The Institutional Position of Seaports An International Comparison /

• Main Author: Stevens, Henrik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
• Series: GeoJournal Library, 51
• Subjects: Geography.; Business.; Management science.; Management.; Economic geography.; International economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economic Geography.; Business and Management, general.; International Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.

The phenomenon of international seaport administration is the subject of this book. As a Ph.D.-student at the Delft University of Technology (period 1993 - 1997) I had the opportunity to develop and exercise my hobby on a full time base. The result was a Ph.D.-dissertation which was defended in Dece...

Table of Contents:

• to the Study
• The Regulation of Responsibilities
• The Nature of Seaports
• The Port of Rotterdam
• The Ports of Antwerp and Hamburg
• Ports in the United States
• Canada: the Port of Vancouver
• Japan: the Port of Kobe
• The Port of Hong Kong
• The Port of Singapore
• South Africa: the Port of Durban
• The Learning Capacity of Seaports.