From 27 May till 1 June, Thierry Vanelslander lectured at Shanghai Maritime University on Port Economics. He also gave a public lecture on 'Facilitation of international freight transportation: the contribution of TPR’s chain cost model for One Belt One Road, Panama Canal and (S)ECA zones.

From 26 May till 5 June, Wouter Dewulf lectured at Chongqing University on Air Transport Economics.

On 2 May, Marcella De Martino succesfully defended her PhD thesis at TPR on the topic of 'Port competitiveness and value creation: the network approach'. The main theoretical contribution of the thesis is the definition of a model of analysis of port value creation that takes into account the nature of relational dynamics between port authority and port business operators in the supply chains.

On February 22nd katja Bringmann defended her PhD 'Essays on Cross-border Venture Capital and Venture Internationalization' Promotors Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel en Prof. Dr. Thomas Vanoutrive

Maandag 4 december 2017 vond de beroepencarrousel 2017 plaats bij Ahlers, met de actieve deelname van Pionira, VEA Jongeren, TYP ASV, Douane en Zuidnatie . Foto's kan je hier bekijken.

Eerste havenhackaton 'Logistics of the future' is gewonnen door Boock-a-lock, een applicatie voor de binnenvaart om aanmeergelegenheid te vinden in de drukke Antwerpse haven.Dit team bestond uit IT-experts, C-Mat studenten en TPR Researchers, Joris Beckers, Valentin Carlan en Joost Hintjens.