The Institutional Position Of Seaports

Author : H. Stevens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780585353234

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The Institutional Position of Seaports by H. Stevens Pdf

The phenomenon of international seaport administration is the subject of this book. As a Ph.D.-student at the Delft University of Technology (period 1993 - 1997) I had the opportunity to develop and exercise my hobby on a full time base. The result was a Ph.D.-dissertation which was defended in December 1997. Unfortunately, these research results were published in Dutch while the majority of the interviewees and employees in the world of international seaport administration are English speaking people. Both for the reason of high international relevance of the results I felt the necessity to get this Ph.D.-research translated and published in English. With the excellent help of my promotor Prof.dr. W.G.M. Salet I found Prof.dr. H. van der Wusten prepared to cover this study on international seaport administration in the Kluwer GeoJournal Library series. I thank Mr. Van der Wusten for giving me this opportunity. But also due to the outstanding help of my current employer 'Zeeland Seaports Authority' the funding for the translation became very quickly possible. I thank the Managing Director of Zeeland Seaports Authority, Mr. J.M.H.G. Philippen, and the Commercial Director, Capt. J. Verkiel, for their interest and wonderful help in getting this study translated. And of course my sincere thanks go to Katy Owen who actually made this dream come true.

Author : E. van Hooydonk
Publisher : Maklu
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 9062158048

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European Seaports Law by E. van Hooydonk Pdf

In 2001, the European Commission published its so-called Ports Package, a first attempt at developing a European policy for seaports. The Ports Package includes a Directive on Market Access to Port Services, which will influence the port industry thoroughly and lead to fundamental changes in daily port operations. In this volume, academics as well as practising lawyers from France, Ireland, Italy and Belgium describe the legal framework for the several branches of the port sector, recalling the far-reaching practical implications of existing general EU law and discussing the latest versions of the Port Services Directive proposal. Completed by authoritative views from the head of the Commission's ports unit, a specialist MEP, and representatives from both the public and the private port sector, this book offers a fairly complete overview of existing port law as well as the main points of concern in the policy debate. Its purpose is to serve both as a policy background document and as a working tool for public and private port players, as well as for academics and lawyers.

Author : Elvira Haezendonck
Publisher : Garant
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 9044111531

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Essays on Strategy Analysis for Seaports by Elvira Haezendonck Pdf

The increasingly competitive market environment, in which port clusters operate today, imposes new requirements on port strategy analysis. Many port authorities and port operators now realize that a static approach to cost leadership, a sole focus on inherited factor advantages and a simplistic reliance on new infrastructure to attract or retain clients, are no longer sufficient to guarantee a port's competitive success. They need to offer greater value added to port users, as well as to society. Hence, this new market environment forces ports to reconsider their present strategic position and to reflect on the strategic options for the future. The book builds upon an in-depth survey of economic actors in the Antwerp seaport cluster, with a specific focus on the container and conventional cargo clusters. It attempts to answer the question why these particular port clusters arc more competitive than similar clusters in other ports. In order to answer this question, the study develops and extends a number of formal tools of strategy analysis that should be useful to both port authorities and port operators.

Author : Theo Notteboom,Athanasios Pallis,Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781000526936

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Port Economics, Management and Policy by Theo Notteboom,Athanasios Pallis,Jean-Paul Rodrigue Pdf

Port Economics, Management and Policy provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development. Structured in eight sections plus an introduction and epilog, this textbook examines a wide range of seaport topics, covering maritime shipping and international trade, port terminals, port governance, port competition, port policy and much more. Key features of the book include: Multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on economics, geography, management science and engineering Multisector analysis including containers, bulk, break-bulk and the cruise industry Focus on the latest industry trends, such as supply chain management, automation, digitalization and sustainability Benefitting from the authors’ extensive involvement in shaping the port sector across five continents, this text provides students and scholars with a valuable resource on ports and maritime transport systems. Practitioners and policymakers can also use this as an essential guide towards better port management and governance.

