Major Projects (Last 10 Years):

  • Team Leader, Truck Staging and Truck Control Program for Lagos Ports, for USAID (2010). 
  • Project Manager, Operational Assessment of the Ports of Mombasa, Kenya and Dar es Salam, Tanzania, for USAID (2010).
  • Port of Mongla Development Plans, Bangladesh, for the World Bank (2010). 
  • Project Manager, Private Ports in the US and UK and their Relationships with Surrounding Communities, for a Private Client (2009). 
  • Port and Intermodal Operations Expert, Operational Assessment of Lagos' Marine and Intermodal Terminals, Lagos, Nigeria, for USAID (2009).
  • Port Planner and Market Research Analyst, Market Assessment and Infrastructure Development Plan, Port of Lake Providence, LA, USA, for the Lake Providence Port Commission (2009).
  • Port Planner and Shipping Analyst, Due Diligence Study, Embraport, Santos, Brazil, for Coimex Corporation, Sau Paulo, Brazil to be presented for the Inter-American Bank (2009).
  • Project Manager and Port Planner, Alternative Development Plans for Central Chile's Ports (San Antonio and Valparaiso), Chile, for STI, Chile (2009).
  • Port Planner and Intermdoal Transportation Analyst, Pre-Feasibility Analysis of the Tehuantepec Land Bridge ("Dry Canal"), Mexico, for The States of Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico (2008/9).
  • Port Planner and Business Analyst, Comparative Overview of US Gulf Coast Bulk Ports and Identification of Development Strategies, for The Port of South Louisiana, USA (2008).
  • Port Planner and Shipping, Strategic Master Plan of the Port of Mrogan City, for The Port of Morgan City Louisiana, USA (2008).
  • Project Manager and Port Operations Specialist, Capacity Assessment of San Antonio Container Terminal, Chile, for STI, Chile (2008).
  • Shipping Expert and Port Planner, Master Plan Study and Business Plan for Containers of Puerto Quetzal, for The Port of Quetzal, Guatemala (2008).
  • Project Manager, Shipping Expert, Port Planner and Financial Analyst, Viability Assessment of Transshipment Hub in Haiti, for private investors (2008).
  • Reviewer, Start-Up Plan, Embraport, Santos, Brazil, for Coimex Corporation, Sau Paulo, Brazil (2008).
  • Shipping and Port Analyst, Feasibility of Feeder and Short Sea Shipping on the US East Coast, for Private Investors (2008).
  • Port Privatization Specialist, Cape Verde Port System, for the World Bank (2007).
  • Port Planner, Operations and Tariff Specialist, CPI Terminal, Buenaventura, Colombia, Due Diligence, for CAF, CABO and West LB Banks (2007).
  • Project Manager and Transportation Analyst, Intermodal Connectivity of Louisiana Deep-Water Ports, for the State of Louisiana Department of Transportation, USA (2007).
  • Shipping and Port Operations Analyst, Due Diligence for Port of Santa Catarina, Brazil, for Inter American Bank and West LB Bank (2007).
  • Shipping and Port Operations Analyst, Due Diligence Study for the Port of Santa Catarina, Brazil, for Inter American Bank and West LB Bank (2007).
  • Strategic Advisor for Port Development, for the Port Soceity of Cartagena, Colombia (2007).
  • Port and Shipping Analyst, Reorganization of the Maritime Division and Legislative Reform, Ministry of Transport, Abu Dhabi, for the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Transport United Arab Emirates (2007).
  • Shipping and Intermodal Transport Analyst, Multi-Modal Logistic Terminal for Fresh Produce, Panama, for Inter American Bank (2007).
  • Port Planner and Operations Specialist, A System for Regulating Colombian Ports Efficiency and Capacity, for the Federal Department of Transportation & Planning, Colombia (2006).
  • Port Operations Shipping Analyst, Master Plans of Ports Tema and Takoradi, Ghana, for Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority, Ghana (2006/8).
  • Port and Shipping Analyst, Inter-Island Ro/Ro Shipping in the Philippines, for The Philippines Development Bank and USAID (2006).
  • Port Operations Specialist, Port of Praia Master Plan, Cape Verde, for Millennium Commission Corporation, USA (2006).
  • Concession Contract Advisor, Embraport, Santos, Brazil, for Coimex Corporation, Sau Paulo, Brazil (2006).
  • Project Manager, Review of Panama’s Port Law and the System of Concession Fees, for the Inter-American Bank (2006).
  • Project Manager, Financial and Shipping Analyst, Pan American Maritime Highway Ferry (Ro/Ro) System, for the Inter-American Bank (2006).
