The efficiency of a container terminal depends primarily on the smooth and orderly process of handling containers, especially during the ship's loading procedure. The loading plan is mainly determined by two considerations: ship stability and minimum number of rehandles required. These two basic...

The US incurs significant costs in order to maintain its ports and harbours. The harbour maintenance tax, introduced in 1986 under the Reagan-era overall initiative to cut back the average tax burden, has been controversial since its inception. Its imposition on US exports was declared illegal...

Significant changes in the world economy, mainly linked to the increased internationalisation of the economy, have induced container shipping companies to rethink their strategies to face demand. Traditional forms of co-operation, generally based on route-related agreements, have been...

Traditionally, maritime economists, ports and shipping lines have considered container transhipment to be more expensive than direct call services, mainly by virtue of the extra feeder costs and container lift charges involved. This seems contrary to ongoing industry developments, with...

This paper attempts to explore the relationship between productivity, efficiency and technological change in Indian ports. By employing a comparative static framework, we have shown that Indian ports have witnessed a significant technological metamorphosis in terms of capital use. Increasing use...

Liner shipping is a rather unique and idiosyncratic sector of the shipping industry. As such, it has attracted much attention from both researchers and policy makers. The purpose of this special issue of the International Journal of Maritime Economics is to investigate current thought in liner...

The aim of this paper is to present evidence, for the first time, about the relationships of global macroeconomic sources of risk with shipping stock returns internationally, for the period 1989:12–1998:3. For this purpose, a sample of 36 shipping companies (listed in 10 stock exchanges...