22/10/2026
๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ
The PEMA Ottonel Popesco Student Challenge - now in its 13th year - is an annual competition that asks a question of third level students and challenges them to come up with an innovative solution applicable to the port and terminal industry. This year's topic is:
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐?
Open to students globally, the competition is now open for entries until 5th February 2027 and the winning team will receive a cash prize of โฌ2,000!
Have an idea on how you would solve this year's topic? Enter your team now: pema.org/student-challenge/ ๐