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 Gökcay Balci*
University of Leeds – UK

Professor Sedat Baştuğ*
Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University, TK

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 Jihong Chen*
Shenzhen University - CN

Professor Peggy Shu-Ling Chen*
University of Tasmania - AU

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

Professor Mark Clintworth*
University of Gothenburg - SE

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 Claudio Ferrari*
University of Genova – IT

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 David Guerrero*
Université Gustave Eiffel - FR

Professor Elvira Haezendonck*
University of Brussels - BE

Professor Trevor D. Heaver
University of British Columbia - CA

Dr. Jan Hoffmann*
The World Bank, USA

Dr. Wolfgang Hübner
OECD, Paris - FR

Professor David L Hummels*
Purdue University - USA

Professor Eleftherios Iakovou*
Texas A&M University - USA

Professor Akio Imai
Kobe University - JP

Professor Haiying Jia*
Norwegian School of Economics - NO

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 Christos Kontovas*
Liverpool John Moores University - UK

Professor Shashi Kumar
United States Merchant Marine Academy - USA

Professor Jasmine Siu Lee Lam*
Technical University of Denmark - DM

Professor Paul Tae-Woo Lee
Zhejiang University - CN

Professor Peter Lorange*
Lorange Network AG - CH

Professor Kenneth Løvold Rødseth*
Norwegian Center for Transport Research – NO

Professor Dimitrios V. Lyridis*
National Technical University of Athens - GR

Professor Shuo Ma
World Maritime University - SE

Professor John Mangan*
Newcastle University - UK

Professor Ugo Marchese
University of Genoa - IT

Professor Peter Marlow
Cardiff University - UK

Professor Frank Meisel*
Kiel University - DE

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 Adolf K.Y. Ng*
BNU-HKBU United International College - CN

Professor Nikos Nomikos*
Bayes Business School - UK

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

Professor 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 Halvor Schøyen*
University of South-Eastern Norway - NO

Professor Anna Sciomachen*
University of Genova - IT

Professor William Sjostrom
National University of Ireland, Cork - IE

Professor Gunnar Sletmo
HEC Montréal - CA

Professor Ancor Suárez Alemán*
Inter-American Development Bank - USA

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

Professor Lourdes Trujillo Castellano*
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - ES

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 Dong Yang*
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – HK

Professor Zaili Yang*
Liverpool John Moores University - UK

Professor Zhongzhen Yang*
Ningbo University - CN

Professor Funda Yercan*
Piri Reis University - TK

Professor Manfred Zachcial
Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics - DE

Professor Qingcheng Zeng*
Dalian Maritime University - CN

Professor Thalis Zis*
Cyprus University of Technology - CY

*=currently serving