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Christa Sys

University of Antwerp

Christa Sys currently is holder of the BNP Paribas Fortis chair on transport, logistics and ports at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics. Until October 2013, Christa Sys was scientific director of the Research Centre on Freight and passengers flows. Next, she is course co-ordinator for the courses ‘Business Environment’, ‘Maritime Economics and Businesses’ and ‘Maritime Supply Chain’ at the Centre for Maritime and Air Transport (C-MAT). She also teaches at the Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Ghent and at the University College Ghent, Faculty of Applied Business (Member of Ghent University Association). Her educational activities focus on the operational aspects of maritime transport, transport economics and inland transportation. Her research centres on maritime economics and co-operation and competition in shipping.

She jointly graduated as a doctor in Applied Economics at the Ghent University and the University of Antwerp (December 2010). Her doctoral research dealt with the competitive conditions, the concentration and the market structure of the container liner shipping industry (link was included here on website). This research was awarded by the Section of Technical Sciences of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences with the General Manager Fernand Suykens Prize for Port Studies.

Project Clusters

Results

Policies focusing on market-based measures towards shipping decarbonization: Designs, impacts and avenues for future research

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Imitation, co-opetition and open innovation in network industries: Cases from ports

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Economic impact analysis of installing a Same Risk Area under the Ballast Water Management Convention

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Greening of ports: sailing the green course

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Economic evaluation of alternative technologies to mitigate sulphur emissions in maritime container transport from both the vessel owner and shipper perspective

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Innovation in the maritime sector: aligning strategy with outcomes

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Pathways for a sustainable future inland water transport: A case study for the European inland navigation sector

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Oil spill response in port areas: governance and the polluter pays principle

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Projects

Value creation through corporate sustainability in the port sector: building empirical evidence
Project Cluster: Green Port Governance,

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