Table of Contents
About the Author ix
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xv
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1 Ports and the maritime business 2
2 Multi-disciplinary approaches to port operations and management 11
3 Rationale of the book 28
Chapter 2 Port Organisation and Development 31
1 Port roles and functions 31
2 Port institutional and organisational structure 36
3 Port development 41
Chapter 3 Port Planning 51
1 Capacity planning 53
2 Capacity management 67
Chapter 4 Port Investment and Finance 79
1 Financial statements and ratio measures 79
2 Port costs and costing 83
3 Economic versus commercial appraisal of port investments 97
4 Port financing and private sector participation 107
Chapter 5 Port Pricing 121
1 Port pricing strategies 121
2 Port pricing in practice 125
Appendix 1 Salalah Container Terminal Tariffs 127
Chapter 6 Port Operations 135
1 The quay site 136
2 Yard and gate systems 142
3 Modelling terminal operations 144
4 Integrating terminal operations 159
Chapter 7 Port Performance and Benchmarking 161
1 Metrics and productivity index methods 161
2 Frontier approach 168
3 Process approaches 182
4 Conclusion-benchmarking methods 184
Chapter 8 Information and Communication Technologies in Ports 195
1 Software and communication platforms 196
2 Automatic identification and data capture 199
Chapter 9 Port Competition and Marketing 205
1 Features and elements of port competition 205
2 Port promotion and marketing 222
Chapter 10 Port Logistics 225
1 Ports and logistics systems 225
2 Ports and supply chain networks 239
Chapter 11 Port Safety 247
1 System's safety for risk assessment and management 247
2 Risks and safety indicators 252
3 Valuing port safety 257
Chapter 12 Port Security 259
1 Scope and nature of security threats to ports 259
2 Overview of port security programmes 261
3 Risk approach to port security 274
4 Economic evaluation of port security measures 281
Appendix 1 ISPS Port Facility Security Equipment Checklist 291
Appendix 2 N-RAT Assessment Exercise Report 305
Chapter 13 Port Environmental Management 307
1 Environmental principles of port operations 307
2 Principles and procedures of environmental management in ports 314
Chapter 14 Port Labour and Human Resource Management 317
1 History and organisation of port labour 317
2 Port training and education 319
3 HR systems and job types in ports 322
References and Further Reading 329
Index 345
