Port Management and Operations

With 80 percent of the world’s commodities being transported by water, ports are the pillars of the global economy. Port Management and Operations offers readers the opportunity to enhance their strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, while developing market foresight. It examines global port management practices at the regulatory, commercial, technological, operational, financial, and sociopolitical levels.

This powerful sourcebook describes how seaports are being affected by the changes occurring nationally, regionally, and globally. Evaluating the new regulatory framework, it pinpoints the industry’s implementation readiness and identifies potential problem areas. The book classifies the spectrum of interrelated port management principles, strategies, and activities in a logical sequence and under four cornerstones—Port Strategy and Structure, Legal and Regulatory Framework, Input: Factors of Production, and Output and Economic Framework.

Detailing best practices and the latest industry developments, the book highlights emerging challenges for port managers and identifies opportunities to develop forward-thinking strategies. It examines the effectiveness of current strategies, tactics, tools, and resources of numerous global ports and highlights the necessity of adopting a proactive stance in harmonizing the laws, regulations, and policies pertaining to the maritime, oil, and gas industries.

The shipping industry has myriad complexities and this book provides maritime managers and professionals with the wide-ranging and up-to-date understanding required to thrive in today’s highly competitive and evolving environment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Connecting Hub Port Gateways to the Inland Infrastructure
Chapter 3: Port Management and Economic Growth
Chapter 4: Port Operations
Chapter 5: Port and Terminal Investment
Chapter 6: Ships’ Size, Ports’ Size: A New Era Ahead
Chapter 7: Strategic Alliances, Market Positioning, and Differentiation
Chapter 8: Key Performance Indicators as Tools of Strategic Planning and Management
Chapter 9: Leadership and Teambuilding
Chapter 10: Port Authorities and Regulatory Framework
Chapter 11: Ports as a Bridge to Maritime and Offshore Energy Activities
Chapter 12: The Future of Ports