2013 Meeting

11th Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) Workshop
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, in Marseille, France

Organized with the support of IAME 2013 conference team (Pierre Cariou)
Meeting Coordinator and Chair: Mary R. Brooks, Dalhousie University
Meeting Address: Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, 23 Place de la Joliette, BP 81965 13226, Marseille Cedex 02

Structure of the one-day workshop

In the morning, PPRN members will report on current research strands and future plans. Attendees will have a roundtable discussion of what progress has been made, or on methods of analysis or methodologies that would be appropriate for the future work of the team. Teams to continue research will be adjusted where appropriate.

After lunch, Network Members will meet to explore next steps in the research agenda of the Network. This portion of the meeting will only be open to Network Members.

Audience participation is expected in all sessions. The purpose of the meetings is to frame new research and seek concepts for its funding and development.

Session 1 - Measuring Port Performance: Current Funded Programs

Moderator: Thanos Pallis


• Portopia: the methodology, objectives and international collaboration possibilities: Michael Dooms [PDF 3.4MB]

• Reporting on the experience of the North American 2012 port customer service initiative survey and 2013 efforts: Mary R. Brooks [PDF 1.7MB]

Session 2 - Future Research on Port Authorities' Strategies & Port Governance

Moderator: Mary R. Brooks


• Strategies of Port Authorities: Michael Dooms on Internationalization and Larissa on Strategies (more generally) on behalf of the team of Michael Dooms, Larissa van der Lugt and Francesco Parola [PDF 160KB]

Session 3 - Research Group Updates 

Moderator: Mary R. Brooks


• A. Continuing: Climate Change Impacts on Ports (Adolf Ng & Peggy Chen) [PDF 614KB]

• B. Continuing: The RTBM volume on Port Performance - an update (Mary R. Brooks)

• C. New: PPRN support of UNCTAD's Port Performance Initiative (Vince Valentine)
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D. New: Ports and Regional Development (Adolf Ng)

• E. New: Beyond the Box: Research on Cruise Ports (Thanos Pallis and Jean-Paul Rodrigue) [PDF 4.2MB]

• Discussion - Audience participation is expected.

Port Network Planning 

Closed discussion (network members only) on the next steps for the Network.