Port-city networks.

Abstract This Master Thesis has been written as a partial fulfillment of the requirements of the MSc Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Organization Economics at the Department of Applied Economics - Erasmus University Rotterdam. The work has been carried out in the cities of Rotterdam, Piraeus and at London by phone. First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor in Rotterdam, Dr. W. Jacobs for his valuable guidance and advice. I am also especially grateful to the Managing Director of Post &Co P&I Club Mr. D. Post and Mr. van der Valk of AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen, for giving me the opportunity to gain insights on the core of the subject that proved valuable on following interviews. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the precious help of Mr. A. Karampelas, former Managing director of the Justice Department of the National Bank of Greece for recommending me to other maritime experts. Moreover, I would like to thank Mr. Fasolis, maritime lawyer, for the time dedicated and great interest he showed during the interview. Finally, I would like to help all the participants in this research, Mr. I. Psychoyios of Eletson Corporation, Mr. I. Trantalidis maritime lawyer, Mr. D. Vasilakos Managing Director of Maritime Affairs of the National Bank of Greece and Mr. D. Vergottis of Valliant Shipping. Without their useful insights this work would not have been the same.