Port Management looks at the numerous types of business interactions that occur at active ports. These include cooperating with other ports, coordinating deliveries with ships, overseeing port development, advertising and promotion, and enforcing security and environmental protection initiatives. Including research, practical insights and case studies, this book looks at quantitative methods and market analysis, maritime logistics, port planning and pricing, and commercial law.Port Management covers all the main aspects of management, administration and policy, and fills existing gaps in the literature in this area. Edited by two leading academics who have conducted research for the Department of Transport and the United Nations, this text is international in scope and includes research-based findings from a global team of contributors. It provides fascinating insights into the geography, economics, politics and trade involved in port management. Online supporting resources include lecture notes, lesson plans and PowerPoints.

Online resources: Includes lecture notes, lesson plans and PowerPoints

Section - ONE: Global Challenges and Port Governance; Chapter - 01: Value Creation and Value Capture in the Ports' Business System; Chapter - 02: The Governance of Ports under Global Challenges - What Next?; Chapter - 03: Effect of Global Supply Chain Developments on the Governance of Port Regulation; Chapter - 04: Port Governance Reform in Spain; Section - TWO: Port Resilience, Transport Logistics and the Environment; Chapter - 05: Port Resilience - A Perspective from UK Ports; Chapter - 06: Quantifying Resilience in Seaports - An Application to Ports in the Hamburg-Le Havre Range; Chapter - 07: Understanding Australian Port Resilience and the Development of a Port Resilience Framework; Chapter - 08: Green Pricing Decision-Making - Tackling Uncertainty In The Case Of Port Infrastructure; Chapter - 09: The Implications of the SECA for Ports and Hinterland Transport in Sweden; Chapter - 10: The Role of Ports in the Offshore Wind Industry; Section - THREE: Port Policies and Competition Strategies; Chapter - 11: Canadian Ports Policy - An Evolutionary Approach; Chapter - 12: Port Policies and Private Investments - Insights from Latin America and Caribbean Countries; Chapter - 13: The Operations Management and Governance of Cruise Terminals in Hong Kong; Chapter - 14: Competition Strategies in the Spanish Port System and Their Relationship with Port Authority Efficiency; Chapter - 15: Assessing the National Port System - The Case of Vietnam; Section - FOUR: Port Choice and Ports in Shipping Systems; Chapter - 16: Supply Chain Modelling for Container-Port Choice - Case Study of a West-Mediterranean Transhipment Port; Chapter - 17: Port-centric Logistics - The Seaport Versus Inland Location Dilemma; Chapter - 18: Port Management Implications from Economies of Scale in the Liner Container Shipping Industry