This two volume book presents an in-depth analysis of many of the most important issues facing today's shipping and port sectors. Volume 1 of Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy focuses on the application of theory to practice in Maritime Logistics.

Autorentext
Paul Tae-Woo Lee is Professor of International Logistics and Maritime Transportation and Associate Director Research at the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, College of Business, Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his PhD degree from Cardiff University, UK and is a well-recognized scholar in the field of maritime economics, featuring widely in international publications, organizations and conferences. He has also been an adviser to several governments and maritime industries over the world.

Kevin Cullinane is Professor of International Logistics & Transport Economics at Gothenburg University and Visiting Professor at the VTI (Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute), Sweden. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong and has been logistics adviser to the World Bank. He has also been a transport adviser to the governments of Hong Kong, Egypt, Chile, Korea, the UK and Ireland.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; Paul Tae-Woo Lee and Kevin Cullinane 2. Strategy of a Transshipment Hub: The Case of Singapore Port; Jasmine Siu Lee Lam 3. China's Growing Engagement in Emerging Maritime Logistics Market in Africa; Paul Tae-Woo Lee 4. Green Shipping and Port; Young-Tae Chang 5. Applying Game Theoretic Models to Port Policies; Koichiro Tezuka and Masahiro Ishii 6. Towards Robust Management of Maritime Risk and Security; Zaili Yang, Jin Wang and Adolf K.Y. Ng 7. Choice of Financing and Governance Structures in Transport Industry: Theory and Practice; Stephen X.H. Gong, Michael Firth and Kevin Cullinane 8. Private Finance in Port Investment: The South Pacific Islands; Francesca R. Medda and Simone Caschili 9. Proposing New Concepts of Economies of Flow, Connexion, and Fusion Technology in Maritime Logistics; Paul Tae-Woo Lee and Tsung-Chen Lee