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New Ships Idle, Waiting for Cargo to Fill Them
January 15, 2010

Professor Haralambides of the Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, signals that Asian carriers benefit from canceled orders for containers ships due to government subsidies.

MEL graduates face new challenges
November 25, 2008

IN A keynote address to the recent graduates of an MSc in Maritime Economics and Logistics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, NOL president and chief executive Ron Widdows stressed that the graduates are heading into a very tough working environment, more challenging than he had seen in his 37-year career.

Latest attacks on liner alliances is no surprise
November 4, 2008

From HE Haralambides,

SIR, The renewed attacks by both the European Shippers’ Council and the European Commission’s Director-General for Competition on liner shipping alliances should come as no surprise to those familiar with the Erasmus Report and my past articles published in Lloyds List.

NOL head warns the worst is yet to come for box trades
October 23, 2008

Widdows says it is time to take action to keep costs under control and predicts desperate measures needed to fill mega containerships.

BIMCO signs MOU with Erasmus University
November 22, 2006

BIMCO and the Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL), Erasmus University Rotterdam sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the BIMCO house in Copenhagen.

Interview with Professor Haralambides in the Weekly Financial Economic Magazine
October 28, 2006

Liner Conferences

Haralambides "..blind liberalization will destroy this industry.."

International Herald Tribune
October 22, 2006

A maritime cartel nears its end

Haralambides: "..the European Commission's contention that freight rates would fall after the rules take effect is 'nonsense'; rates will instead rise, as carriers consolidate further. Logistics costs would also rise, while carriers may consider a return to the use of smaller vessels, as capacity sharing declines.."

By Mathew Saltmarsh / International Herald Tribune

Published: November 22, 2006

Interview with Professor Haralambides in the Dutch Financial Daily
October 3, 2006

Liner Conferences

Haralambides: "..I am afraid this is going to blow up in the face of the European Commission.."

Graduation Keynote Speech
October, 2006

Dr. Basil Papachristidis, Hellespont Chairman, on graduation ceremony:

Papachristidis: "..emerging economies change shipping industry.."

Lloyd's List
August 14, 2006

Container lines told to work together in supply chain role

Haralambides pinpoints information exchange and co-operation as key elements

for continued growth, writes Phil Hastings

Erasmus University Rotterdam Press Release
September 22, 2005

RSM Master's Ranked 20th in Europe

The Financial Times has published a new ranking of European Master's in Management programs ...

RSM Press Release
September 22, 2005

RSM’s MBA Programs Ranked in the International Top 20 by Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) released its annual MBA ranking today, placing RSM Erasmus University’s MBA program at number 14 on the list of the top 20 international MBAs...

MEL Scholarships
May 30, 2005

SMF/MEL Scholarships Reach Fruition

The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) funds two newly created scholarships at Rotterdam’s Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics...

Lloyd's List
September 14, 2005

Singapore a leading light in its own right

In a letter to the editor of Lloyd's List, Professor Haralambides gives his views on a recent article on a comparison between the ports of Hong Kong and Singapore, pointing out to the remarkable achievements of Singapore in the last 40 years...

Lloyd's List
August 25, 2005

Bigger isn't necessarily better

In a letter to the editor of Lloyd's List, Professor Haralambides gives his opinion on container vessel sizes, economies of scale and NVOCCs / 3PLs...

Navigator NL
May 30, 2005

Greek-Dutch Connection

In an interview with Navigator NL, a publication by the Dutch Pilots' Corporation (Loodswezen), Professor Haralambides gives his views on the pilotage business...

The Financial Times
May 17, 2005

The Financial Times ranks RSM Erasmus University Executive Education & Development 8th in Europe

According to the Financial Times ranking of international non-degree executive education programs, RSM Erasmus University Executive Education & Development rises to 8th in Europe and 17th in the World...

NOL's CEO talks to MEL
May 4, 2005

Industry Transformation Needed to Meet Supply Chain Challenges Says NOL's CEO

Speaking at MEL's Distinguished Lecture Series, Neptune Orient Lines' President and CEO David Lim said today that the transportation and logistics industry must be transformed from a series of disparate component parts to a seamless supply chain in order to address the increasing challenges to moving cargo smoothly...

Lloyd's List
May 3, 2005

Freight Futures plan provokes split

Haralambides: "...the ability to hedge against freight rate volatility or charter rate fluctuations would be an asset in liner trades ... unlike other sectors of shipping, no-one wants volatility in this business...”

Lloyd's List
April 29, 2005

Port Congestion Pressure Mounts

MEL Director, Professor Hercules Haralambides, says the subject of maritime logistics covers a broad field, adding: "...maritime logistics, a term that as you know was coined at Erasmus University, has to do with the optimisation of the overall global supply chain process...in our view anything which can be done to improve the efficiency of door-to-door transport, comes under the term maritime logistics..."

Lloyd's List
April 27, 2005

China may mean end to boom and bust box cycle says P&O Nedlloyd CEO Philip Green

Container shipping may be coming to an end of the boom and bust cycles that have characterised the industry for the past three decades...

