Mr. Panayotis Zacharioudakis holds a doctoral degree in the fields of Shipping Modelling and Investment Evaluation. He also holds a MSc in Shipping, World Trade & Transport (NAME), Emphasis in Management, from the University of the Aegean (2000-'02), a MSc in Marine Science & Technology, Emphasis in Finance, from the NTUA (1998-'00), while his Diploma was in Chemical Engineering from NTUA (1992-'98). He is currently a Research Engineer in Dep. of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NTUA). He is focusing in Transportation Systems Analysis, Appraisal of the Transportation Demand, Research Methodology, Marketing of Services, Shipping Finance and Econometrics. He is currently working on several Projects of the Dep. of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering. He has thorough experience in development demand models and forecasting techniques. Mr. Panayotis Zacharioudakis has also substantial expertise in questionnaire construction, sampling techniques, models estimation using revealed and stated data and modern financial criteria and techniques. He has worked for OceanFinance Ltd (marine intelligent consultants) (2003-now) gaining significant working experience in the fields of shipping market modelling and tailor made shipping applications.