, TPR hosted its sixth BNP Paribas Fortis Chair Port Innovation café on ‘Integration of the maritime chain – Sustainability: a new innovative business model’’.
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TPR hosted Air Transport Colloquium

On 6 December, TPR hosted its annual Air Transport Colloquium, in which participants from industry and policy together with students exchanged views on innovations which can help the actors in the sector to deal with the disruptive environment and form successful aviation business strategies.
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TPR co-hosted Lowcarb final event

On 8 November, the LowCarb-RFC project held its Final Event in Brussels. The project pursues the questions which opportunities rail and road transport offer to decarbonise freight transport along major European corridors, how to tackle existing institutional barriers and what impacts can be expected on logistic hubs.View final reports

Matteo Balliauw wins Best Paper Award On 5 December, Matteo Balliauw got awarded the Best Paper Award by the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Antwerp, with his paper on ‘ A real optionsanalysis of port capacity expansion investments involving time to build’. View pictures

External speakers @ TPR

– Mary Brooks on ‘Measuring port performance: lessons from North American research’
– Kostas Papoutsison ‘Sustainability in retail logistics with the level focus on sports retailing’
– Andreas Reeh on ”Innovation in Aircraft Design: the role of hybrid electric aircraft’
– Eckhard Szimba on ‘The HIGH-TOOL model – a strategic assessment instrument for evaluating European transport policies and concepts’
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VRP fellows @ Paris excursion

On 9 November, Ann Verhetsel guided an excursion with the Vlaamse Vereniging Ruimte en Planning in Paris to explore the geography of commercial and residential real estate.

Real estate students @ London and Paris excursion

On 16 November, Ann Verhetsel guided the students of the Master Real Estate of the Antwerp Management School in London and Paris to explore the geography of commercial and residential real estate.
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C-MAT students visit Caterpillar site

On 19 November, C-MAT students enjoyed a visit to Caterpillar in Vilvoorde.
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TPR presented @ Doctoral Day

TPR doctoral students presented @ FBE’s Doctoral Day 2018 on:
–  How to make freight transport by tram profitable?
–  The proliferation of collection and delivery point networks
–  Economies of scale and cost complementarities in the European ANS industry: a multi-product translog approach
–  A real options analysis of port capacity expansion investments involving time to build
–  Container terminal efficiency: Case of Le Havre – Hamburg
–  Automation in inland navigation
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TPR presented @ various events

TPR lately presented on:
– Economic comparison of sustainable alternative fuel technologies for green shipping 
– Environmental issues in shipping
– Informationsharing, terminal capacity and the intermodal chain
– Decarbonising Maritime Transport
– Current challenges for global maritime supply chains
– Trans-Eurasian trade trends and their influence on multimodal transport modes
– Transport Infrastructure Economics
– the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
– Digital Logistics
– Transport infrastructure economics
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Upcoming external events where you can meet TPR

*	TRB Annual Meeting 2019 Washington

Contact
Department of Transport and Regional Economics University of Antwerp 
departement.tpr@uantwerpen.be
www.uantwerp.be/tpr