The academic parallel sessions cover regular main themes in the domain of ports, shipping, maritime logistics and technology, complemented with transition themes.
- Port
- Port governance
- Port Economics and Management
- Port Competitiveness
- Port Performance
- Terminal Operations
- Adaptive Port Planning
- Energy transition of port industry
- Environment and Energy management
- Arctic Shipping
- Port-City Interface
- Cyber Security in Ports
- Shipping
- Competition in liner shipping
- Cruise shipping
- Bulk Shipping
- Ship finance
- Alliances in shipping
- Decarbonizing shipping
- Sustainable shipping
- Autonomous shipping / Artificial intelligence
- Network configuration in shipping
- Digitisation of shipping
- Cyber security in shipping
- Alternative shipping fuels
- Human Factor in Maritime Transport
- Logistics
- Hinterland Transport, Inland Waterways & Dry Ports
- Transport Infrastructure & Corridors
- Rail and Road transportation
- Trade facilitation and customs compliance
- Supply Chain Visibility
- Blockchain / DLT in supply chains
- Belt and Road Initiative
- Operations Research & Quantitative Methods in Shipping