Port Management & Operations, 3rd Edition

Port Management and Operations, 3rd Edition

Patrick Alderton

Port Management and Operations, 3rd Edition, provides a complete picture of port management and is a crucial guide to all those involved in the maritime industry. This book offers an analysis of the many types of ports along with the common essential elements that enable them to function, including administration, management, economics and operations.

3rd Edition, 2008
978-1-84311-750-6

Price: £150 (£150.00 after discount)

Product Description

Port Management and Operations, 3rd Edition, your essential guide to port management in the 21st century.

  • Provides the reader with a complete understanding of total port activity.
  • Enables managers working in specific areas of ports to see where they fit into the port's operation and commercial practice as a whole.
  • Offers an analysis of the many types of ports along with the common essential elements that enable them to function, including administration, management, economics and operations.

    • Table of Contents

    • Ports - a general introduction
    • Port Development
    • Impact of changing ship technology on ports
    • Sea approaches and maritime services
    • Port administration ownership and management
    • Port policy
    • Berths & terminals
    • Cargo & cargo handling
    • Port labour
    • Time in port & speed of cargo handling
    • Port costs, prices and revenue
    • Port environmental matters - sustainable development

    Who reads Port Management & Operations, 3rd Edition

    • Port managers
    • Ship owners
    • Ship managers
    • Ship brokers
    • Marine consultants
    • Ship surveyors
    • Universities

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