Osman Metalla
Dr. Osman Metalla is a graduate of the Albanian Naval Academy and has an extended experience in the field of transport, management and logistics. During his course of the professional carrier he spent more than 27 years of experience in Port management, transports, port traffic, navigation safety, maritime legislation, port services and in project implementations in maritime and all transport infrastructure (road and rail transport included) in the country. Coordinator of the national transport sectorial strategy (2006). Experienced in identification, planning and management of transport infrastructure projects, including feasibility studies, cos benefit studies and planning, monitoring and evaluation of the international infrastructure projects.
He holds a PhD in Transport management (“Port management – port spaces and their effects in port performance”).He has an extended experience in management of international projects (Director of Project implementation Unit at the ministry of Transport for the BERZH infrastructure project). Some of his areas of expertise include:
- Experienced in Transport Demand Analysis / Traffic Surveys, Design of Questionnaires and the relevant Data Analysis, Transport Demand forecasting and evaluation, using 4 stage transport models.
- Managing Freight transport through water, road and rail (multimodal transport management)
- Participation to feasibility studies for transport infrastructure, Port & Railway
- Excellent communication skills in in projects with international and local experts involvement
- Leading multidisciplinary teams
- Acting as liaison with Supervising and Managing Authorities
