We are most thankful for the invaluable support MEL Editorial Board members have been availing to the journal over the years, as editors, authors, reviewers and promoters of MEL by and large. It is this commitment that has made MEL the leading journal in the maritime world and its literature.


Professor Bernhard Abrahamsson
University of Wisconsin Superior, USA

Professor Michele Acciaro*
Copenhagen Business School - DK

Mr. Jose Anselmo
European Commission - BE

Professor Asaf Ashar
University of New Orleans - USA

Professor Alfred Baird
Edinburgh Napier University - UK

Professor John Bartholdi
Georgia Institute of Technology - USA

Professor Pierre Bauchet
Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne - FR

Dr. Helen Bendall
University of Technology, Sydney - AU

Dr. Hans Beth
Port of Hamburg - DE

Professor Maria Boile*
University of Piraeus - GR

Professor Karl-Heinz Breitzmann
University of Rostock - DE

Professor Kenneth Button*
George Mason University - USA

Professor Pierre Cariou*

Kedge Business School – FR

Professor Young-Tae Chang*
Inha University - KR

Professor T. C. (Edwin) Cheng*
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - HK

Professor Pablo Coto-Millan
University of Cantabria - ES

Professor Kevin Cullinane*
University of Gothenburg - SE

Professor Rommert Dekker
Erasmus University Rotterdam - NL

Dr. Peter Faust
UNCTAD, Geneva - CH

Professor Douglas Fleming
University of Washington - USA

Professor Ernst G. Frankel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - USA


Professor Sidney Gilman
University of Liverpool - UK


Professor Edgar Gold
Dalhousie University - CA

Professor Richard O. Goss
Cardiff University - UK

Professor Alexander Goulielmos
University of Piraeus - GR

Professor Costas Th. Grammenos
City University Business School - UK

Professor Carlos Guedes Soares*
University of Lisbon - PT

Professor Elvira Haezendonck*
University of Brussels - BE

Professor Trevor D. Heaver
University of British Columbia - CA

Dr. Jan Hoffmann*

UNCTAD, Geneva - CH


Dr. Wolfgang Hübner
OECD, Paris - FR

Professor David Hummels*
Purdue University - USA

Professor Eleftherios Iakovou*
Texas A&M University - USA

Professor Akio Imai
Kobe University - JP

Professor Manolis Kavussanos*
Athens University of Economics and Business - GR

Professor Kap Hwan Kim*
Zhejiang University - CN

Professor Geraldine Knatz*

University of Southern California – USA

Professor Shashi Kumar

United States Merchant Marine Academy - USA


Professor Jasmine Siu Lee Lam*

Nanyang Technological University – SG

Professor Paul Tae-Woo Lee
Zhejiang University - CN

Professor Peter Lorange*
Lorange Network AG - CH

Professor Shuo Ma
World Maritime University - SE

Professor Ugo Marchese
University of Genoa - IT

Professor Peter Marlow
Cardiff University - UK

Professor Andreas Merikas
University of Piraeus - GR

Professor Olaf Merk*
OECD, Paris - FR

Professor Hokey Min*
Bowling Green State University - USA

Professor Ziaul Haque Munim*

University of South-Eastern Norway - NO


Professor Enrico Musso*
University of Genoa - IT

Professor Heather Nachtmann*
University of Arkansas – USA

Professor Theo Notteboom*
University of Antwerp - BE

Professor Lauri Ojala
Turku School of Economics and Business Admin - FI

Professor Tae Oum
University of British Columbia - CA

Professor Athanasios Pallis*
University of Piraeus - GR

Professor Photis Panayides*
Cyprus University of Technology - CY

Professor Francesco Parola*
Italian Transport Regulation Authority - IT

Carlos Pestana Barros
Technical University of Lisbon - PT

Dr. Hans Peters
The World Bank - USA

Professor Harilaos Psaraftis
Technical University of Denmark - DK

Professor Ross Robinson
Victoria University - AU

Professor Michael Roe
University of Plymouth - UK

Professor David Ronen
University of Missouri-St Louis - USA

Professor Violeta Roso*

Chalmers University of Technology - SE


Professor Debjit Roy*

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad – IN

Dr. Hans-Joachim Schramm*

Vienna University of Economics and Business – AT

Professor William Sjostrom
National University of Ireland, Cork - IE

Professor Gunnar Sletmo
HEC Montréal - CA

Professor Seiji Steimetz*
California State University, Long Beach - USA

Professor Siri Petersen Strandenes*
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Admin. - NO

Professor Theodoros Syriopoulos*
University of Athens - GR

Professor Wayne Talley
Old Dominion University - USA

Professor Lóri Tavasszy*

Delft University of Technology – NL

Professor Hellen Thanopoulou*
University of the Aegean, GR

Professor Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio*

University of Salento – IT

Dr. Henriette Van Niekerk
University of Stellenbosch - ZA

Dr. Alf Vanags
Eurofaculty - LV

Dr. Simme Veldman
Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI) - NL

Professor Alain Verbeke*
University of Calgary - CA

Professor Tor Wergeland
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Admin - NO

Professor Nico Wijnolst
Delft University of Technology - NL

Professor Gordon Wilmsmeier*

Kühne Logistics University – DE

Professor Zhongzhen Yang*
Ningbo University - CN

Professor Manfred Zachcial
Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics - DE

Professor Qingcheng Zeng*
Dalian Maritime University - CN

*=currently serving