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Ports and Shipping Economist: E T Laing (Independent)

E T Laing has worked for 40 years as a maritime transport economist. He has been independent for the last 32 years; and has worked in over 60 countries. The projects on which he has worked have been for private firms, banks, government departments, international agencies (including the World Bank, EBRD, Asian Development Bank, IFC, European Commission, Overseas Development Administration, US AID and Danida), local government organisations and port trusts. His particular areas of specialisation include economic evaluation, traffic forecasting, regulatory policy, institutional reform, privatisation, financial analysis, container shipping, business planning, pricing and shipping and port operations.

QUALIFICATIONS: M.A. in PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY

CAREER HISTORY

1977 to present Independent Maritime Transport Economist

1973 to 1977 Marine Transport Centre, Liverpool University, Research Fellow

1968 to 1973 Economist Intelligence Unit, London, Consultant

1964 to 1968 British Petroleum, Economist in Pricing Division