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Dr. Ashar is Research Professor (emeritus) with the National Ports & Waterways Institute (NPWI), USA, and independent consultant. NPWI is a maritime research program of The University of New Orleans and, previously, Louisiana State University, with offices in New Orleans, LA and Washington D.C. Dr. Ashar had been with NPWI for 30 years (1985 - 2015). Before that he was Senior Port Planner and Transportation Analyst with the Port of Seattle, WA, USA (1981 - 1985), and Senior Advisor for Operations with the Port and Rail Authority of Israel, Ports of Haifa & Ashdod (1972 - 1980). His academic background includes degrees in Industrial Engineering & Management (Technion, Israel, 1967), Marine System Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA,1982), and Maritime Studies and International Transport (University of Cardiff, United Kingdom,1993). Dr. Ashar has participated in numerous conferences and was quoted in many publications, among them: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Miami Herald, The Sun Herald, Fortune, The Journal of Commerce, American Shippers, Lloyd�s List, Dredging Today, Port Technology, World Cargo News, Containerization International, Container Management, Port Strategy, and Cargo Systems; and was interviewed on two National Public Radio stations (Washington DC and Los Angeles). He also has developed and taught seminars and graduate courses on Ports & Shipping. Dr. Ashar served as Expert Witness in cases involving channel deepening in several US ports, investments in new facilities and equipment for US ports, damage to ports following an earthquake, freight charges for water and land transportation, bidding processes for port concessions in Asia and Latin America, leasing contracts and concession fees for marine terminals in the US, coastal ferries in the US, Hurricane-related interruptions to cruise shipping operations and, most recently, inter-port competition in South America and Asia. Dr. Ashar has over 50 academic and professional publications, among them the highly publicized series on The Fourth Revolution: Long-Terms Prospects of Liner Shipping (Containerization International, Dec 1999 & Jan 2000), Reversal of Fortune, Long-Term Forecast for US Ports, (Containerization International, Jan 2004, and World Cargo News, March 2004) and Revolution #4 (Containerization International, Dec 2006),the impact of Panama Canal Expansion on US Ports (Containerization International, July 2010), the Deepening US Port Channels (Journal of Commerce, Jan 2011) and, most recently, the Revised Fourth Revolution (Port Technology, Sep 2012, Journal of Commerce, Nov 2012, and WorldCargo, March 2013) and Big Ships, Deep Channels and Transfer Terminals (Port Technology, Jan 2019). Dr. Ashar�s areas of expertise include, in ports: � National
and regional port master plans � Due
diligence and feasibility studies for port investments � Port
marketing and strategic analyzes � National
multi-modal plans (coastal, inland waterways, rail, road) � On/off-dock
intermodal railyards and Dry Port � Port
privatization and concession programs � Port
legislation and regulatory reforms � Port cost
and pricing strategies � Port
operations and productivity analysis � Port
facility planning for container, general and bulk cargoes In shipping: � Fleet forecast
(ship capacity and main dimensions) � Ship
characterization and shipping costs � Deployment
strategies of shipping lines � Future
shipping and transshipping service patterns � Inland
waterways containerships and Container on Barge (COB) � Coastal,
Inter-Island, River/ Sea and Short-Sea Shipping � Fast
ferries and Ro/Pax shipping Dr. Ashar has more than 40 years of experience with ports, shipping, and multi-modal transportation projects, in the US and more than 30 countries in Asia, South & Central America, Caribbean, East & West Africa, East & West Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. His recent projects of special interest include: � The impact
of big ships on container terminals worldwide, focusing on off-dock container
yards (ICDs, Dry Ports) � The impact
of Panama Canal expansion on US East & Gulf Coast ports, especially with
regards to channel deepening � Strategic
development plans for The Yangshan port complex in
Shanghai, China; Inchon, South Korea; St. Antonio, Valparaiso & St.
Vicente, Chile; Embraport, Santos, Brazil; Callao,
Peru; Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Myanmar
and Vietnam � Feasibility
assessments of Panama Canal and "dry" canals through Mexico and
Costa Rica � Short-sea,
coastal and Inland Waterways shipping for both domestic and international
containers in the US, Mexico, Bangladesh and the
Philippines � Due
diligence assessments for investors in port concessions in Brazil, Colombia,
Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Haiti, Panama, South Korea, Germany, Turkey and Namibia � Feasibility
of investments in access channels of US ports, including New York, Savannah, Jacksonville and Palm Beach � Seminars
and workshops on ports and shipping in the US, Spain, Haiti
and South Africa Dr. Ashar originated and prepared the conceptual design of Embraport, a 2-million TEU, $1 billion-investment container terminal in Santos, Brazil and that of San Antonio Outer Harbor Plan, Chile, a new deep-water harbor with full-build capacity of 6 million TEU, recently approved by the Chilean government. Dr. Asaf Ashar |
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