IAME 2014 - International Association of Maritime Economists Conference

Conference Theme
"Maritime Economics in a Post-Expansion Panama Canal Era"
The expansion of the Panama Canal is expected to be completed in 2014, allowing for Post-Panamax containerships up to 12,500 TEUs in size to transit the Panama Canal. In response, U.S. East Coast container ports are having their channels and berths dredged deeper ? to allow Post-Panamax containerships from Asia (transiting the expanded canal) to have the water depths to be able to call at their ports. The Port of Virginia (in Norfolk, Virginia) presently has the deepest channel depth (50 feet) of all U.S. East Coast ports. However by 2014, the Ports of New York/New Jersey and Miami are also expected to have channel depths of 50 feet. The Ports of Charleston and Savannah are planning to deepen their channels to 47 and 48 feet, respectively. Intermodal facilities are also being upgraded.
Will the Post-Panamax containerships from Asia that transit the expanded Panama Canal call U.S. East Coast Ports? Some argue that many may not ? but rather will call at transshipment ports. Recently, the French shipping line, CMA-CGM, announced that it will use the Port of Kingston as a transshipment port to transport cargoes using smaller feeder containerships to and from U.S. and South American East Coast Ports. What are the implications for the U.S. West Coast Ports? Will there be a cargo shift from West Coast to East Coast Ports? These topics as well as the impacts of other changes in global shipping lanes (e.g., Suez Canal and the Arctic shipping lanes) on global trade and ports in the Post-Expansion Panama Canal Era will be discussed in various sessions of the IAME 2014 Conference.
TOPICS (tentative)
Cruise, Ferry and Marine Recreation Industries Maritime Logistics Port Performance
Environmental Management and Sustainable Management Maritime Policy Port Reform and Governance
Hinterland Strategies Maritime Safety and Security Short Sea Shipping/Maritime Highways
Intermodal Transport Maritime Small and Medium Business Shipping and the Environment
Maritime Business Strategy Network Analysis Shipping Finance
Maritime Education and Training Operations Research Shipping Market Modeling and Analysis
Maritime Geography Port Choice and Competition Maritime Innovations
Port and Hinterland Planning and Strategic Development Risk Management, Security and Resiliency Inland Waterways
IAME 2014 welcomes your abstract submission
The paper submission process for the IAME 2014 conference in Norfolk will be handled entirely through a paper submission and upload service provided in a manner similar to the IAME 2013 conference. Papers will be accepted for presentation from those whose abstracts have been accepted by the International Scientific Steering Committee. The web site for abstract submissions will be accessible on or about 31 July 2013. If you were an author in 2013, you will receive an invitation to upload an abstract for 2014. If not, you can still upload an abstract by registering at the site after it has opened.