Research reports

2021

• Aronietis Raimonds and Vanelslander Thierry (2021). Economic Impacts of the Catenary Electric Road System Implementation in Flanders, Logibat project WP2 for VIL, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, 17.12.2021

2020

• Aronietis Raimonds, van Hassel Edwin and Vanelslander Thierry (2020). The State of Developing Country Ports & Maritime Services: A Global Review, Maritime Connectivity Study for the World Bank, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, 17.09.2020

2019

• ITF (2019), ITF Transport Outlook 2019, OECD Publishing, Paris,
  https://doi.org/10.1787/transp_outlook-en-2019-en.
• ITF (2019) High Capacity Transport: Towards Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Road Freight, International Transport Forum Policy Papers, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2 May 2019. https://www.itf-oecd.org/high-capacity-transport

2018

• ITF (2018) Towards Road Freight Decarbonisation Trends Measures and Policies, ITF Policy Papers, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://www.itf-oecd.org/towards-road-freight-decarbonisation
• Aronietis Raimonds, Kirstein Lucie, Hasegawa Nobuyoshi, and Merk Olaf. Fuelling Maritime Shipping with Liquefied Natural Gas: The Case of Japan, International Transport Forum, Paris, 25 April 2018, https://www.itf-oecd.org/fuelling-maritime-shipping-liquefied-natural-gas

2017

• Aronietis Raimonds, Voege Tom, Data-led Governance of Road Freight Transport: Improving compliance, International Transport Forum, Paris, 31 May 2017, https://www.itf-oecd.org/data-led-governance-road-freight-transport
• Veryard Daniel, Viegas José, Aronietis Raimonds and Poggi Rachele, Managing the Transition to Driverless Road Freight Transport, International Transport Forum, Paris, 31 May 2017, https://www.itf-oecd.org/managing-transition-driverless-road-freight-transport

2015

• Merk Olaf, Busquet Bénédicte and Aronietis Raimonds. The Impact of Mega-Ships, Case-Specific Policy Analysis, International Transport Forum, Paris, May 2015
• Aronietis Raimonds. Study on Environmental impact of incentives in ECMT quota for cleaner lorries in the international road transport market in Europe, International Transport Forum, ITF/TMB/TR(2015)2/PROV, Paris, 30 January 2015

2012

• Bravo C., Frencia C., Carvalho D., Vieira J., Finkill O., Szendro G., Cunningham D., Pauwells T., Aronietis R., Köhler J., Hedlund B., Macek P., (2012) “Market-up, Research funding instruments & innovative & financial instruments facilitating market uptake – Deliverable 4.1”, Market-up project, funded by the European Commission under the 7 th FP.
• Aronietis R., Carvalho D., Cunningham D., Fabian. P., Hedlund B., Köhler J., Macek P., Pauwels T.,  Rofar J., Szendro, G., Thedieck B., Vanelslander T., Vieira J. (2012), “Market-up, Selected case studies on transport innovation: R&D initiatives and market uptake of results – Deliverable 3.1”, Market-up project, funded by the European Commission under the 7th FP.

2011

• Market-up consortium (2011), “Market-up, Characterisation of the context of RTD initiatives per sectoral area – Deliverable 2.1”, Market-up project, funded by the European Commission under the 7th FP
• Arduino Giulia, Aronietis Raimonds, Crozet Yves, Ferrari Claudio, Frouws Koos,  Guihery Laurent, Kapros Seraphim, Laroche Florent,  Lloyd Michael, Rouboumtsos Athena, Vanelslander Thierry (2011). InnoSuTra project deliverable D9 – Final report, Antwerp,  01.02.2011
• Arduino Giulia, Aronietis Raimonds, Crozet Yves, Ferrari Claudio, Frouws Koos,  Guihery Laurent, Kapros Seraphim, Laroche Florent,  Lloyd Michael, Rouboumtsos Athena, Vanelslander Thierry (2011). InnoSuTra project deliverable D8 – Policy recommendations and summary of work, Athens,  23.12.2011
• Arduino Giulia, Aronietis Raimonds, Crozet Yves, Ferrari Claudio, Frouws Koos,  Guihery Laurent, Kapros Seraphim, Laroche Florent,  Lloyd Michael, Rouboumtsos Athena, Vanelslander Thierry (2011). InnoSuTra project deliverable D7 – Application of successful strategies to future concepts, Athens,  23.12.2011
• Arduino Giulia, Aronietis Raimonds, Crozet Yves, Ferrari Claudio, Frouws Koos,  Guihery Laurent, Kapros Seraphim, Laroche Florent,  Lloyd Michael, Rouboumtsos Athena, Vanelslander Thierry (2011). InnoSuTra project deliverable D3 – Wrap-up of second consultation, as input to final application and policy recommendations, Genova,  24.11.2011.
• Arduino Giulia, Aronietis Raimonds, Crozet Yves, Ferrari Claudio, Frouws Koos,  Guihery Laurent, Kapros Seraphim, Laroche Florent, Lambrou Maria, Lloyd Michael, Polydoropoulou Amalia, Rouboumtsos Athena, Vanelslander Thierry (2011). InnoSuTra project deliverable D6 – Scenario framework for successful innovation, Antwerp, 18.11.2011.
• Arduino Giulia, Aronietis Raimonds, Crozet Yves, Ferrari Claudio, Frouws Koos, Grootbod Herbert, Guihery Laurent, Kapros Seraphim, Laroche Florent, Lloyd Michael, Rouboumtsos Athena, Vanelslander Thierry (2011). InnoSuTra project deliverable D4 and D5 – Topical Assessment of Innovative Successes and Not-yet-successes, Antwerp, 16.08.2011, http://www.innosutra.eu/docs/D4and5.zip

