Tõnis Hunt earned, from the Estonian Maritime Academy, a bachelor's level education in Port Management (1996), and from the Tallinn University of Technology, M.Sc in Transport Technology (1999), and is currently a PhD student at Tallinn University of Technology in Engineering Sciences with Maritime as his main speciality. He is now the Early Stage Researcher and programme manager of the Port and Shipping Management programme and Waterway Safety Management programme of the Estonian Maritime Academy at Tallinn University of Technology. His research interests include maritime logistics, maritime transport, and port management.