CURRICULUM VITAE (2016)

Professor Alkis John Corres

Καθηγητής Αλκιβιάδης Ιωάννης Κορρές

Personal Information – Contact details

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PRIVATE CONTACT DETAILS

100 Xanthippou Street, Holargos,

Athens 155 61, Greece,

Tel: 0030 210 6542 500

Mobile 0030 6978 331 304 Private email: almarman32@gmail.com

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS

University of the Aegean, Greece

Department of Shipping Studies and Business Services

Postgraduate Courses, 2A Korai Street, 82100 Chios, Greece

www.aegean.gr

City Law School, United Kingdom

Northampton Square London EC1V OHB, UK

www.city.ac.uk/law

ALBA Graduate Business School, Greece

6-8 Xenias Street, Athens 11528, Greece

Tel: 0030 210 8964 531-8

www.alba.edu.gr

Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, Spain

30, Bellesguard, 08022 Barcelona, Spain

http://www.uaoceu.es/

Πτυχία και Τίτλοι - Degrees and Titles

1970:

Degrees

B.A Economics (Honours), Economic University of Athens,

Greece

1972: M.A. Industrial Economics, University of Sussex, U.K.

1976:

2003:

2010:

2012

2013

PhD, Cass Business School - London, UK.

Professorships

University of the Aegean, , International Shipping Policy

and Chartering

City Law School – London.

Universitat Abat Oliba CEU – Barcelona, Spain

ALBA Graduate Business School – Athens-Greece

1976 – 79:

Career path - Επαγγελματική Εξέλιξη

Head of Maritime Research Unit - IOBE

Institute of Economic and Industrial Research of Athens. Head of Shipping Research

Unit.

1980 – 93: Managing Director- SHIPPING COMPANIES

Piraeus Maritime SA(Oil Products) and Dominion Faith SA (Chemicals) sea transport

companies ( Full P&L responsibility on both), Piraeus, Greece

1993 – 99: Senior Consultant - UGS

Foreign Affairs Division, Union of Greek Shipowners, Piraeus, Greece

1999 – 01: Managing Director – SHIPPING COMPANY

Aran Shipping & Trading SA, owner and operator of fourteen panamax tankers trading

in the Americas,

2002 - 03 Policy Advisor to the Minister- MINISTRY OF MERCANTILE MARINE

Hellenic Ministry of Merchant Marine, Piraeus, Greece.

Member of the Board of Directors – SHIPPING COMPANY

Hellas Flying Dolphins. Member of the Board Committee on Internal Audit, Chairman of

the Company Development Committee.

Adjunct Professor – University of the Aegean: International Shipping Policy, Aegean

University, Chios Island, Greece

2003 to date

(highlighted bullets represent current activities)

Hellenic Seaways as above (2003 – 08) and 2013 to date

Ministry of Mercantile Marine of Greece, Chief Advisor to the Minister on

Shipping Policy (2001-3)

Naftotrade Shipping and Commercial SA, Director, Newbuilding Program

(2002-2011)

International Consultant on Ship Contracting (2006 to date).

IOBE Research Fellow, Shipping and Energy (2007 to date)

University of the Aegean, Adjunct Professor, International Shipping Policy &

Chartering (2003 to date)

City University Law School - London, Visiting Professor (2007 to date)

Abat Oliba University – Barcelona, Visiting Professor (2012 to date)

Piraeus Port Authority: Advisor on the development of the Cruise Sector in

Greece (2011- 2015)

Piraeus Maritime Arbitration Association: Member since 2010.

Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners’ Association: Advisor on International Shipping

Policy since 2001.

ALBA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL – since 2013

Power Production Corporation SA – Advisor on Maritime Affairs 2008 to date.

Other Professional Appointments

Άλλες Θέσεις Προυπηρεσίας

Hellenic Association of Maritime

Economist

Chairman of the Board 2006 -2010.

