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THEMARITIME Economist the story of IAME HANJIN PRIZE Paper title: “An Exploratory Study on the Effect of Trade Data Aggregation On International Freight Mode Choice” by Dong Yang, Ghim Ping Ong, Anthony Theng Heng Chin (National University of Singapore) MPM BEST PAPER: Paper title: “Impact of Privatization on Port Efficiency and Effectiveness: Results From Panama and Us Ports” by Anthony M. Pagano (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA), Wen-Yao Grace Wang (Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA), Onésimo Sánchez (Panama Canal Authority, Panama), Ricardo Ungo (Panama Canal Authority, Panama) MPM RUN-UP BEST PAPER: Paper title: “Modelling Port Choice in an Uncertain Environment” by Gi-Tae Yeo (University of Incheon, Korea), Adolf Koi Yu Ng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, SAR), Paul Tae-Woo Lee (Kainan University, Taiwan), Zaili Yang (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) BEST REVIEWER AWARD: Recognizing that conference paper review process is one of critical factors to improve the IAME Conference quality, the conference organizers of the IAME 2012 Taipei Conference have awarded the Best Reviewer Award to nine young scholars who made excellent review reports to enrich and improve the conference papers: Zaili Yang (Liverpool John Moores University, UK), Hwa-Joong Kim (Inha University, Korea), Masahiro Ishii (Sophia University, Japan), Kai-Chieh Hu (Soochow University, Taiwan), Jasmine Siu Lee Lam (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Michael Dooms (University of Brussels, Belgium), Meifeng Luo (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Walter Ka-Io Wong (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Wen-Yao Grace Wang (Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA) KAMI PRIZE Paper title: “Understanding Mode Choice Decisions: A Study of Australian Freight Shippers” by Mary R. Brooks (Dalhousie University, Canada), Sean M. Puckett (US Dept. of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Ctr.), David A. Hensher (University of Sydney) and Adrian Sammons (AMSTEC Design Pty Ltd) OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND SPECIAL APPRECIATION AWARD IAME President and Professor Theo Notteboom and Conference Chairman and Professor Paul Tae-Woo Lee awarded Outstanding Achievement Award to Mr. Choon-Sun Kim, CEO of Incheon Port Authority, Special Appreciation Award to Professor Emeritus Lin Kuang, Chairman of Pacific Star Group, and Dr Guwuck Bu, President of Youngsan University in Korea for their contribution to the 2012 IAME conference. Professor Notteboom awarded Appreciation Award to the three organizers of IAME 2012 Taipei Conference, Conference Organiser and Conference Chairman Paul Tae-Woo Lee (Professor and Director of Shipping, Port and Logistics Research Centre, Kainan University, Taiwan), Conference Co-organiser and Professor Chin-Shan Lu (Chairman of Chinese Maritime Research Institute, Taiwan), Conference Co-organiser and Professor InKyo Cheong (Director of Jungseok Research Institute of International Trade and Logistics, Inha University, Korea) and Conference Secretary Dr Chen Tao (Head of Dept of Logistics and Shipping Management, Kainan University). ME Mag Appendix 1: 51