Author : Mary R Brooks,Kevin Cullinane
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080467075

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Devolution, Port Governance and Port Performance by Mary R Brooks,Kevin Cullinane Pdf

The relationship between ports and governments has changed profoundly over the past quarter of a century. Many governments have sought to extract themselves from the business of port operations and, in many cases, the provision of port services has devolved to local governments, communities or private management and administration. As such devolution implies a change in governance model, this trend raises questions about consequent performance. This issue examines the changed port management environment, focusing particularly on government policies such as devolution, regulatory reform and newly imposed governance models, all of which have exerted a significant influence over the nature of that changed environment. The issue is structured so as to first explore the devolution and port reform approaches for 14 countries or regions, before examining how ports are governed and what the choice of governance might mean for their performance. Part I introduces the issue, and provides a framework for defining the basic concepts involved in devolution; it paints a picture of the current port environment, its likely future evolution and the expected impact this will have on the functioning of ports. Part II examines the port industry in 14 countries or administrations, and presents the thinking behind any devolution programs that have been implemented. Part III focuses on port governance and devolution generally, and examines governance from both strategic management and economics perspectives, including topics such as governance models, supranational governance and stakeholder conflict. Part IV examines the measurement of port performance and closes by providing conclusions and a future research agenda. This issue will be of interest to port managers, government officials and academics alike. *Examines the relationship between ports and governments with a focus on devolution *Divided into sections that provide an overview, evaluate the port industry, disucss port governance, and suggest new measures of port performance *14 countries or regions are addressed

Author : Kevin Cullinane,Wayne K Talley
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080460070

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Port Economics by Kevin Cullinane,Wayne K Talley Pdf

A port (or seaport) is a place that provides for the vessel transfer of cargo and passengers to and from waterways and shores. Port economics is concerned with the study of the economics of port services. Users of port services are those that utilize the port as part of the transportation process of moving cargo and passengers to and from origin and destination locations. Users include transportation carrriers such as shipping lines, railroads and trucking firms that perform these movements and shippers and individuals that provide the cargo and themselves as passengers to be transported. Port users demand port services, whereas port service providers such as the port terminal operator supply port services to port users. Port economics and shipping economics comprise the branch of economics known as maritime economics. This volume provides original contributions to the study of port economics: 1) the evolution of port economics; 2) economic theories of the port, port cost functions and port investment; and 3) empirical evidence on the relative efficiency of ports, the impact of ports on international maritime transport costs, the competitiveness of ports and the impact of deregulation on dockworker wages. *Provides original contributions to the study of port economics *Examines the evolution of port economics, economic theories of the port, and emprical evidence on the relative efficiency of ports, the impact of ports on transport costs, and the competitiveness of ports

Author : Reginald Loyen,Erik Buyst,Greta Devos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642574856

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Struggling for Leadership: Antwerp-Rotterdam Port Competition between 1870 –2000 by Reginald Loyen,Erik Buyst,Greta Devos Pdf

The present volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on the economic history of the seaports of Antwerp and Rotterdam (1870-2000). This venue was held at Antwerp on 10-11 May 2001 and was hosted by the Antwerp Port Authority. This international conference aimed at confronting the development of both ports. In the course of the last century and a half, economic growth in the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam has been staggering. Maritime economic historians, economists and geographers alike have investigated the development of both ports extensively, but separately. So far, only a limited number of attempts have been made to analyse Rotterdam-Antwerp port history from a comparative perspective. The papers presented at the conference provide a challenging starting point to - certain how and why both ports reacted differently to virtually the same economic and political stimuli. By bringing together both historians, economists and lawyers with different fields of interest, we have attempted to put the history of the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in a broader international and comparative perspective.

Author : Hilde Meersman,Eddy Van De Voorde,Thierry Vanelslander
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317912804

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Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector by Hilde Meersman,Eddy Van De Voorde,Thierry Vanelslander Pdf

Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector discusses the issues that most influence the future of the maritime and port industries. Important topics covered in this book include: Maritime trade, future trade flows, evolutions in international trade, shipping capacity and demand Developments in ship construction and their economic consequences Future developments in ports: technology and economics The future role of port authorities The future development in ports Financial developments This book looks at shipping from an holistic point of view and will be especially compelling in these challenging times.

Author : H. Haralambides
Publisher : Springer
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137475770

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Port Management by H. Haralambides Pdf

Port Management brings together a collection of seminal papers from Palgrave’s journal Maritime Economics and Logistics. It is a dynamic volume, containing contributions from leading authors with different disciplinary backgrounds, representing a vast regional diversity. The volume provides authoritative and timely investigations into key topics in port economics, including research on: global supply chains, port networks, choice modelling, port infrastructure, competition, port pricing, efficiency in European seaports, and an analysis of Chinese container ports. It is essential reading for professionals, scholars, and researchers interested in port economics.

