2 April 2009 - Marten van den Bossche, Chair of the ECORYS NL Board of Directors will preside and speak at the Port Finance International Turkey Conference, which will take place on May 12-13 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The conference is aimed at senior executives within Port and Terminal operating companies, as well as Banking, Legal and Corporate Finance experts. The event will investigate the challenges associated with financing and managing major port investments and developments and will assess the economic criteria of financing and valuating ports. The conference will bring together industry leaders to review key challenges and topics currently facing the market. It will also study economic trends, especially in the current volatile market climate and look at issues surrounding Private & Public Partnerships (PPP).

Marten van den Bossche (picture) will preside the conference on May 12. That same day he will also speak on the Eastern Mediterranean growth potential for sea ports. In his speech he will discuss the economic and trade and traffic outlook for the region, the most promising port areas and the impact of economic downturn on development prospects.

More information is available on this website.

ECORYS: expert knowledge 
ECORYS has its core activities in the economic evaluation of policy developments. In the ports and maritime sector, these often concern very large investments, such as the planned Maasvlakte 2 expansion in the Port of Rotterdam. Our knowledge of key port economic factors is combined with our understanding of the shipping sector and our expertise in logistics and hinterland transport. Thus ECORYS’ experts provide integral economic evaluations combining all aspects of ports. The Transport department’s specialists are working in multidisciplinary teams, consisting of maritime economists, engineers, maritime logistic experts, legal and institutional experts, financial engineers and environmental specialists.

Marten van den Bossche participates in Dutch trade mission to Turkey
At the invitation of his Turkish colleague Binali Yıldırım, the Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Camiel Eurlings will pay a working visit to Turkey from 14-16 April 2009. He will be accompanied by Dutch firms involved in the fields of port development, maritime transport, logistics and shipbuilding. On behalf of ECORYS, Marten van den Bossche, Chairman of ECORYS Netherlands, will participate in the mission.

ECORYS in Turkey
In Turkey, ECORYS is involved in many large projects, including the realisation of a government PPS Centre and advising on the necessary legal, financial and policy frameworks for PPS. Furthermore, ECORYS is working on projects in entrepreneurship and area development . ECORYS has a permanent office in Ankara.