European Short Sea Network:

Hellenic Chamber of Shipping:

Representative of the Greek Short Sea Bureau (2000 – 2015)

Member of the Board of Directors and

Regular member of the Shipping Policy Committee, (1987 – 2002)

European Community Shipowners’

Association (ECSA)

Member of the Short Sea Committee

(1989 – 2000). National Expert on SSS.

International Chamber of Shipping: Regular member of the following:

Marine Committee (1993 - 99)

Bulk Carriers Safety Panel (1996 - 99)

ISM Code panel (1996 - 99)

Maritime Law Committee ( 1993 - 99)

Insurance Committee ( 1998 - 99)

Ship Recycling w/g (1998 - 99)

Union of Greek Shipowners: Full member of the following:

Foreign Affairs Committee (1993 - 99)

Secretary to the Maritime Safety and

Environmental Protection Committee (1990 - 99)

Ad hoc working group on Bulk Carrier Safety (1995 – 99)

Ad hoc working group on Port Pricing (1996 - 99)

Ad hoc working party on R+D (1997 - 99)

Director of the Greek Short Sea Bureau (1998 to date)

Special advisor to the UGS President

on the following areas:

Relations with IACS (1993 - 99)

Relations with the International Group on P & I Clubs (1993 – 99)

US environmental legislation (1993 - 99)

ISM Code policy (1993 - 99)

Relations with the International Union of Marine Underwriters

(1996 - 99)

Relations with International Shipping Organizations(1993–99)

Union of Mediterranean Shipowners: Vice President from 1988 - 2005.

Member of the Board of Directors 2005 – 2013

Executive Director of Short Sea Promotion Center (2002-2013)

Executive Director of Fleet Replacement Project (2002-2008)

INTERTANKO:

Piraeus Port Authority

Member of the Board of Directors (2000 -02)

Member of the Greek Committee (2000- 02)

Member of the Hellenic Forum (1998-02)

Advisor to the Chairman on the Development of the Cruises sector

in Greece (2011 to 2015)

INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION PARTICIPATION AT

IMO

1994: IMO, indefinite postponement of the suggestion for establishing an International Shipping

Information Database (ISID) at IMO whose difficulties in keeping up to date would risk

harming the Organization.

1995: IMO, Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention (HNS): Finalization of the difficult

section pertaining to the domestic carriage requirements together with the representatives

of the UK Government and the EU Commission.

1995:

IMO, debate on Bulk Carrier Safety, special targeting on the importance of Ship/Shore

interface as a means to avoid damaging the structural strength of these ships.

1996:

IMO, HNS Diplomatic Conference, successful conclusion of negotiations which ended with

a lower first tier limit for vessels by a USD 2 million lower margin per accident per vessel.

1997:

Bulk Carrier Safety: Engineering and co-drafting of the novel type Regulation 9 of the new

Chapter XII of SOLAS establishing equivalence between alarm systems and structural

alterations.

1997:

International Union of Marine Insurers Conference in Paris, world first public

identification of some serious side-effects emerging from the implementation of the ISM

Code and requesting improvements and clarifications for the benefit of users and

enforcers.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΣΕΙΣ

Note: The entire volume of work – more than 150 articles and presentations - can

be accessed on the internet at academia.edu under the name Alkis John Corres

READERSHIP: 40,000 document views, top 0.5%

Σημειωση: Το συνολο του συγγραφικου εργου – περισσοτερα από 150 αρθρα και

παρουσιασεις - ευρισκεται συγκεντρωμενο στο διαδικτυο στην ιστοσελιδα

academia.edu υπο το ονομα Alkis John Corres

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΙΜΟΤΗΤΑ : 40,000 αναγνωσεις αρθρων, ανωτατο 0.5%.

Book and Scientific Article Abstracts

1. Α.J.Corres: “Interaction of World Shipbuilding and Freight Markets”, The City University,

Graduate Business Centre, PhD Thesis, February 1975.

Abstract: This is a pioneering attempt to examine the maritime sector as a functioning system

which is regulated by a mixture of internal and external factors. The thesis extends the concept of

elastic expectations first introduced by Zannetos and examines in depth the ways these systemically

affect the flow variables of the maritime system and, in turn, how these determine the supply of

ship transport services offered. The analysis diverts from the classical two dimensional economic

analysis to introduce time/space considerations in demand/supply interaction.

