Full Description
Written by leading experts in the field, this book offers an introduction to recent developments in port and hinterland strategies, operations and related specializations. The book begins with a broad overview of port definitions, concepts and the role of ports in global supply chains, and an examination of strategic topics such as port management, governance, performance, hinterlands and the port-city relationship. The second part of the book examines operational aspects of maritime, port and land networks. A range of topics are explored, such as liner networks, finance and business models, port-industrial clusters, container terminals, intermodality/synchromodality, handling and warehousing. The final section of the book provides insights into key issues of port development and management, from security, sustainability, innovation strategies, transition management and labour issues.
Drawing on a variety of global case studies, theoretical insights are supplemented with real world and best practice examples, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars and professionals interested in maritime studies, transport studies, economics and geography.
Contents
Introduction
Harry Geerlings, Bart Kuipers and Rob Zuidwijk
Part 1 - Ports and Networks: Strategies
Chapter 1: Port definition, concepts and the role of ports in supply chains; setting the scene
Michiel Nijdam and Martijn van der Horst
Chapter 2: Ports and global supply chains
Rob Zuidwijk
Chapter 3: How ports create strategic value for their country
Frans A.J. van den Bosch, Rick M.A. Hollen and Henk W. Volberda
Chapter 4: Port development company: Role and strategy
Larissa van der Lugt
Chapter 5: Port management and institutional reform: thirty years of theory and practice
Hercules Haralambides
Chapter 6: The port-city interface
Olaf Merk
Chapter 7: Port performance
Shmuel Yahalom and Changqian Guan
Chapter 8: Accessibility of ports and networks
Francesco Corman and Rudy R. Negenborn
Chapter 9: Port hinterland relations: Lessons to be learned from a cost-benefit analysis of a large investment project
Christa Sys and Thierry Vanelslander
Chapter 10: Coordination in hinterland chains
Martijn van der Horst and Peter de Langen
Part 2 - Ports and Networks: Operations
Chapter 11: Optimisation in container liner shipping
Judith Mulder and Rommert Dekker
Chapter 12: Revenues and costs of maritime shipping
Albert Veenstra
Chapter 13: Container terminal operations: An overview
Iris F.A. Vis, Héctor J. Carlo and Kees Jan Roodbergen
Chapter 14: Port-centric information management in smart ports: A framework and categorisation
Leonard Heilig and Stefan Voß
Chapter 15: Intermodality and synchromodality
Lóránt Tavasszy, Behzad Behdani and Rob Konings
Chapter 16: The industrial seaport
Bart Kuipers
Part 3 - Ports and Networks: Perspectives
Chapter 17: Port competition in historical perspective, 1648-2000: The ports in the Hamburg-Le Havre Range
Hein A.M. Klemann
Chapter 18: Sustainability
Harry Geerlings and Tiedo Vellinga
Chapter 19: Port security
Changqian Guan and Shmuel Yahalom
Chapter 20: Technological innovations
Harry Geerlings and Bart Wiegmans
Chapter 21: The labour market of port-cities
Jaap de Koning, Kees Zandvliet and Arie Gelderblom
Chapter 22: Ports in transition
Derk Loorbach and Harry Geerlings
