- Room 102, Mast House, 24 Sutton Road
- M.Roe@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Professor Michael Roe
Emeritus Professor of Maritime and Logistics Policy
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business
Role
Research Leader for Maritime and Logistics Policy and Governance with particular reference to Developing and Transitional Economies.
Qualifications
PhD (University of Aston), MSc (University of Southampton), BA (Hons) University of Southampton)
Previous employment includes periods at the Greater London Council, University of Aston, Coventry University, London Metropolitan University and City University.
Staff serving as external examiners
Previously external examiner for PhD at:
London School of Economics
University of Cardiff
London Metropolitan University
Newcastle University
Heriot Watt University
University of Helsinki
For BSc:
University of Cardiff
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Currently external examiner for Masters and Foundation degrees at:
City University
Research interests
Maritime governance and policy-making
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Supervisor of 23 successful PhD candidates including work on:
The Role of the Trans Siberian Railway for container transport
Lithuanian oil logistics
Ferry services in the East Mediterranean
Polish port marketing strategies
Port ownwership and economics
Korean container terminal policy
Marketing in East European liner shipping
Road haulage logistics in Egypt and Hungary
Airline marketing strategy
Air ambulance economics
Logistics and multi-modal transport in Bangadesh
Port competitiveness in North East Asia
Maritime clusters in Ireland
Container logistics in Taiwan
Grants & contracts
Grants in recent years have included funding from:
European Union (Phare/Ace)
European Union (Tempus)
British Academy
British Council
The Arab League
The Government of South Korea
The Polish Academy of Sciences
Lloyds of London Tercentenary Fund
DAAD (Germany)
Economic and Social Research Council
Research groups
- Sustainable Transport
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2016
'The influence of supply chain collaboration on collaborative advantage and port performance in maritime logistics'
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
1-21
, DOI
2014
'Measures of supply chain collaboration in container logistics'
Maritime Economics and Logistics
(2014)
, DOI
2013
'Maritime governance and policy-making: the need for process rather than form,'
Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
29,
(2)
167-186
2011
'Northern opportunities: A strategic review of Canada's Arctic icebreaking services'
MARINE POLICY
35,
(4)
549-556
, DOI
2011
'Dealing with multicultural human resources in a socially responsible manner: a focus on the maritime industry'
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs
10,
(1)
7-23
, DOI
2011
'Measuring the competitiveness of container ports: logisticians' perspectives'
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MARKETING
45,
(3)
455-470
, DOI
2010
'The potential for the clustering of the maritime transport sector in the Greater Dublin Region'
Maritime Policy and Management: The flagship journal of international shipping and port research
37,
(1)
1-16
2010
'Optimal container dispatching policy and its structure in a shuttle service with finite capacity and random demands'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT LOGISTICS
2,
(1)
44-58
2010
'SPECIAL ISSUE: MANAGING CONTAINER OPERATIONS EFFECTIVELY Introduction'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT LOGISTICS
2,
(1)
1-3
2010
'Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests'
JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
61,
(8)
1249-1257
, DOI
2009
'Multi-level and polycentric governance: effective policymaking for shipping'
Maritime Policy and Management
36,
(1)
39-56
2009
'Maritime governance and policy-making failure in the European Union'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT LOGISTICS
1,
(1)
1-19
, DOI
2009
'Shipping and Transport Logistics'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT LOGISTICS
1,
(1)
98-99
2008
'Evaluating the competitiveness of container ports in Korea and China'
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
42,
(6)
910-921
, DOI
2008
'Safety, Security, the Environment and Shipping: The Problem of Making Effective Policies'
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs
7,
(1)
263-279
2007
