Port Operations, Planning and Logistics

Port Operations Planning and Logistics offers a comprehensive and detailed analysis of world port systems through applying both theoretical and practical approaches to port planning, operations, logistics, management and policy. The book is designed to reach out to a wide audience including port practitioners, academics, students, shipping and logistics professionals, transport planners and policy makers. The author draws from a rare combination of an international port experience and an established academic expertise to provide a structured book that cuts across different research fields including operations, economics, logistics, strategy, and policy.
Following the success of the 1st edition, this enlarged and substantially rewritten 2nd edition explores several port topics; planning, institutional organisation, operations, logistics, investment and financing, pricing, competition and strategy, policy and regulation, ICT and technology, labour and training, safety and security and environmental management, across various types of ports and terminals. With over 500 pages and 120 tables, figures and illustrations, this 2nd edition covers 20 chapters (updated and new) each supported with case studies, practical examples and references on the latest developments in the field.

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO PORTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Ports and Maritime Business
Chapter 3: Port Functions and Organisation
PART II: PORT SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS
Chapter 4: Bulk Ports and Multipurpose Terminals
Chapter 5: Containerised Ports and Unitised Cargo Terminals
Chapter 6: Dry Ports and Intermodal Terminals
Chapter 9: Port Equipment and Technology
Chapter 7: Port Performance and Benchmarking
Chapter 8: Ports and Terminal Optimisation
PART III: PORT DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY
Chapter 10: Port Planning and Capacity
Chapter 11: Port Investment and Financing
Chapter 12: Port Pricing and Tariff Charging
Chapter 13: Port Competition and Strategy
Chapter 14: Port Logistics and Supply Chains
Chapter 15: Port Policy
PART IV: PORT RISKS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 17: Port Safety and Occupational Health
Chapter 18: Port Risks and Security
Chapter 19: Port Sustainability and Environmental Management
Chapter 20: Port Labour and Training