Innovations are dramatically changing the traditionally conservative global ocean shipping industry as it works to become more efficient and more sustainable. Academic and former shipping company owner Peter Lorange is best placed to make sense of how to approach and keep ahead of these changes....

"There is a lot of discussion these days about traditional industries becoming less prominent, or even disappearing. The advent of new technology, above all the Internet, seems to be the key driver behind this. Traditional shipping companies are an example of this trend. In their place, we are...

Further to being the country's most important port, Piraeus has been a traditional centre attracting organisations related directly or indirectly with port or shipping activities. The geographical concentration of enterprises in the wider Piraeus area is attributed not just to port operations,...

Small and medium-sized ports in the Baltic Sea Region find themselves in a dilemma to participate in the governance of innovation policies such as Smart Specialisation. The Smart Specialisation policy introduced by the European Commission supports regional economic and innovation development...