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Port Management and Operations your essential guide to port management in the twenty-first 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

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• Preface(p. v)
• Acknowledgements(p. vii)
• List of Figures(p. xi)
• Chapter 1 Ports(p. 1)
• Introduction
• Some basic points
• The importance of ports
• Fundamental observations concerning ports
• The main functions and features of a port
• Main facilities and services provided by a port
• Some definitions
• Different types of port
• Information about ports
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2 Port Development(p. 13)
• Introduction
• Phases of port development
• Growth in world trade
• Changes in growth
• Developments in terminal operation
• Chapter 3 Impact of Changing Ship Technology on Ports(p. 33)
• Introduction
• Ship knowledge
• Ship developments which influence port development
• Effect of port time on ship speed
• Other technical developments affecting ports
• Chapter 4 Port Approaches(p. 49)
• Sea approaches
• Inland transport
• Chapter 5 Port Administration, Ownership and Management(p. 73)
• Port management: basic problems
• Types of port ownership and administration
• Organisations concerning ports
• Boards governing a port
• Port management development: from a transport centre to a logistic platform
• The rise and fall of ports
• Competition between ports
• Information technology in logistics
• Safety
• Chapter 6 Port Policy(p. 95)
• General points on maritime policy
• Corruption and hidden agendas
• Port policy
• EU port and transport policy
• Relationship between port and state (or area authority)
• Port ownership
• Port and state financial assistance
• Port pricing
• Chapter 7 Berths and Terminals(p. 107)
• Number of berths required in a port
• Berth size and layout
• Alternatives to formal port systems
• Port logistics
• Chapter 8 Cargo and Cargo Handling(p. 121)
• Basic definitions for cargo stowage on the ship
• Pre-shipment planning, the stowage plan and on-board stowage
• Cargo positioning and stowage on the terminal
• Ship stresses and stability
• Developments in cargo handling and terminal operation
• Containers
• Equipment
• Safety of cargo operations
• Cargo security
• Chapter 9 Port Labour(p. 143)
• Labour development
• How dockers were employed
• How dockers were paid
• Unions
• Numbers employed
• Labour v technology
• How labour is managed
• Chapter 10 Time in Port and Speed of Cargo Handling(p. 155)
• Turnaround time in days for sailing vessels 1863-1912
• General cargo
• Containers
• Bulk cargoes
• Tankers
• General operational delays
• Strikes
• Port time other than berth time
• Port delays (congestion)
• Port productivity
• Chapter 11 Port Costs, Prices and Revenue(p. 171)
• How much does a port cost?
• Total port charges
• Average port disbursements (non cargo handling)
• Cargo-handling costs
• Typical port revenue and expenditure
• Port pricing
• Costs and cost centres
• Current port charges
• Port finance and profitability
• Chapter 12 Port Environmental Matters-Sustainable Development(p. 181)
• The organisations, Conventions and Reports
• The basic argument
• The causes of port environmental pollution
• A policy for sustainable development in a port
• Emergency plans, personnel and training
• Examples
• Index(p. 195)

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Patrick Aldertonqualified as an Extra Master, and then became a lecturer of commercial transport at the London Guildhall University in the 1970s. He later moved to the World Maritime University in Sweden as the Professor of Ports and Shipping in the late 1980s.