Port Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction Containerized Ports: The Entrepreneurial Kindle Wood under Global Supply Chain Management

   • Hercules E. Haralambides

   Pages 1-4

3. Containerization, Box Logistics and Global Supply Chains: The Integration of Ports and Liner Shipping Networks

   • Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Theo E. Notteboom

   Pages 5-28

4. A New Approach to Port Choice Modelling

   • Mateus Magala, Adrian Sammons

   Pages 29-56

5. Coordination in Hinterland Transport Chains: A Major Challenge for the Seaport Community

   • Martijn R. Van Der Horst, Peter W. de Langen

   Pages 57-83

6. An Optimization Model for the Inland Repositioning of Empty Containers

   • Alessandro Olivo, Massimo Di Francesco, Paola Zuddas

   Pages 84-108

7. The ISPS Code and the Cost of Port Compliance: An Initial Logistics and Supply Chain Framework for Port Security Assessment and Management

   • Khalid Bichou

   Pages 109-137

8. Governance in Seaport Clusters

   • Peter W. de Langen

   Pages 138-154

9. The Size Economies and Network Efficiency of Large Containerships

   • Sidney Gilman

   Pages 155-179

10. Port Infrastructure: An Access Model for the Essential Facility

    • Lincoln Flor, Enzo Defilippi

    Pages 180-194

11. Concession Agreements and Market Entry in the Container Terminal Industry

    • Athanasios A. Pallis, Theo E. Notteboom, Peter W. de Langen

    Pages 195-220

12. Competition, Excess Capacity and the Pricing of Port Infrastructure

    • Hercules E. Haralambides

    Pages 221-252

13. The Efficiency of European Container Terminals and Implications for Supply Chain Management

    • Tengfei Wang, Kevin Cullinane

    Pages 253-272

14. An Alternative Approach to Efficiency Measurement of Seaports

    • Ro-kyung Park, Prabir De

    Pages 273-292

15. Efficiency in European Seaports with DEA: Evidence from Greece and Portugal

    • Carlos Pestana Barros, Manolis Athanassiou

    Pages 293-313

16. An Application of AHP on Transhipment Port Selection: A Global Perspective

    • Tai-Cherng Lirn, Helen A. Thanopoulou, Malcolm J. Beynon, Anthony K. C. Beresford

    Pages 314-338

17. A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

    • Dong-Wook Song, Gi-Tae Yeo

    Pages 339-359

18. Back Matter

    Pages 360-367

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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.

• Port economics
• global supply chains
• port networks
• choice modelling
• port infrastructure
• competition and efficiency
• clusters
• competition
• container
• logistics
• shipping
• Terminals
• transport

• Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  Hercules E. Haralambides

Hercules Haralambides is Professor of Maritime Economics and Logistics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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