Author : Herman L. Boschken
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Harbors
ISBN : NWU:35556020256277

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Strategic Design and Organizational Change by Herman L. Boschken Pdf

Author : James Wang,Daniel Olivier,Theo Notteboom,Brian Slack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351909853

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Ports, Cities, and Global Supply Chains by James Wang,Daniel Olivier,Theo Notteboom,Brian Slack Pdf

Global trends in policy and technology related fields are rapidly reshaping the port industry worldwide. International in scope, this volume provides multidisciplinary insights into the role port cities adopt in dealing with global supply chains. Throughout the book, concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are applied to offer an in-depth understanding of the processes underlying global supply chains and associated spatial and functional dynamics in port-cities. The book also discusses policy outcomes and implications relevant to port-cities positioned in different segments of global supply chains.

Author : Peter W. de Langen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Marine terminals
ISBN : NWU:35556034571273

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The Performance of Seaport Clusters by Peter W. de Langen Pdf

This PhD thesis deals with the performance of clusters. Even though cluster studies are numerous, a coherent framework to analyze cluster performance is lacking. In this thesis, such a framework is developed, drawing from different schools that deal with clusters. Central in the framework is a distinction to variables of cluster performance related to the structure of a cluster and variables related to the governance of a cluster. Four structure variables - agglomeration ands disagglomeration forces, internal competition, heterogeneity of the cluster and the level of entry and exit barriers - and four governance related variables - the presence of trust, the presence of intermediaries, the presence of leader firms and the quality of collective action regimes - are identified and discussed. The validity of these variables is confirmed in the three case studies, of the port clusters of Rotterdam, Durban, and the lower Mississippi. The strengths and weaknesses of the three port clusters, the importance of the variables discussed above and opportunities for policy and management to improve the performance of clusters are discussed.The results of this study are relevant for cluster scholars and for scholars specializing in port studies. The thesis is also relevant for (port) cluster managers and for managers of firms in (port) clusters, since implications of this study for policy and management in (port) clusters are discussed.

Author : Ayodeji Olukoju,Daniel Castillo Hidalgo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030413996

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African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective by Ayodeji Olukoju,Daniel Castillo Hidalgo Pdf

This book updates African maritime economic history to analyse the influence of seaports and seaborne trade, processes of urbanization and development, and the impact of globalization on port evolution within the different regions of Africa. It succeeds the seminal collection edited by Hoyle & Hilling which was conceived during a phase of sustained economic growth on the African continent, and builds on a similar trend where African economies have experienced processes of economic growth and the relative improvement of welfare conditions. It provides valuable insights on port evolution and the way the maritime sector has impacted the hinterland and the regional economic structures of the affected countries, including the several and varied agents involved in these activities. African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective will be useful for economists, historians, and geographers interested in African and maritime issues, as well as policy makers interested in path-dependence and long-term analysis

Author : Dong-Wook Song,Photis Panayides
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789661705

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Maritime Logistics by Dong-Wook Song,Photis Panayides Pdf

Sea freight remains overwhelmingly the most common form of transport for goods globally. Grasp the core theories and understand the latest research in maritime logistics, along with how this field operates and contributes to global supply chains, with this key textbook. Maritime Logistics provides a complete overview of the core concepts within this discipline from a range of international expert contributors. This textbook examines the recent developments in the ports and shipping industries including supply chain strategies and emerging, innovative practices. Designed for maritime students and professionals, the structure offers a complete approach with an emphasis on developing a well-rounded knowledge and understanding of the field. The third edition is fully updated with new content on maintenance optimization, supply chain integration, economies of scale within liner shipping and port performance and management. In addition, this edition examines new technologies, considers new and existing risks to the maritime supply chain as well as generally how maritime logistics will continue to evolve. For those seeking to become maritime logistics specialists, this is the authoritative companion.

Author : B. S. Hoyle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136866043

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Seaports and Development by B. S. Hoyle Pdf

This book, originally published in 1983, demonstrates the importance of seaports in the growth of less-developed countries. The author focuses on the character of port activity within the context of transport systems and regional economic planning. General principles of port development are illustrated by detailed reference to one Third World port group, that of the Indian Ocean coasts of Kenya and Tanzania. The objective is not merely to illustrate the character of one specific group of ports, but to demonstrate methods of analysis and to underline the crucial role of ports in the development process.