Port planning should take into account the following elements: port development strategy; the relationship between port and city; port financing; the key financial players; economic impacts, both local and national; and environmental impacts. The master plan usually sets out a 10-year port...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relative risks involved in owning and operating tanker vessels of different sizes in world spot and time-charter (TC) markets. Cointegrating Error Correction ARCH models are used to model spot and TC rates for each ship size and the associated time...

Following a description of the fundamental concepts and terms applicable in maritime risk management (MRM), the various methods by which shipowners might reduce their maritime liability risk are analysed. The advantages and disadvantages of each of the methods are addressed and examples of their...

Issues of global integration between liner shipping companies and ports and terminals are investigated. For several years there has been a significant reorganisation and concentration of operators with the result that an increasing proportion of container shipping, handling and distribution...

Assessing the potential demand for container ports and related multimodal transportation is critical for several purposes, including financial feasibility analysis and the evaluation of net economic benefits and their distribution. When developed in conjunction with a geographical information...

This note reviews US maritime security measures, outlines work carried out by international organisations and then frames maritime security within the wider context of maritime trade. Finally, it suggests the development of a Global Agreement linking security and other maritime trade-related...

Maritime Economics & Logistics (2003) 5, 70–89. doi:10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100061

This paper analyses the main consequences for the seaport efficiency of an access regime recently introduced by the Peruvian regulator for the public transportation infrastructure (OSITRAN). Its objective is to make competition viable for services that use, as input, transport infrastructure...

In this paper we analyse the impact of the yard organisation on container stowing operations. We deal with the Master Bay Plan problem (MBPP), that consists in stowing containers of different types into available locations on a containership; the aim is to minimise the berthing time in such a...