Hercules Haralambides has been a Professor of Economics since 1992. He has taught at nine universities in seven countries, notably Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Sorbonne, the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU) and Nanyang Technological University. He also holds a Distinguished Professorship in Maritime Economics and Ports at Dalian Maritime University in China and is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in the Department of Port Management and Shipping.

He is the founder of the Erasmus Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL) and the academic journal Maritime Economics & Logistics (MEL), published by Palgrave Macmillan for the past 28 years. He has authored more than 400 academic papers, books and reports covering shipping, ports, strategic infrastructure, supply chains and geopolitics. With a Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of 5, Professor Haralambides is the world’s most influential maritime economist.

He has advised governments, international organisations and the private sector, and worked closely for several years with former European Commissioner for Transport Lord Neil Kinnock. Between 2011 and 2015, alongside his academic duties, he headed the Italian Port of Brindisi. In 2008, he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of the Hellenic Republic.