1st Edition
Port Economics and Business
1. Demystifying seaports: An introduction 2. Seaports: Links in a maritime chain 3. The port playing field 4. The demand for handling capacity and port services 5. The cost structure of port activities 6. Pricing in a port environment 7. Port competition and market structure 8. Port productivity and efficiency 9. Investment analysis and financing 10. Land policy, industrialisation and concessions 11. Regulation, deregulation, liberalisation
Biography
Hilde Meersman is Doctor in Applied Economics. She is Emeritus Full Professor at the University of Antwerp, where she teaches in the fields of Econometrics, Transport Modelling and Economics. She also taught at the Technical University of Delft.
Eddy Van de Voorde is Emeritus Full Professor at the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics. His activities are situated in Maritime Economics, Port Economics, Air Transport and Logistics.
Thierry Vanelslander is Professor at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics of the University of Antwerp. He is currently the course coordinator for the courses ‘Port Economics and Business’ at C-MAT, and ‘Transport Micro-economics’ and ‘Maritime and Port Economics’ at the Faculty of Business and Economics.