 2010

• ARDUINO, Giulia, ARONIETIS, Raimonds, CROZET, Yves, CUSANO, Maria Inés, FERRARI, Claudio, FROUWS, Koos, GROOTBOD, Herbert, GROSSO, Monica, GUIHERY, Laurent, KAPROS, Seraphim, KLEIN, Olivier, LAROCH, Florent, LITINAS, Nikos, LLOYD, Michael, MCLAUGHLIN, Heather, MEERSMAN, Hilde, PANOU, Costas, POLYDOROPOULOU, Amalia, ROUMBOUTSOS, Athena, VAN DE VOORDE, Eddy, VANELSLANDER, Thierry (2010), InnoSuTra Preliminary Innovation Report (PIR), London, 84p. http://www.innosutra.eu/docs/Innosutra_D2_1_PIR_Final.pdf
• ARDUINO, Giulia, ARONIETIS, Raimonds, CROZET, Yves, CUSANO, Maria Inés, FERRARI, Claudio, FROUWS, Koos, GROOTBOD, Herbert, GROSSO, Monica, GUIHERY, Laurent, KAPROS, Seraphim, KLEIN, Olivier, LAROCH, Florent, LITINAS, Nikos, LLOYD, Michael, MCLAUGHLIN, Heather, MEERSMAN, Hilde, PANOU, Costas, POLYDOROPOULOU, Amalia, ROUMBOUTSOS, Athena, VAN DE VOORDE, Eddy, VANELSLANDER, Thierry (2010), InnoSuTra First Consultation Wrap-up Report, Athens, 75p. http://www.innosutra.eu/docs/Innosutra_1st_consultation_final_30_june_2010.pdf

2009

• Acosta Gina, Aronietis Raimonds, Grosso Monica, Meersman Hilde, Markianidou Paresa, Pauwels Tom, van de Voorde Eddy, Vanelslander Thierry, Verhetsel Ann. Tactical study E313 – calculating future scenarios for freight transport, Antwerpen: UA, 2009. 140 p.

2005

• Aronietis Raimonds. The Role of ECMT Licenses in Road Haulage Market, Road Transport Administration of Latvia, Riga, 2005. 26 p.
• Aronietis Raimonds, Čevers Aldis, Dēbelis Mārtiņš, Gulbis Aivars, Mazlazdiņa Sandija. Container Haulage by Road Transport from Ports of Baltic Sea in Direction West – East, Road Transport Administration of Latvia, Riga, 2005. 79 p.

Publications in journals

2023

• Aronietis, Raimonds, Edwin van Hassel, and Thierry Vanelslander. 2023. “Maritime Data Collection Framework for Container Port Benchmarking” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11, no. 8: 1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11081557
• Aronietis, Raimonds and Vanelslander, Thierry (2023). Economic impacts of the catenary electric road system implementation in Flanders. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2023.2197865

2017

• Aronietis, Raimonds, Sys, Christa, van Hassel, Edwin and Vanelslander, Thierry. “Investigating the bunkering choice determinants: the case of the port of Antwerp” Journal of Shipping and Trade (2017) 2: 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41072-017-0025-7

2016

• Aronietis, Raimonds; Christa Sys; Edwin van Hassel and Thierry Vanelslander. 2016. “Forecasting Port-Level Demand for LNG as a Ship Fuel: The Case of the Port of Antwerp.” Journal of Shipping and Trade 1 (1). doi:10.1186/s41072-016-0007-1. (http://jshippingandtrade.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41072-016-0007-1)

