Elements of port operation and management

This book has been written to provide a practical, overall understanding of the elements of port operation and management of a competitive, profitable port authority. It deals in simple language with the role and function of seaports in a trading pattern, port investment criteria, port tariffs, free...

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Main Author: Branch, Alan E (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Chapman and Hall [1986]
Edition:First edition
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Summary:This book has been written to provide a practical, overall understanding of the elements of port operation and management of a competitive, profitable port authority. It deals in simple language with the role and function of seaports in a trading pattern, port investment criteria, port tariffs, free ports and free trade zones, port traffic control, budgetary control and marketing, port mananagemet structure and dock labour, computerization, carga-handling equipment, the economics of ports design, the role of port cargo-handling organization, the economics of international trade, finance of international trade and many other aspects of this extensive subject.
Physical Description:xiv,265 pages illustration 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibligraphical references and index
ISBN:9789401083133