Lloyd's List
April 27, 2005

Brussels blasted for 'disowning' MEL Report on Conferences

A quarrel that has simmered for nearly two years between the European Commission and MEL-Erasmus University about an analysis of liner conferences is finally out in the open. In a letter to Lloyd's List, Professor Hercules Haralambides, head of the Rotterdam university's maritime economics and logistics centre, accuses Brussels of trying to "disown" a report it had commissioned in 2003 at the start of a review on maritime regulation...

Lloyd's List
April 27, 2005

Brussels and conferences: a time to restore truth

A letter to the editor of Lloyd's List by Professor Hercules Haralambides describes the background of this, rather 'unfortunate', state of affairs...

Lloyd's List
April 27, 2005

Box lines warned on 3PL slot deals

Haralambides: "..container lines should increasingly treat forwarders and third party logistics providers as competitors rather than customers..."

Lloyd's List
April 26, 2005

Last Word

P&O Nedlloyd boss Philip Green told students at Rotterdam's Erasmus University he was happy to take questions on anything - "although I don't promise to answer them"...

Wirtschaftswoche
March 21, 2005

Erasmus University Rotterdam ranked 5th in the fields of Business and Economic studies

According to the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche the Economics program at Erasmus University is one of the top five...

The Times
November 5, 2004

Erasmus University Rotterdam: the Netherlands’ Number 1!

Erasmus University Rotterdam is rated as 20th on the list of the Top 50 European Universities published in this month’s Times Higher Education Supplement. The EUR is cited as the Netherlands’ top university...

Lloyd's List
October 28, 2004

P&O Nedlloyd Sponsors Maritime Student Prize

P&O Nedlloyd is to sponsor an annual prize for students studying maritime economics and logistics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. The award was announced yesterday...

Shipping
September, 2004

Euromoney Seminar
Public Private Partnerships in ports – trends, best practices and keys for success
Why have some ports benefited from PPP more than others? ...

2003 Annual Report of the Duisburg Group
June 24, 2004

Change of Paradigm in Container Transport

Martin Ilmer, MEL Business Development Manager & lecturer on the challenges that lie ahead for the Port of Duisburg,...

Schiffart
March, 2004

Containers piling up after the Quay

Everyone would like to grow. There are practically no container ports in Europe that are not considering how to extend or overtake their competitors...

More on the Erasmus Report from the Journal of Commerce
February 16, 2004

Mario Monti
Competition Commissioner, European Commission

Monti says the outcome of his investigation isn't a foregone conclusion - a panel of five "wise men" appointed by his office (led by MEL-Erasmus) argues that "..restrictions in competition, in the form of shipping conferences, are a low-cost way to ensure the liner market is sustainable..."

Containerisation International
January, 2004

Price-fixing on the line

The consultancy team was led by Professor Hercules Haralambides of Rotterdam's Erasmus University...

American Shipper
January, 2004

EC Weighs Conference 'benefits'

Carriers reject call for end of conference immunity.
Hearing highlights continuing industry divide.

The team of advisors from the Dutch Erasmus University reviewed comments and material sent...

Lloyds List
November 20, 2003

Conferences are not price-fixing cartels say EU's 'five wise men'

Panel of academics and economists challenges popular perceptions, writes Janet Porter

The five consultants, led by Professor Hercules Haralambides of Rotterdam's Erasmus University, were asked by the EU's competition directorate to check the submissions from more than 30 interested parties...

Lloyds List
November 18, 2003

Liner operators press Brussels for 'onus of proof' balance

Container International
November 10, 2003

Rise needed for terminals of the future says ECT President Richard Pearson

Graduating maritime students today heard a call for terminal operators and carriers to discuss increasing rates, in order to invest in efficiency and future capacity.

Fairplay International Shipping Weekly
Cover Story
November 6, 2003

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) finds home in Holland

Business should be a private affair, says ECT President Richard Pearson

“..I think there is room for private investment in the [Rotterdam port expansion project] Maasvlakte II in a controlled way. It does not rule out competition...” Pearson told Fairplay after last week’s graduation ceremony of the Class of 2003, MSc in Maritime Economics and Logistics at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Pearson, and Willem Scholten, MD of Rotterdam Municipal Port Management, were keynote speakers.

The Needham Report
June 16, 2003

Haralambides: "...aviation provides lucid examples of potential effects of dedicated container terminals on terms of market distortions..."

RSM News Magazine
Issue 2, 2003

Transported by Rotterdam

What thrills me about the Port of Rotterdam is the decision structures, the technology and the management issues. Transport is a very advanced business; it is high-tech, global and multi-cultural"
Prof.dr.ir. Van Nunen ( MEL Resident Faculty)

NOL News: Flemming Jacobs
Singapore, 22 July 2002

NOL-Tailored Master's Degree is an industry first

"...The partnership of NOL and Erasmus is a partnership between a top global corporation and a top international business school, to benefit the global team of talents joining the NOL Group’s Management Trainee Programme every year..." said Flemming Jacobs, NOL Group President and CEO.