2. Α.Ι.Ε.Κορρες: “Το Ελληνικο Ναυτεργατικο Δυναμικο” IΔΡΥΜΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ ΚΑΙ

ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ (ΙΟΒΕ), 1978.

A.J.E Corres: “The Greek Maritime Labourforce” IOBE, Foundation for Economic and

Industrial Research, Athens, 1978.

Abstract: This is the first and only integrated scientific piece of work on the Greek Maritime Labour

which has been made possible by the tripartite cooperation between the Institute of Economic and

Industrial Research of Athens, the Union of Greek Shipowners and the Greek Ministry of Merchant

Marine. Its conclusions have been used by many economic planners in the maritime and related

economic fields in Greece and abroad and since ten years it is out of print. The study has included

the first, and sole so far, virtual census of the ship staff personnel which was performed through a

customized software package developed at the time under the guidance of IOBE using the

resources of the Ministry’s data on seamen and officers.

3. Alkis John Corres and Harilaos N. Psaraftis: “A Generic Ship for the Short Sea Trades of the

EU” paper presented to the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Athens 2005.

Abstract: The Union of Mediterranean Trading Shipowners of Greece with the technical assistance

of ICEPRONAV of Romania have developed a generic ship type that can be constructed in such

ways to serve the needs of a wide spectrum of transportation requirements, while ensuring

significant economies for the builder in series. The need for this exercise has arisen in the context of

ESYAN where clustering of various ship types around the six thousand tons mark had to be taken

advantage of in a way to generate scale economies for both, the owners and the builders. While

no serious technical innovation is involved, this type of application is novel and offers

measurable savings in identifiable areas of the construction. If the matter of the replacement of the

Greek Short Sea Fleet is seen as part of the overall strategy of Greece in the post cabotage era of

the EU, a large number of such vessels are expected to be built. This paper describes the rationale

behind this project and discusses the opportunities and challenges to promote it.

4. Αλκης Ι.Ε.Κορρες και Γιαννης Ν.Θανοπουλος : « Ναυτιλιακή Θεωρία και

Επιχειρηματικό τητα στην Εποχή της Ποιό τητος», Interbooks, Αθηνα 2005.

‘’A.J.Corres and J.N.Thanopoulos:” Shipping Economics: Theory and Entrepreneurship in the

Era of Quality” Interbooks, Athens 2005.

Abstract: This book rides in the middle of the roadbetween economic theory, as applicable to

maritime transport, and contemporary ship management. The main areas it covers are those of the

function of the freight and other markets, the role of the regulatory framework and the implications

of its continuous changes, the main tools used in quality management, insights in the esoterics of

maritime corporate governance, business strategy and a spherical examination of the concept of

competitiveness in shipping.

5. Alkis John Corres – Athanasios Pallis:“ Explicit versus Customary Ethical Codes in Shipping”

International Conference in Memoriam of Professor Basil Metaxas, Cephalonia – Greece,

September 2006.

Abstract: Custom based rules and regulations have been used for centuries in shipping. However,

recent practice appears to favour codes of regulation of prescriptive nature which, unlike the former,

need to prove their acceptance over a longer period. The paper examines in some length the merits

of either side and draws tentative conclusions in the light of absence of empirical or judicial records

in connection with explicit rules-making.

6. Alkis John Corres :Pallis A A (Editor):Maritime Transport: The Greek Paradigm, Research in

Transport Economics Series Νο 21,London: Elsevier. ISBN-978-0-7623-1449-2 “Greek

maritime policy and the discreet role of shipowners’ associations.” Chapter 13, Elsevier

Transport Series, London, 2007.

