 Chairman of the European Barge Union's 2008 Seminar Eric Van Hooydonk with Karla Peijs, former Dutch transport minister and current Governor of the Dutch Province of Zeeland
 Eric Van Hooydonk with the members of the working group of the Maritime Law Commission
on the regime of transport intermediaries, meeting at sea in June 2008
 At the colloquium celebrating the 10th anniversary of the autonomous port authority of Antwerp, Eric Van Hooydonk gave an overview of the political and legal process that led to the creation of that authority in 1997. (photo Antwerp Port Authority / Michel Dauchy)
 On 11 and 12 June 2007, Eric Van Hooydonk facilitated negotiations on a Draft Protocol concerning navigation on the Mekong River between Cambodian and Vietnamese delegations who met in Ho Chi Minh City
 On 12 and 13 March 2007, Eric Van Hooydonk facilitated negotiations on a Draft Protocol concerning navigation on the Mekong River between Cambodian and Vietnamese delegations who met in Phnom Penh
 Eric Van Hooydonk presenting the travel guide The Ports Portable at the headquarters of the Hamburg Port Authority
Eric Van Hooydonk with Rotterdam's port CEO Hans Smits and Cruise Port Rotterdam's CEO Mai Elmar during the presentation of the port travel guide The Ports Portable in the World Port Center in Rotterdam
The presentation of The Ports Portable on 9 January 2007 by, from left to right, Patrick Verhoeven, secretary-general of the European Sea Ports Organisation, André Bollen, director of Pandora Publishers, and Eric Van Hooydonk
Transport and North Sea Minister Renaat Landuyt (right) and Eric Van Hooydonk at the workshop on maritime law and policy at the University of Antwerp on 16 May 2006
Eric Van Hooydonk at a conference on the shipping strategy of the Mekong River Commission in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) on 3 and 4 September 2003
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Recent assignments
Eric Van Hooydonk was recently entrusted with the following assignments:
- legal assistance with a view to the establishment of an autonomous city-owned company for city planning in Antwerp (2008)
- chairmanship of an expert team entrusted with the reform of the regime of cargo handling in Antwerp and of the customs of the port (2007-2008)
- appointment as an independent expert for the evaluation of transport research proposals by the European Commission (2007)
- chairmanship of the newly established Royal Commission for the Revision of Belgian Maritime Law (2007)
- preparation of an opinion on the port-city relationship on behalf of the Port of Helsinki (2007)
- preparation of a Soft Values Management Masterplan for the Port of Antwerp (2007)
- coordination of the expert team which will prepare a fundamental reform of the Belgian Maritime Code on behalf of the Belgian Royal Shipowners' Association and the Belgian Government (2006-2007)
- legal assistance to the Vientiane-based Mekong River Commission with a view to negotiations between Cambodia and Viet Nam on navigation on the Lower Mekong (2006-2007)
- contribution as an international river law expert to the Masterplan for navigation on the Mekong River in Cambodia (2005-2006)
- study on the strengths and weaknesses of Belgian maritime law and policy on behalf of the Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association (2005-2006)
- legal assistance with a view to the establishment of an autonomous municipal enterprise for real property management and other activities in two Antwerp municipalities (2005-2006)
- legal research into alternative management formulas for the Antwerp Left Bank Port Area (2005-2006)
- legal supervision of the PPP framework for the development of a multifunctional vessel for buoying, pollution protection and salvage (2005-2006)
- study on the impact of European environmental law on the waterways and ports sector within the framework of the Maritime Transport Coordination Platform of the European Commission (2005-2006)
- participation as a member of the Flemish delegation in negotiations with Dutch authorities on the Scheldt treaties (2005)
- drafting of an expert opinion on the right of access to places of refuge for ships in distress on behalf of the New York court in the case of the M/V Prestige (2005)
Conferences and events
29 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks at the official opening reception of the tenth edition of the maritime event 'Oostende voor Anker'.
25 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk delivers an speech at and chairs a seminar on the management of Antwerp's maritime heritage organised by Flanders Water Heritage and SIWE at the Antwerp Maritime Academy. Click here for more information (in Dutch only).
22 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk delivers a presentation on the importance of museum harbours to present-day ports policy at the international conference 'Rethinking the Maritime Museum' at Flensburg (Germany).
19 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks on soft values of seaports and water heritage in Flanders at the Stakeholders' Conference of the European Maritime Day organised by the European Commission in Rome.
16 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks at a meeting of Flanders Water Heritage and the Safety Committee of European Maritime Heritage in the Inland Navigation Museum at Baasrode and at an official reception in the City Hall of Dendermonde.
15 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydobnk speaks on the need for European State Aid Guidelines for Ports at the Annual Conference of the European Sea Ports Organisation in Marseille.
11 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk acts as reporter at a Dutch-Flemish workshop on the implementation of the chain management for vessel traffic services on the River Scheldt at the Antwerp Maritime Academy.
6 May 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk delivers an after dinner speech on port cities at the annual meeting of the European association of shipping agents ECASBA at Brussels.
23 April 2009
Eric Van Hooydionk delivers a speech on soft values of seaports at a workshop on port cities at the Institute for Sustainable Mobility of the University of Ghent.
26 March 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks on soft values of seaports at an international port cities conference organised by RETE/Città d'Acqua at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
23 March 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk is elected chairman of Flanders Water Heritage, the Flemish umbrella organisation for shipping, port and other water-related heritage.
