Maritime Transport
& Commerce

The Department’s Research Team aims at the involvement of BSc and MSc students in the whole research process, i.e. proposal drafting, project implementation and project monitoring. Additionally, the Research Team aims at the involvement of PhD students in order to further boost the research output capacity of the Department.

The Department of Maritime Transport and Commerce has already established long term achievements in all research fields and aspects;

The main research activities are:

• Participation in Research Projects either funded or not.
• Development of research project proposals along with sound Institutions from abroad (RESTART, Interreg, ENI MED, Erasmus+, etc)
• Participation in public Tenders and conduct research studies on behalf of local and foreign Public and private Institutions
• Publishing scientific papers in sectoral Journals and Conferences
• Development of strong links with the business community and the society
• Development and implementation of professional training courses linking the academic and business sectors

The number of personnel involved in research proposal drafting procedure and/or the project implementation procedures sums up to 29 persons, including permanent, full time, part time, visiting and special teaching personnel. The areas of expertise cover all the aspects of Shipping Markets and Economics, Commodity Trade, Port Economics, Liner Shipping, Logistics and Maritime Regulations, as well as Marine Safety and Environmental aspects.

The team comprises an excellent mix of market oriented and academic staff with strong relationships and synergies with the shipping related Organizations and Institutional Authorities.