'Enhancing intercultural competence in postgraduate logisticians'
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
10,
221-233
2007
'Evaluation of the marine traffic congestion of north harbor in Busan port'
JOURNAL OF WATERWAY PORT COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING-ASCE
133,
(2)
87-93
, DOI
2007
'Integrated vehicle fleet sizing, leasing and dispatching policyin a shuttle service system'
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
10,
29-40
2007
'Shipping, policy and multi-level governance'
Maritime Economics and Logistics
9,
84-103
2007
'The impact of transitional changes of maritime passenger transport on Croatian tourism development'
Maritime Policy and Management
34,
185-202
2006
'Promoting development through multimodal freight transport in Bangladesh'
TRANSPORT REVIEWS
26,
(5)
571-591
, DOI
2006
'An analysis of the current situation for Polish ferry operators'
Trasporti Europei
34,
1-20
2006
'Diversion of containerized trade: case analysis of the role of Iranian ports in global maritime supply chain'
Trasporti Europei
30,
61-76
2005
'Strategic policy and the logistics of crude oil transit in Lithuania'
Energy Policy
33,
(7)
857-866
, DOI
2005
'Container shipping policy and models of multi-level governance'
Annals of Maritime Studies
43,
45-62
2005
'Strategy policy and the logistics of crude oil transit in Lithuania'
Energy Policy
33,
857-866
2005
'The development of the highway network in Poland and the future development of Polish ferry shipping'
Trasporti Europei
29,
57-70
2005
'Towards supply chain integration through multimodal transport in developing countries'
Maritime Economics and Logistics
7,
382-399
2005
'Towards supply chain integration through multimodal transport in developing economies: the case of Bangladesh'
Journal of Maritime Economics and Logistics
7,
(4)
382-399
, DOI
2005
'Trans-Siberian Railway: from inception to transition'
Trasporti Europei
29,
46-56
2004
'Changing geopolitical boundaries and their impact upon port selection and concentration'
Journal of Shipping and Logistics
43,
183-193
2004
'The impact of transitional changes on maritiem transport in Central and Eastern Europe'
Maritime Policy and Management
31,
287-308
2003
'Developments in the Polish motorway system and the impact on Baltic ferry services'
Trasport Europei
23,
46-50
2003
'The death of national shipping policy'
Lloyds Shipping Economist
25,
26-28
2002
'The development of the UK-Poland liner shipping trade between 1919 and 1989'
International Journal of Maritime History
14,
181-206
2002
'The Polish maritime sector under transition'
Maritime Policy and Management
29,
17-43
2002
'Uk tonnage tax. Subsidy or special case?'
Maritime Policy and Management
29,
393-404
2001
'Liner shipping between East and West Europe: competitive developments in the Poland–United Kingdom trade'
Maritime Policy & Management
28,
(4)
323-337
, DOI
2001
'The politics of oil in Lithuania: Strategies after transition'
Energy Policy
29,
(5)
383-397
, DOI
2001
'International logistics in Lithuania at a time of transition'
TRANSPORT REVIEWS
21,
(1)
117-135
, DOI
2001
'Liner shipping between East and West Europe; competitive developments in Poland'
Maritime Policy and Management
28,
323-337
2001
'Oil and containers in transit through Lithuania - research in the United Kingdom'
Jura
5,
88-89
2001
'Port marketing in Poland during times of transition'
Trasporti Europei
18,
21-35
2000
'International freight transport in Lithuania'
TRANSPORT REVIEWS
20,
(4)
447-468
2000
'Transport infrastructure investment and its impact upon port choice'
Archives of Transport of the Polish Academy of Sciences
12,
79-100
1999
'Operationalisation of a positioning model in ferry services: an Eastern Mediterranean case'
International Journal of Maritime Economics
1,
73-86
1999
'The commercialisation of East European liner shipping; the experience of Poland'
Maritime Policy and Management
26,
69-79
1998
'Positive growth for Baltic short-sea shipping'
Lloyds Shipping Economist
20,
16-18
1998
'The use of pipelines for the urban distribution of goods'
Transport Policy
5,
61-72
1997
'Developments in East European ports'
Dock and Harbour Authority
78,
43-45
1997
'The decline of the UK registered fleet - some maritime policy lessons for Poland'
Polish Maritime Review
3,
6-9
1996
'Joint ventures and East European shipping'
Journal of Ship Finance
12,
2-5
1996
'Recent aspects of the EU maritime transport policy. A comment on the paper by Theo Kiriazidis and George Tzanidakis'