20 March 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks on the redevelopment of the Antwerp Scheldt Quays at the official Kaaiencongres in Antwerp.
7 March 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks on the historical importance of Lillo at the official opening of Napoleon's renovated powder magazine at Lillo.
25 February 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks on the image of Antwerp and Helsinki as port cities aty the Greenport Conference in Naples.
7 February 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk speaks on soft values of seaports and museum harbours at the seminar 'Heading for a museum harbour in Ostend'.
21 January 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk lectures on EU seaport law in the context of the postacademic course on port management at the University of Ghent.
13 January 2009
Eric Van Hooydonk gives a speech on the public image of port cities at a meeting of the Orde van den Prince in Rotterdam.
For selected Conferences and Events in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, click here.
Publications
For an overview of recent and forthcoming books and articles, see Publications
Recent media coverage
In English
- Maritime law revamp a lengthy task, Lloyd's List, 29 April 2008
- Brussels goes soft on ports, (part 1) (part 2), Lloyd's List, 24 January 2008
- Antwerp has big plans for its port - including the idea of developing it as a "soft seaport", Flanders Today, 19 December 2007
- Love your port, Lloyd's List, 6 December 2007
- Ports celebrate a sweet year, Lloyd's List, 4 December 2007
- Maritime code rewritten for first time since 1879, Lloyd's List, 24 October 2007
- Time for a hard sell on 'soft values' of the world's port scene - Viewpoint by Michael Grey, Lloyd's List, 28 May 2007
- Crowded European ports keep Asia's export boom at bay. As China expands capacity, EU faces opposition, The Wall Street Journal, 18 May 2007
- Ports planners left dazed and confused. Could yet another EU Directive find the delicate balance between nature and industry ? A fresh perspective on this hugely sensitve issue says yes, writes Helen Hill Lloyd's List (Verenigd Koninkrijk), 8 March 2007
- Race to update Belgium's 'obsolete' maritime law, Lloyd's List (Verenigd Koninkrijk), 28 February 2007
In French
Other
- Regering financiert modernisering van Belgisch zeerecht, Lloyd TV, 18 March 2008
- Havenicoon, Lloyd TV, 13 March 2008
- Nieuwe Belgische zeewet wordt in ijltempo klaargestoomd, De Lloyd, 12 March 2008
- Belgisch Maritiem Wetboek krijgt facelift tegen 2010, Gazet van Antwerpen, 11 March 2008
- Weer een thuis worden, De Zondag Antwerpen, 2 March 2008
- Antwerpse haven heeft zachte kant (part 1) (part 2), Gazet van Antwerpen, 1-2 March 2008
- 'Best een nieuwe cruiseterminal in Lillo', Het Nieuwsblad, 1-2 March 2008
- Havenbedrijf denkt na over "wild boek", De Lloyd, 29 February 2008
- Nieuw boek over haven, De Nieuwe Gazet and Het Laatste Nieuws, 28 February 2008
- 'Lillo is Disney in het echt', De Lloyd, 27 February 2008
- Hoe maak je een haven geliefd ?, Gazet van Antwerpen, 27 February 2008
- Boek over haven en stad met 250 tips, Antwerpse Televisie (ATV), 26 February 2008
- Antwerpse haven straalt te weinig op (inter)nationaal vlak, Gazet van Antwerpen, 26 February 2008
- Antwerpse haven straalt te weinig op (inter)nationaal vlak, Het Belang van Limburg, 26 February 2008
- Maritiem recht wordt opgefrist, Trends, 31 January 2008
- Nieuw zeerecht moet maritiem België opnieuw op wereldkaart zetten, Lloyd TV, 22 January 2008
- Satamien opittava pehmeitä arvoya, Länsi - Suomi (Finland), 3 January 2008
- Havenbeleid kleurt Antwerps, Gazet van Antwerpen, 3 December 2007
- Een huzarenstuk op rechtsgebied, De Lloyd, 28 November 2007
- Havenbedrijf Antwerpen blikt vooruit op tiende verjaardag, De Lloyd, 7 November 2007
- "Een haven moet je liefhebben". Jubilerend Antwerps havenbedrijf denkt aan toekomst, Gazet van Antwerpen, 6 November 2007
- Waarom een nieuw Belgisch Maritiem Wetboek noodzakelijk is, Portaal, October-December 2007
- Beweging onder maritieme naties, De Lloyd, 12 September 2007
- België zet eerste stap naar nieuwe Zeewet, De Lloyd, 29 May 2007
- Havens verdienen meer aandacht. Contribution on the maritime aspects of Belgian State Reform in Gazet van Antwerpen, 10 May 2007
- Zachte waarden van de haven, De Standaard (Antwerpen), 9 May 2007, also in Het Nieuwsblad (Antwerpen-Mechelen), 9 May 2007
- Boekbespreking van The Ports Portable in the Port of Rotterdam Magazine Mainport News, 2007, no. 2 (March)
- Boekbespreking van The Ports Portable in the
Swedish Ports Association’s magazine Svensk Hamntiding, 2007, no. 1 (March)
- 'The Ports Portable', een reisgids met een missie, Gazet van Antwerpen, 13-14 January 2007
- Toerisme en cultuur in havens, Het Nieuwsblad, 11 January 2007
- Book review of The Ports Portable in the
maritime quarterly Sirene, winter 2006-2007, no. 226
For a selected media coverage in 2005 and 2006, click here
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