2012

• Giulia Arduino, Raimonds Aronietis, Yves Crozet, Koos Frouws, Claudio Ferrari, Laurent Guihéry, Seraphim Kapros, Ioanna Kourounioti, Florent Laroche, Maria Lambrou, Michael Lloyd, Amalia Polydoropoulou, Athena Roumboutsos, Eddy Van de Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander, How to turn an innovative concept into a success? An application to seaport-related innovation, Research in Transportation Economics, Available online 1 December 2012, ISSN 0739-8859, 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885912001631)

2011

• Raimonds Aronietis, Tom Pauwels, Thierry Vanelslander, Jędrzej Gadziński, Anna Golędzinowska, Rafał Wasil, Port hinterland connections: a comparative study of Polish and Belgian cases, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 20, 2011, Pages 59-68, ISSN 1877-0428, 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.08.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042811013917)

Book chapters

2016

• Raimonds Aronietis, Christa Sys and Thierry Vanelslander. 24.Maritime transport company strategies: How to be sustainable in the future, The Routledge Companion to Network Industries – ISBN 978-1-138-78282-2 – Routledge, 2016, p. 325-343

2014

• Aronietis Raimonds, Sys Christa, Vanelslander Thierry. Ship retrofit solutions: economic, energy and environmental impacts, Maritime-port technology and development / Ehlers, Soren [edit.]; et al. – ISBN 978-1-138-02726-8 – CRC Press, 2014, p. 57-66

Conference proceedings

2018

• Aronietis Raimonds and Voege Tom. ITS Applications for Higher Productivity of Road Freight Transport, HVTT15, International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Tehcnology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2-5 October 2018

2016

• Aronietis Raimonds, Christa Sys, Edwind van Hassel and Vanelslander Thierry “Bunkering choice determinants: a case study on LNG in Antwerp”, European Transport Conference 2016 proceedings, Barcelona, Spain, 5-7/10/2016

2015

• Raimonds Aronietis, Koos Frouws, Hilde Meersman, Christa Sys, Eddy Van de Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander. Retrofit: From Selection of Technologies to Regulatory Framework, Proceedings of the NAV 2015 18th International Conference on Ships and Shipping Research, Campus of Lecco Branch of Politecnico of Milan, June 24–26, 2015, ISBN 978-88-940557-1-9, p. 657-670

2014

• Aronietis Raimonds, Christa Sys and Vanelslander Thierry. Ship Retrofit Solutions: Economic, Energy and Environmental Impacts, Proceedings of the International Maritime and Port Technology Conference, MTEC 2014, Trondheim, Norway, October, 27-29, 2014
• Aronietis Raimonds, Christa Sys and Vanelslander Thierry. Modeling the Impacts of Ship Retrofit Solutions in Europe, Proceedings of the IAME 2014 Conference, International Association of Maritime Economists, Norfolk USA, July 15-18, 2014

2013

• 13th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR 2013), “Successful Development and Implementation of Transport Policy Innovations:Tackling Congestion on Port Hinterland Links”, Aronietis Raimonds, Proceedings of the WCTR 2013 Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, July 15-18, 2013
• 11^th Baltic Maritime Forum 2013, “Succeful development and implementation of transport policy innovations”, Raimonds Aronietis, Proceedings of the 11^th Baltic Maritime Forum 2013, Svetlogorsk, Russia, 28-31.05.2013

2012

• European Working Group on Transport 2012, “Innovation processes in surface transport: a case study-based analysis” together with Florent Laroche, Laurent Guihéry, Thierry Vanelslander, Kapros Seraphim, Michael Lloyd, Giulia Arduino, Koos Frouws, Yves Crozet, Eddy Van de Voorde, Raimonds Aronietis, Amalia Polydoropoulou, Ioanna Kourounioti, Maria Lambrou, Claudio Ferrari, Paris, France, 10-13/09/2012
• 10th Meeting of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN), “A System’s Innovation Approach in Identifying successful green ports initiatives” together with, Thierry Vanelslander, Kapros Seraphim, Michael Lloyd, Giulia Arduino, Koos Frouws, Yves Crozet, Eddy Van de Voorde, Raimonds Aronietis, Amalia Polydoropoulou, Ioanna Kourounioti, Maria Lambrou, Claudio Ferrari, Florent Laroche, Laurent Guihéry, Taipei, 06/09/2012
• 12^th EURAM 2012 conference, “How to turn an innovative concept into a success? An application to seaport-related innovation”, together with Raimonds Aronietis, Thierry Vanelslander, Koos Frouws, Claudio Ferrari, Athena Roumboutsos, Michael Lloyd, Laurent Guihéry, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 07/06/2012
• eFreight 2012 Conference, “A System’s Innovation Approach in Identifying Policy Measures in Support of Interoperability and Information Flow in Surface Transport.” Raimonds Aronietis; Claudio Ferrari; Koos Frouws; Laurent Guihéry; Seraphim Kapros; Maria Lambrou; Michael Lloyd; Amalia Polydoropoulou; Athena Roumboutsos and Thierry Vanelslander. 9-10th May Delft, NL
• Raimonds Aronietis, ‘Identifying Approaches for Successful Implementation of Measures for Tackling Congestion on Port Hinterland Links’, Proceedings of The 1st Erasmus Smart Port Rotterdam / Port Research Centre Poster Session, Rotterdam, 06/03/2012

