CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: A Multifaceted Approach to Seaports

• i.1 Defining Seaports
• i.2 Seaports: Economic Value
• i.3 Seaports: Social and Environmental Value
• i.4 Emerging Issues in Ports and Maritime Shipping

I. PORTS AND MARITIME SHIPPING

• Chapter 1.1 Maritime Shipping and International Trade
• Chapter 1.2 Ports and Maritime Supply Chains
• Chapter 1.3 Ports and Container Shipping
• Chapter 1.4 Ports and Distribution Networks
• Chapter 1.5 Ports and Cruise Shipping
• Chapter 1.6 Interoceanic Passages

II. CONTEMPORARY PORTS

• Chapter 2.1 The Changing Geography of Seaports
• Chapter 2.2 Port Hinterlands, Regionalization and Corridors
• Chapter 2.3 Dry Ports
• Chapter 2.4 Digital Transformation
• Chapter 2.5 Green Shipping, Ports and Supply Chain Management
• Chapter 2.6 Ports and Energy Transition
• Chapter 2.7 Ports and the Circular Economy

III. PORT TERMINALS

• Chapter 3.1 Terminals and Terminal Operators
• Chapter 3.2 Terminal Concessions and Land Leases
• Chapter 3.3 Financialization and Terminal Funding
• Chapter 3.4 Container Terminal Design and Equipment
• Chapter 3.5 Bulk and Breakbulk Terminal Design and Equipment
• Chapter 3.6 Cruise Terminal Design and Equipment
• Chapter 3.7 Dock Labor
• Chapter 3.8 Terminal Automation
• Chapter 3.9 Port Terminal Construction

IV. PORT GOVERNANCE

• Chapter 4.1 Port Governance and Reform
• Chapter 4.2 Port Authorities
• Chapter 4.3 Port Coordination and Cooperation
• Chapter 4.4 Port Clusters
• Chapter 4.5 Green Port Governance
• Chapter 4.6 Port Management, Governance and Leadership

V. PORT COMPETITION

• Chapter 5.1 Inter-Port Competition
• Chapter 5.2 Intra-Port Competition
• Chapter 5.3 Port Marketing
• Chapter 5.4 Port Pricing
• Chapter 5.5 Entry Barriers

VI. PORT PERFORMANCE

• Chapter 6.1 Performance
• Chapter 6.2 Efficiency
• Chapter 6.3 Effectiveness
• Chapter 6.4 Resilience

VII. PORT POLICIES & DEVELOPMENT

• Chapter 7.1 Ports, Policies and Geopolitics
• Chapter 7.2 Ports and Economic Development
• Chapter 7.3 Port Planning and Development
• Chapter 7.4 Safety, Security, and Cybersecurity
• Chapter 7.5 Port-City Relationships
• Chapter 7.6 Representing Port Interests

VIII. PORT MARKETS

• Chapter 8.1 Cruise Ports
• Chapter 8.2 Break-Bulk
• Chapter 8.3 Energy
• Chapter 8.4 Containers: The Box and Chassis Markets
• Chapter 8.5 Containers: The Containerization of Commodities
• Chapter 8.6 Port Cold Chains
• Chapter 8.7 Automotive and RORO Markets
• Chapter 8.8 Tourist Harbors and Marinas

IX. CASE STUDIES

• Optimal Ship Size: Container Ships and Cruise Vessels
• Competition between the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
• Ports and the COVID-19 Pandemic
• The Port of Savannah Logistics Cluster
• Nike European Logistics Campus in Belgium
• The Nicaragua Canal Project