Ports all over the world are dealing with changing markets and challenges in the fields of logistics, technology and operations, to name a few. The Port of Rotterdam Industrial Complex is regarded internationally as a leader in efficient and sustainable development.
To retain this position, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Erasmus University have developed a programme in which knowledge and experience is shared with port executives from Rotterdam and beyond: Port Executive Leadership Circle.
The transition from fossil to renewable fuels, process automation and creating employment, transforming old ports into attractive urban areas: these are the complex challenges facing Rotterdam and all port cities worldwide.
"To make ports and port authorities future proof, new port executives need new qualities. By offering a joint study programme, we can share our knowledge and skills with the port executives of the future and thus ensure that ports have maximum impact on society," says Allard Castelein, CEO Port of Rotterdam Authority.
"Combining academic insights from Rotterdam School of Management and Erasmus Centre for Urban Port and Transport Economics with the practical knowledge of the port generates special interaction. And we need that because the challenges we are facing in Rotterdam require special, integrated solutions for which we look beyond the borders of our own disciplines. Through regional co-creation, we ensure a Sustainable Rotterdam Delta," says Rutger Engels, Rector Magnificus at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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