Abstract: The success of Greek shipowners in merchant shipping has created a cloud of mystery

about the reasons behind this phenomenon. The most frequently suggested reason is the natural

flair of the Greek officers and seamen, which has developed over the centuries of living next to the

sea. Though the drive and talent of the Greek seamen is not disputed, there are obviously other

factors at play when it comes to explaining this success. The question asked in this chapter is, what

the shipowners' associations' roles in Greece have been and how influential these stakeholders'

interest groups have been in shipping policy formation. This chapter attempts to examine several

aspects of the above question, aiming to shed light on the success of Greek owners in merchant

shipping. Though the title of this chapter focuses on the role of the shipowners' associations,

discussion is not solely limited to their roles. With this opportunity, the analysis provides an insight

of what has been going on in the various sectors of Greek-owned shipping, thus adding to the

analyses undertaken in other relevant chapters of this book.

7. Alkis John Corres – Athanasios Pallis:“Inquiry into the Quality of Registers” World Maritime

University Magazine, 2008.

Abstract: Based on data available in mid-2006, the five cooperating international institutions of

shipping - BIMCO, Intertanko, Intercargo, ICS, and ISF -produced a summary of factual information

on 106 flag states. The institutions have intentionally avoided drawing any conclusions on

underperformance. The paper deepens this assessment allowing for an in-depth empirical

assessment of flags performance. To that end, the analysis uses weight factors reflecting the

importance that an operator might wish to attach on the different variables before making his flag

choice, and seeks to statistically (un)group 'conventionally' grouped flag states performance. The

paper also examines whether IMO membership and/or active participation in the IMO is associated

with a greater compliance of a flag-state to safety and relevant environment rules and thus to a

better performance. The findings challenge the classic outright categorization of national flags as

good performing ones and of commercial flags as those performing badly. The findings also

support the suggestion that an active IMO participation, rather than a simple membership, enhances

flag performance.

8. Alkis John Corres: “Long term prospects for the European Short Sea Shipping in a changing

economic and regulatory environment” delivered at the ECONSHIP Conference, Chios

Island, Greece, June 2011.

Abstract:A comprehensive review of the ability of the ‘’Short Sea Initiative’’ to survive in a changing

economic environment in Europe followed by an assessment about its prospects in the longer term.

9. Alkis John Corres and Yvonne Papachristou: ‘’ The Cruise Industry in Greece: A Survey and

Assessment of the Current Status Quo’’ paper delivered at the Society of Naval Architects

and Marine Engineers Conference, Athens, November 2012.

Abstract: Novel industry-wide review of the infrastructure characteristics of that sector in Greece

followed by an assessment of its contribution to the welfare of the local communities around the

ports and the country as a whole.

Other Interests - Ετερα Ενδιαφεροντα

International Ship Manager Test

The ISM Test is the only test internationally available, designed to test knowledge

and ability in the area of Ship Management. The Test checks the competence of

the taker while it trains him/her through making choices among alternatives (i.e.

demo or training) and by providing the right answers where the taker has chosen

wrongly.

The large number of questions and their random selection every time by the

computer program that runs the test ensure that training online remains fresh

and exciting.

PlatformShips

A European Shortsea Fleet renewal proposal promising significant cost savings and fully in line with the recent Athens Declaration and the ESSF Financing Subgroup. (Details available online at academia.edu under author’s name)

Participation in EU funded research

Specialist in the EU project under the title “Concerted Action on Short Sea

Shipping” (1995 – 99)

Member of the Industry Advisory Board to the EU Project PROMISE ( 2000 –3 )

Member of the Advisory Board to the EU Project ATOMOS IV ( 2000 - 2)

Partner to the R+D team SuperGreen , EU Project on Green Corridors (2010-12)

Partner to the research project ‘’ ESN The Way Forward ’’ (2012-13)

Expert in LNG research project COSTA (2012 – 2014)

Expert in research project TrainMoS ( 2012-14)

Reviewer of the EU Project INNOSUTRA (2009-11)

Assessor to the EU Project MASSOP which examined future management

structures in the shipping sector (1998 – 2000)

Awards and Other Distinctions

Bραβευσεις και Αλλες Διακρισεις

Efkranti Αwards

Maritime Achievement Award Winner 2008

Hellenic Association of

Maritime Economists

Chairman of the

Board 2006 -2010.