Table of 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