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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| Language: | English |
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New York
Chapman and Hall
[1986]
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| Edition: | First edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Role and function of seaports in the trading pattern of a nation
- Economics of international trade
- Economics of port design and layout
- Cargo-handling equipment
- Container-handling equipment
- Free ports/free trade zones
- Port investment criteria
- Port traffic control
- Port tariffs
- Finance of international trade
- Port management structure and dock labour
- Budgetary control and marketing
- Role of British and international port aand cargo-handling organizations