Maritime Policy and Management
23,
81-83
1995
'Positional change in the Polish liner shipping market; a framework approach'
Maritime Policy and Management
22,
295-318
1993
'Analysis - Polish shipping'
Seatrade Review
22,
21-23
1993
'East European shipping and economic change; a conceptual model'
Maritime Policy and Management
20,
229-241
1993
'Polish privatisation'
Lloyds Shipping Economist
15,
6-8
1993
'The decline of the UK merchant fleet; an assessment of government policies in recent years - a rejoinder to Goss's comment'
Maritime Policy and Management
20,
325-326
1992
'The decline of the UK merchant fleet: an assessment of government policies in recent years'
Maritime Policy and Management
19,
239-251
1990
'TRANSPORT POLICY IN EASTERN-EUROPE - A CASE-STUDY OF HUNGARY'
TRANSPORTATION
16,
(4)
343-359
, DOI
1985
'Latent structure modelling for trip distribution'
Traffic Engineering and Control
26,
267-270
1984
'Multi-variate analysis and transport evaluation'
Traffic Engineering and Control
25,
497-504
Reviews
2012
'International Handbook of Maritime Economics'
International Journal of Maritime History
XXIV,
(1)
461-462
2006
'The Water Freight Review 2005'
Maritime Policy and Management
33,
3-3
2001
'McConville, J. Economics of Maritime Transport. Theory and Practice'
Maritime Policy and Management
28,
207-208
1998
'Stopford, M. Maritime Economics'
Proceedings of the Chartered Institute of Transport
7,
60-61
1998
'Stopford, M. Maritime Economics'
Journal of Transport Geography
6,
311-311
Books
2019
Preface.
2012
Maritime Governance and Policy-Making.
London
Springer
2004
Globalisation, Policy and Shipping: Fordism, Post-Fordism and the European Union Maritime Sector (Transport Economics, Management and Policy Series).
Cheltenham
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2002
Shipping in China.
Ashgate Publishing
2001
The productive efficiency of container terminals.
Ashgate Publishing
2001
Polish shipping under communism.
Ashgate Pub Ltd
1999
Shipping in Turkey.
Aldershot
Ashgate Pub Ltd
1999
Strategic management in the maritime sector.
Aldershot
Ashgate Pub Ltd
1998
Commercialisation in Central and East Europe shipping.
Ashgate Publishing
1998
East European Transport Developments.
Plymouth
University of Plymouth
1998
Strategic management in East European ports.
Aldershot
Ashgate Pub Ltd
1996
East European change and shipping policy.
Aldershot, UK
Avebury Press
1993
Shipping policy in the European Community.
Aldershot, UK
Avebury Press
1992
East European international road haulage.
Aldershot, UK
Avebury Press
1987
Evaluation Methodologies for Transport Investment.
Aldershot, UK
Avebury Press
Chapters
2017
'European Union shipping policy and Eastern Europe'
Shipping in the Baltic Region
5-24
2017
'The Role of Shipping in the Turkish Economy in the 1990s'
Developments in Maritime Transport and Logistics in Turkey
4-25
2017
'Turkish Shipbuilding in the 1990s'
Developments in Maritime Transport and Logistics in Turkey
135-165
2017
'Chinese-Polish co-operation in liner shipping'
Shipping in China
100-115
2016
'Supply chain modelling for the globalised age'
Globalization: Economic, Political and Social Issues
77-94
2015
'Development of an optimised, automated multidimensional model for supply chain management'
Progress in Economics Research
91-105
2015
'Introduction'
in Graham-Jones J; Summerscales J
Marine Applications of Advanced Fibre-reinforced Composites
Cambridge
Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier)
1-15
Publisher Site
, DOI
2015
'Modelling Chinese Manufacturer Oriented Domestic and International Supply Chains with Uncertainties'
Supply Chain Design and Management for Emerging Markets
Springer International Publishing
117-146
, DOI
2014
'Form or Process: The Future of Maritime Governance'
Contemporary Marine and Maritime Policy
New York
Nova
207-229
2014
'Form or process: The future of maritime governance'
Contemporary Marine and Maritime Policy
209-228
2012
'Privatization ice breaker services and the North West Passage; a qualitative anaysis'
in Nelson WD
Advances Business Management, Volume 5
71-96
2010
'Shipping Policy and Globalisation: Jurisdictions, Governance and Failure'
in Grammenos C
The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business
London
Lloyd's List
539-556
2010
'Shipping enterprises, the global market and the problems of government policy in the European Union'
in Kujawa J; Debicka O
Development and Functioning of Enterprises in Global and Changing Environment
