• Port economics is the first modern textbook of its kind
• Discusses in detail the various carriers that use ports and operations of cargo and passengers and port specific activities of Hong Kong, Hamburg, Le Havre, Savannah, Miami and Panama
• Classifies the port users and port service providers in relation to economic demand and supply curves
• Indicates that the demand for port services has two prices, the price paid by users of the port and the price (or real and opportunity costs) incurred by the carriers, shippers and travelers
• Presents the economic theory of carriers, shippers and travelers

Up to date references will be of benefit to students and researchers of the economics of the shipping trade; to government officials in developing port and shipping policies; and to port operators in understanding the port-choice selection process by shipping lines and other carriers.

• Introduction
• Ports Users and Service Providers
• A Port in Operation
• Carriers
• Shippers
• Passengers
• Port Operator Operating Options, Production and Cost
• Port Operator Operating Objectives, Prices and Investmen
• Port Structure and Agglomeration
• Port Performance and Competition
• Port Dockworkers
• Port Pollution
• Port Security

• Maritime Safety Security and Piracy
• Port Economics and Research in Transportation Economics Edited by Kevin Cullinane and Wayne Talley
• Companion to Maritime Economics

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