Harilaos Psaraftis

Professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

MSc in Shipping Management

Diploma, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
M.Sc. and Ph.D., MIT

Short Bio

Harilaos N. Psaraftis has been Assistant and Associate Professor at MIT from 1979 to 1989 and Professor at NTUA from 1989 to 2013 and a Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) from 2013 to 2023. His interests are in maritime logistics, intermodal logistics, port logistics and green logistics. He has been Principal or co-Principal Investigator of 55 research projects, of which 25 from the EU.

He has coordinated 3 EU projects, all at NTUA. He has been a member and chairman of various groups at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and has also served as CEO of the Piraeus Port Authority (1996 -2002). He has published extensively and has received several academic and industry awards. His latest book is entitled “Sustainable Shipping: A Cross-Disciplinary View”, Springer (2019).

Selected Publications

Psaraftis H. N. with 81 co-authors. (2024). Operational Research: Methods and Applications, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Available here

Harilaos Psaraftis

Lagouvardou S., Lagemann B., Psaraftis H. N., Lindstad E. & Erikstad S-O. (2023). Marginal abatement cost of alternative marine fuels and the role of market-based measures, Nature Energy, Available here

Harilaos Psaraftis

Zis T., Psaraftis, H. N. & Reche Vilanova M. (2023) Design and application of a key performance indicator (KPI) framework for autonomous shipping in Europe, Maritime Transport Research, Available here

Harilaos Psaraftis

Psaraftis H. N. & Lagouvardou S. (2023). Ship speed vs power or fuel consumption: Are laws of physics still valid? Regression analysis pitfalls and misguided policy implications, Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, Available here

Harilaos Psaraftis

Tan R., Psaraftis H. N. & Wang D. Z. W. (2022). The speed limit debate: Optimal speed concepts revisited under a multi-fuel regime, Transportation Research Part D, Available here

Harilaos Psaraftis

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