Gdansk, Poland
The Foundation for the Development of Gdansk University
123-145
2007
'An analysis of macro-economic privatisation of Eastern European maritiem transport during the period of transition'
in ekonomia KD; ekonomia JŻ
The reality and dillemas of globalisation
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
370-381
2007
'An analysis of macro-economic privatisation of eastern European maritime transport during the period of transition'
in ekonomia KD; ekonomia JŻ
The reality and dillemas of globalisation
Gdansk, Poland
The Foundation of the Development of Gdansk University
370-381
2007
'Shipping policy governance: a Post Fordist interpretation'
in Visvikis I; Axarloglou K
Trends & developments in shipping management
Athens
T and T Publishing
131-142
2003
'Container ports and shipping in the Baltic Sea market place'
in ekonomia JŻ
Polish Maritime Transport Sector - actual situation and trends
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
177-210
2003
'Infrastrucure developments in the ports of Gdansk and Gdynia'
in ekonomia JŻ
Polish Maritime Transport Sector - actual situation and trends
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
111-132
2003
'Liner shipping developments in the Baltic Sea ports'
in ekonomia JŻ
Polish Maritime Transport Sector - actual situation and trends
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
211-247
2003
'The impact of infrastructure developments in Polish ports and motorways and their effect upon ferry services'
in ekonomia JŻ
Polish Maritime Transport Sector - actual situation and trends
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
133-150
2003
'The Uk tonnage tax - lessons for Poland'
in ekonomia JŻ
Polish Maritime Transport Sector - actual situation and trends
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
151-176
2002
'Shipping policy in the globalisation era: the inter-relationship between international, supra-national and national shipping policies'
in Grammenos CT
The handbook of maritime economics and business
London
Informa Pub
495-511
2002
'The use of pipelines for the urban distribution of goods'
in McKinnon AC; Button KJ; Nijkamp P
Transport logistics
Cheltenham
Edward Elgar Pub
509-522
2001
'The role of Lithuania as a logistics landbridge to the European Union for the countries of the Former Soviet Union following accession'
in Misztal K; ekonomia JŻ
Maritime transport in a global economy
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
9-28
1999
'Eastern European development and the role of international transport - a case study of Poland'
in Roe M
Strategic management in the maritime sector
Aldershot
Ashgate Pub Ltd
92-110
1997
'Liabilities, conventions, classification societies and safety in the Baltic - a case study of Estonia'
in Roe M
Developments in the Baltic maritime marketplace
Aldershot
Ashgate Publishing
83-108
1997
'Liability, conventions, classification societies and safety in the Baltic - a case study of the Baltic'
in Zurek J
Maritime transport and it's role in the national economy
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
109-133
1997
'Shipping in the Baltic Region'
in Roe M
Shipping in the Baltic Region
Aldershot, UK
Avebury Press
5-24
1997
'The Polish passenger ferry industry in the post-communist era'
in Roe M
Shipping in the Baltic Region
Aldershot, UK
Avebury Press
62-80
1996
'Foreword'
in Lee T-W
Shipping developments in Far East Asia
Ashgate Publishing
xiii-xiv
Conference Papers
2014
'Censorship of eBooks (extended abstract)'
191-199
2014
'Censorship of eBooks (transcript of discussion)'
200-206
2014
'Generating channel Ids in virtual world operating systems (Extended abstract)'
71-73
2013
'Maritime Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility in Shipping – Process Rather Than Form'
Kunnaala V
IMISS 2013 International Scientific Meeting for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shipping
Kotka
11/06/2013
12/06/2013
Turku
University of Turku
30-46
2013
'2nd workshop on information technologies for logistics'
2012
'Shipping Capitalism The Cosmos What Next'
IFSPA 2012
Hong Kong
27/05/2012
30/05/2012
2012
'A supply chain model for integrated procurement and production planning with multiple uncertainties'
EWG-DSS Research Workshop
Liverpool
12/04/2012
13/04/2012
2012
'A Supply Chain Model for Integrated Procurement and Production Planningwith Multiple Uncertainties'
EWG-DSS Research Workshop
Liverpool
12/04/2012
13/04/2012
Liverpool
2011
