Towards a Better Port Industry Port Development, Management and Policy
Auteur : de Langen Peter W.
Towards a Better Port Industry provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically the port industry, as well as students in these fields, with a better conceptual understanding of the port industry. It includes key insights and best practices for port management and development, and an overview of new trends and developments relevant for developing winning strategies.
After an introduction, Chapter 2 offers a new perspective on port governance, in which public interests, corporatization, state-ownership, and shareholder policies take a central role. Chapter 3 explains how new trends and developments affect port development and argues that assuming ?business as usual? often leads to major port development mistakes. Chapter 4 deals with port development and discusses all major port development challenges, including granting concessions, developing a port vision, crafting stakeholder support, choosing port performance indicators and creating a port innovation system. The final chapter deals with port development strategies and includes themes such as strategies of port development companies, pricing and business development.
This book will broaden professionals? conceptual understanding of the ports industry, and provide insights on the latest developments in this area. For students, this book provides an industry-focused and non-technical ?essential reading? for gaining a deep understanding of the ports industry.
1 Ports in global supply chains 2 Getting port governance right 3 Drivers of change in the ports industry 4 Port development: concepts and insights 5 Strategies of port development companies
Peter W. de Langen is the owner and principal consultant of Ports & Logistics Advisory and professor (part-time) at Copenhagen Business School. Peter has worked for leading companies and governments in the ports industry, and is considered a thought leader on ports and port development. He is co-director of the leading port knowledge platform www.porteconomics.eu.
Date de parution : 04-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 04-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Towards a Better Port Industry :
Mots-clés :
Port Authorities; Shipping; Port Clusters; Maritime Economics; Port Development; Elements of Shipping; PCS; Informa Maritime Law; Port Industry; Theory and Practice of Seamanship; Business Case; Logistics; Terminal Operators; Supply Chain Management; Intra-port Competition; Transport Studies; Mln Ton; Transport Economics; Business Ecosystem; Port Economics; Port Infrastructure; Martin Stopford; Inland Terminals; Rotterdam; Intermodal Terminals; Shell Haven; Port Users; Europoort; Circular Supply Chains; port management; Energy Sources; freight transport; Port Governance; state-ownership; Port Development Plan; shareholder policies; Container Terminal; granting concessions; Synergy Services; Port Dues; Port Service Providers; PPIs; Cluster Perspective; Liner Shipping Connectivity Index