2011

• First Annual International Workshop on Port Economics 2011, ‘Hinterland Transport Charging: Impact on port hinterland connections’, together with Raimonds Aronietis, Hilde Meersman, Tom Pauwels, Christa Sys and Eddy Van de Voorde, Singapore, 6/12/2011
• Aronietis Raimonds and Vanelslander Thierry, ‘Innovation Path of Selected Pan-European Transport Policy Cases’, Proceedings of the European Transport Conference 2011, Glasgow, UK, 10-12/10/2011
• Aronietis Raimonds, Meersman Hilde, Pauwels Tom, Van de Voorde Eddy and Vanelslander Thierry, ‘Road pricing impact on port competitiveness: a Port of Antwerp case study’, Proceedings of the Econship Conference 2011, Chios, 21-25/06/2011
• Raimonds Aronietis, Tom Pauwels, Thierry Vanelslander, Jędrzej Gadziński, Anna Golędzinowska, Rafał Wasil, Port hinterland connections: a comparative study of Polish and Belgian cases,14th EWGT Meeting, Poznan, 6-9 September 2011
• Aronietis Raimonds, Van de Voorde Eddy and Vanelslander Thierry, Competitiveness determinants of some European ports in the containerized cargo market, Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2011, University Press bvba, Namur, 25/05/2011
• Raimonds Aronietis, Feliciana Monteiro, Eddy Van de Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander, Britt Vergauwen. Strategies of Belgian Ports to Compete in Logistics Chain, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 17/01/2011
• Raimonds Aronietis, Paresa Markianidou, Hilde Meersman, Tom Pauwels, Eddy Van de Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander and Ann Verhetsel. Improving Port Hinterland Connections by, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 17/01/2011

2010

• Aronietis, Raimonds, Van de Voorde, Eddy and Vanelslander, Thierry, ‘Port competitiveness determinants of selected European ports in the containerized cargo market’, European Transport Conference 2010 proceedings, Glasgow, UK, 11-13/10/2010
• Aronietis Raimonds, Monteiro Feliciana and Van de Voorde Eddy. Concessioning in seaports: changing practices, changing market power?, Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, July 11-15, 2010
• Aronietis Raimonds, Markianidou Paresa, Meersman Hilde, Pauwels Tom, Pirenne Marc, Van De Voorde Eddy, Vanelslander Thierry, Verhetsel Ann. Some Effects of Hinterland Infrastructure Pricing on Port Competitiveness: Case of Antwerp, Proceedings of the WCTR2010 Conference, The 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, July 11-15, 2010
• Aronietis Raimonds, Van de Voorde Eddy and Vanelslander Thierry. Port competitiveness determinants of selected European ports in the containerized cargo market, Proceedings of the IAME2010 Conference, International Association of Maritime Economists, Lisbon, July 7-9, 2010
• Aronietis Raimonds, Monteiro Feliciana, Van de Voorde Eddy, Vanelslander Thierry and Vergauwen Britt. Les ports Contemporains : Développements Compétitifs et Stratégies des Acteurs, Le premier colloque international sur les ports maghrebins: entre volonté et réalité, Bou-Ismail, Algeria, 2-3/2/2010

2009

• Aronietis Raimonds, Markianidou Paresa, Meersman Hilde, Pauwels Tom, van de Voorde Eddy, Vanelslander Thierry, Verhetsel Ann. Effects of transport policy on goods flows by road in port hinterland connections, Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day / Macharis, C. [edit.]; e.a. – ISBN 978-90-5487-580-2 – Brussels, VUBPress, 2009, p. 673-687, 27/05/2009
• Aronietis Raimonds, Markianidou Paresa, Meersman Hilde, Pauwels Tom, van de Voorde Eddy, Vanelslander Thierry, Verhetsel Ann. Improving capacity at port hinterland connections by road, Proceedings of the IAME2009 Conference, International Association of Maritime Economists, Copenhagen, June 24-26, 2009 – S.l., , 2009
• Aronietis Raimonds, Markianidou Paresa, Meersman Hilde, Pauwels Tom, van de Voorde Eddy, Vanelslander Thierry, Verhetsel Ann. Measures for improving capacity in port hinterland connections by road, Proceedings of the European Transport Conference 2009, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands – S.l., , 05-07/10/2009