'Production and raw material ordering management for a manufacturing supply chain with uncertainties'
International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Singapore
06/12/2011
09/12/2011
747-751
2010
'Supply chain performance improvement using vendor management inventory strategy'
EM)
07/12/2010
10/12/2010
IEEE
, DOI
2008
'Policy failure in shipping; A global disaster of epic dimensions'
62-73
2008
'An ecological theory of competition between small bulk ports in sustainable supply chains'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Liverpool
10/09/2008
12/09/2008
London
170-175
2008
'An Ecological Theory of Competition Between Small Bulk Ports in Sustainable Supply Chains'
Lyons A
Logistics Research Network 2008
Liverpool
10/09/2008
12/09/2008
Corby
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
170-175
2008
'Performance evaluation of control policies for container fleet management using simulation'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Liverpool
10/09/2008
12/09/2008
London
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
635-640
2008
'Reconfiguring global supply chains: a strategic review of Canadian icebreaker services'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Liverpool
10/09/2008
12/09/2008
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
577-582
2007
'Developing logistics infrastructure in North Korea: a scenario approach'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Hull
London
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
195-201
2006
'The sustainable logistics strategies for intermodal transport systems of container ports'
6th International Congress on Logistics and Supply Chain Management Systems
Kaoshiung, Taiwan
01/05/2006
04/05/2006
2006
'Enhancing intercultural competence in postgraduate logisticians'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Newcastle
London
341-346
2006
'Factors influencing freight transport multimodal development in developing countries'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Newcastle
London
169-174
2005
'Tonnage tax and the European Union: Subsidy or special case?'
300-309
2005
'Perspectives of supply chain risks in Singapore'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Plymouth
321-326
2005
'Prospects for logistics development in North Korea'
Logistics Research Network Annual Conference
Plymouth
333-338
2000
'The evolution of East European shipping since transition; a review of the three major states - Bulgaria, Poland and Romania'
Technonav 2000
Constantza
Constanta
Universitatea Ovidius Constanta
249-256
1999
'Operationalising a positioning model of Eastern Mediterranean ferry services'
8th World Conference on Transport Research
Seoul, Korea
Oxford
Pergamon Press
115-128
1998
'Development of international cooperation between faculties in maritime education and research'
EU Conference on Maritime Law, Management and Economics
Varna, Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria
University of Varna
1-7
1998
'East European development and the role of international transport management'
Technonav98
Constantza
Constantza, Romania
Free University of Constantza
242-249
1998
'Quality and efficiency in international transport; Eastern European services and privatisation'
10th International Scientific Conference. Communications on the Edge of the Millennium
Zilina, Slovak Republic
Zilina, Slovak Republic
1998
'Reconstruction and developments in the UK shipping industry - is there any future?'
International Conference on Maritime Transport and Economic Reconstruction
Gdansk, Poland
Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk
89-102
1997
'The commericlaisation of East European shipping'
8th Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean Conference on Marine Technology
Istanbul, Turkwy
Istanbul
Istanbul Technical University
10.2.27-10.2.36
1997
'The comparative analysis of the maritime policies of the EU and Turkey'
8th Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean Conference on Marine Technology
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Technical University
10.2.1-10.2.10
Other academic activities
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Maritime Policy and Management
Transportation Research A
Maritime Economics and Logistics
European Journal of Operational Research
Journal of the Operational Research Society
New book underway - Maritime Governance: Form, Flow, Speed, Process
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