News & events

On 16 December 2020, Yang Liu successfully defended her PhD, entitled  “Legal Analysis on the Law of International Watercourses and MEAs: An Integrated Protection and Preservation of Ecosystems of International Watercourses” under promotorship of Prof. dr. An Cliquet.

For the forth field trip, the MSc students made a small journey abroad with a visit to Terneuzen on Wednesday 9 December 2020. Halfway, there was time for an interesting stop at the Kluizendok at North Sea Port to get a visually clear overview of the site.

After a month of exclusively online courses, the MSc group was very happy to step on the bus again for the third field trip at the beginning of December.

The destination of the half day trip was the stevedoring company Stukwerkers. After a global introduction of the company,  the aim of the visit was to get a closer view on the activities in the terminals in the port area, with a focus on general cargo.

The annual traditional visit to the recycling company Galloo took place on 28 October 2020. The students were very impressed to have a look at this scrap terminal, located in North Sea Port Ghent. This is where the action takes place in the field of dry bulk, scrap and ship recycling.

On 28 October 2020, Anemoon Soete successfully defended her PhD, entitled “Public international legal status of inhabitants of island States which have become fully submerged due to climate change effects” under promotorship of Prof. dr. Frank Maes.

To kick off the new academic year 2020-2021, the first field trip took the MSc-students to North Sea Port in Ghent on 21 October, 2020.

After an online introduction by CEO Daan Schalck in the morning, a corona-proof bus took to group to the site in Ghent for a live tour. The trip was in the good hands of Jean-Louis Vandevoorde, our practical assistant and first class guide in the maritime field.

De vorming Havenbeheer editie 2019-2020 kende een zeer onverwacht verloop door de coronacrisis die haar intrede deed in het 2e semester van het academiejaar.

Niettemin slaagden meerdere deelnemers erin om in lockdown hun paper af te werken en met enige vertraging de opleiding met succes af te ronden.

After an extremely eventful academic year 2019-2020, our MSc in Maritime Science students had a graduation never to forget.

Unfortunately, we could not offer them a nice reception with family and friends. No pictures of proud students and professors in togas were taken. Nevertheless, we wholeheartedly congratulate class 2019-2020 for the achievement in these incredibly trying covid-19 times.

As a token of appreciation, Ghent University projected all the names of the graduating students on the iconic library tower. We checked, and yes, we spotted many of our maritime students. Well done to all of you!!!

24ste Maritiem Symposium: De impact van geopolitieke ontwikkelingen op scheepvaart en havens

Ten gevolge van de maatregelen n.a.v. de corona crisis, wordt het Maritiem Symposium uitgesteld naar mei 2022.

Het lijkt soms of het tijdperk van de voortschrijdende globalisering van de economie stilaan voorbij is. Waar de deur gisteren wijd open stond (al was dat soms vooral in één richting), gaat ze steeds vaker op een minder brede kier staan. De vraag rijst of de wereldhandel aan een herijking toe is. Voor havens en scheepvaart, die de doorgeefluiken van die wereldhandel zijn, kan dat verregaande gevolgen hebben.

Dit Maritiem Symposium van het Maritiem Instituut van de Universiteit Gent buigt zich over dit thema. In een nieuwe, halfdaagse formule belichten zes sprekers vanuit hun achtergrond de nieuwe uitdaging waar de maritieme wereld voor staat.

Een update van het programma met praktische informatie vindt u hier.

Via the links below you will find information about upcoming and past events organised by PORTIUS:

• Ghent, 13 March 2020 – One-day crash course on the EU Seaports Regulation – Maritime Institute, Ghent University 

• Ghent, 29 April 2020 – One-day crash course on the new Belgian Shipping Code (in Dutch) – Maritime Institute, Ghent University 
• Ghent, 11-12 September 2020 – Port law between globalisation and deglobalisation. Trade, migration, competition, charging, labour and liability aspects of port and port terminal operations considered from an international and European perspective – 11th European Colloquium on Maritime Law Research (ECMLR) – Maritime Institute, Ghent University – in cooperation with the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (University of Oslo) and the Institute of Maritime Law (University of Southampton)

POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE BECAUSE OF THE CORONA EPIDEMIC

For further information see:  https://portius.org/events/