Montreal: ICS Lunch Talk in Montreal - "Maritime Trade & the World Economy"

• Date Thursday, May 24, 2018
• Duration 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm

Contact for Event

Please join us for our next exciting Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Canada Branch Luncheon Talk!

"Maritime Trade & the World Economy"

Presented by

Professor Theodore Papageorgiou, Professor of Economics, McGill University

Thursday, May 24th 2018, 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm at the Shipping Federation of Canada, 300 St Sacrement Street, Suite 326 in Old Montreal

The cost is $30.00 for ICS members, $35.00 for non-ICS members and $25.00 for Students & ICS Retirees.

Lunch and drinks will be served.

Prof Papageorgiou will present some of his recent research on dry bulk shipping markets. He will start by making observations of patterns in ship movement and ship contract data. He then builds a theoretical economic model that captures the behaviour of both shipowners and charterers. In doing so, he incorporates both the geographic interdependence within the entire global network of countries as well as the challenges in the ship-cargo matching process in determining trade costs and trade flows. The model is then applied to show the impact of various changes (improvements in ship efficiency, a slowdown in China's economy, the opening of the Northwest Passage, reduced search frictions) on world trade patterns.

Please RSVP to Julian Hung jhung@ics-canada.ca

Payment may be made in cash or by cheque at the door.

Spaces are limited so please register early!

Really looking forward to having you with us!

Best regards,

Julian Hung

ICS Canada Branch

East Coast Representative

www.ics-canada.ca