  • Port Privatization and Development Analyst, Concession Plan for the Port of Callao, Peru, for the National Port Authority and Office of Private Investment and USAID, Colombia (2006).
  • Port Planner, Shipping Analyst, and Financial Analyst, Port of Poti's Future Container Terminal, Georgia, for private investors (2005).
  • Trade and Transportation System Analyst, Feasibility of Bocas de Cenizas Coal and Container Terminal, Barranquilla, Colombia, for the Port Society of Boca Cenezia, Colombia (2005).
  • Port Planner and Shipping Analyst, Embraport Market Study and Conceptual Design, Santos Brazil, for Coimex Companies, Brazil (2005/2006).
  • Barge Transportation Analyst,New Orleans Inner Harbor Lock Rehabilitation Study, for the US Army Corps of Engineers (2005/ 2006).
  • Port Planner, Ro/Ro Terminal, Ust Luga, Russia, for Ust Luga Port Company, Russia (2005).
  • Harbor Navigation Canal, Inner Harbor Lock Investigative Study, for the US Army Corps of Engineer, New Orleans District (2004).
  • Port Planner and Shipping Analyst, Feasibility of Inchon Container Terminal, South Korea, for private US investors and Korea’s Ministry of Fishery and Maritime (2004).
  • Expert Witness, Costs of Coal Shipping and Port Handling in Florida, for Michael Twomey Law Office, Gainesville, FL, USA (2004).
  • Task Leader, Liner Shipping, Containerized Trade and Port Operations, Strategic Development Plan of Port Quetzal, Guatemala, for the Port Quetzal Port Authority (2004).
  • Port Planner and Financial Analyst, Ust Luga Port's Refrigerated Terminal, for Ust Luga Port Company, Russia (2004).
  • Port Planner and Shipping Analyst, Ust Luga Ports' Grain Terminal, for Ust Luga Port Company, Russia (2004).
  • Project Manager and Transportation Planner, Lake Victoria Container-on- Barge Shipping and Terminal, Uganda, for of the Haba Group (2004).
  • Team Leader and Shipping Analyst, Container Demand for Panama Canal following Expansion, for the Panama Canal Authority (2003).
  • Principal Investigator, High Speed Ferries and Coastwise Vessels: Evaluation of Parameters and Markets for Application, for the Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies, USA (Phase IV, 2003).
  • Port Planner and Shipping Analyst, Port of Lake Charles Strategic Plan, Louisiana, USA, for the Port of Lake Charles Commission (2002).
  • Shipping Analyst and Port Operations Expert, Port of Manta's Master Plan Study, for Port Manta Port Authority, Ecuador (2002).
  • Principal Investigator, Containership Fleet Forecast for US Ports, for the US Chamber of Commerce, USA (2002).
  • Principal Investigator, High Speed Ferries and Coastwise Vessels: Evaluation of Parameters and Market Applications, for the Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies, USA (Phase III, 2002).
  • Port Organization System Analyst, Privatization of El Salvadore Maritime Subsector, El Salvadore, for the World Bank (2001).
  • Port Planner and Shipping Analyst, Due Diligence Study, Embraport, Santos, Brazil, for Coimex Corporation, Sau Paulo, Brazil to be presented for the Inter-American Bank(2009).
  • Shipping System Analyst, Multi-Port Study of C & D Canal, Baltimore, Maryland, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2000 - 2001).
  • Port Planner and Financial Analyst, Nicaragua Port Reform and Privatization Plan of the Port of Corinto, for the Inter-American Bank of Development and Nicaragua's National Port Authority (2000).
  • Port and Shipping Analyst, Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas related Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico, for U.S. Department of Interior, Mineral Management Service (2000). 
  • Team Leader and Shipping System Analyst, Evaluation of Alternatives for a Deep-Water Port in Shanghai (Yangshan), for State Development Planning Commission of the Central Government of P. R. China, China (2000). 
  • Shipping, Port Operations and Facilities Planner, Master Plan for the Port of Gdynia, Poland, for the Gdynia Port Holding, Poland (1999). 
  • Principal Port Concession Negotiator, Port Bar Concession, Montenegro, for Eberhard Trading Corp., Panama (1999).
  • A full list of projects in previous years is available upon request.

Dr. Asaf Ashar

National Ports and Waterways Institute
Washington DC Office
University of New Orleans
Phone: 240-242-3676

Qualifications
Experience
Conferences
Publications
Images
Photos
Interview