Gordon Wilmsmeier

Kuehne Logistics University, Hapag Loyd Center for Shipping and Global Logistics (CSGL), Faculty Member

Hochschule Bremen -- University of Applied Sciences, Nautical Studies, Honorary Professor

Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Facultad de Administración, Faculty Member

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Gordon Wilmsmeier holds the Kühne Professorial Chair in Logistics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. and is Director of the Hapag Lloyd Center for Shipping and Global Logistics at the Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany

From 2011 to 2017, he worked as Economic Affairs Officer in the Infrastructure Services Unit at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously he worked at Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Institute (TRI), and as consultant for UN-ECLAC, UNCTAD, UN-OHRLLS, World Bank, JICA, IDB, CAF, and the OAS.

Gordon is honorary professor for Maritime Geography at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany, visiting lecturer at Göteborg University, Sweden and Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina. He has published over 100 book chapters, journal papers, institutional publications and working papers.

His research focuses on transport and economic geography, maritime economics and energy efficiency with particular interests in international trade and transport geography and transport costs, sustainable mobility strategies, maritime transport networks and connectivity , inland waterways and inland shipping policy. In the area of port economics his research concentrates on devolution and privatization, and organizational performance and efficiency, as well as sustainable performance analysis. Currently, a specific focus is related to measuring energy, emissions and water footprints in ports.

He is chair of the global Port Performance Research Network (PPRN), IAME member, the Sustainability Working Group of the European Freight & Logistics Leaders Forum, and associate member of PortEconomics.
Address: Bogota, Colombia

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Maritime Sector and Ports in the Caribbean

This document focuses on the maritime sector, including freight transport, cruise ships, ports an... more This document focuses on the maritime sector, including freight transport, cruise ships, ports and yachting, in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Sections include: Characteristics of the maritime sector in CARICOM countries; Influencing factors on freight rates in the Caribbean; Identification of bottlenecks to competitiveness; and Responses to bottlenecks.

Determinants of Maritime Transport Costs – Defining the Dimensions of Complexity

Descriptives Panel-Data Regression Analysis by Country, 2000–2006

Data Collection and Modelling in LAC Countries

Deliverable d6.1SME and Stakeholder Study: Northern Maritime University project

Charging practices in European ports - user reaction on differentiation of charges

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE (ETC) 2007 HELD 17-19 OCTOBER 2007, LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, 2007

In the European Union levels and structures of port infrastructure charges vary strongly across c... more In the European Union levels and structures of port infrastructure charges vary strongly across countries and terminals. The existing charging regimes seem to be far from internalising external costs and are rarely based on efficiency principles. Differentiation of charges might be an intermediate step towards the envisaged application of marginal social cost pricing in the European Union. The research presented in this paper is part of the EU project: DIFFERENT User reaction and efficient differentiation in charges and tolls (www.different-project.eu). The paper analyzes the existing structure of differentiation in charges for a number of European container ports to understand current practices and to identify existing differences. The paper seeks to understand the user perspective of the existing charges and their potential reaction of further differentiation of these charges. In many cases the structure of charges is quite vague and not available publicly (i.e. Handling charges). Further, analysis is constrained due to the fact that the shipping market is rather market-driven and displays relative high levels of vertical integration within the transport chain. The authors compare data from two primary sources. On the one side they use qualitative data derived from personal interviews at a number of ports, on the other they draw from results obtained through a stated preference questionnaire with port users. The main goal is to investigate effects on users through the differentiation of port charges and to estimate the elasticity of user reaction on changes towards more differential charging practices. Thus, the paper investigates the short-term and long-term effects of existing and planned charging schemes on ships for port channels/fairways, associated port infrastructure and port services. In this complex environment the study attempts to gain further understanding of cost-elasticities for ship operators. Based on the new insight gained during the research in the paper provides recommendations for effective differentiation of charges in the European port sector. For the covering abstract see ITRD E137145.

La movilidad fluvial en América del Sur: avances y tareas pendientes en materia de políticas públicas

Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura, Dec 28, 2017

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