the privatization of port services has resulted in large and rapid improvements in productivity, lower fees for port users … on the Atlantic coast and Buenaventura on the Pacific coast. These four ports were concessioned in 1993 to regional port … "societies" established under company law. These societies are responsible for contracting with port operators for the use of …

Port reforms in Argentina have sought to deregulate, decentralize, and privatize. And they have sought to introduce … competition not only among ports but also for the ports --by inviting operators to bid for port concessions-- and within the ports …

decade, an outstanding port and logistics hub with few precedents in other African countries. The objective of the present … study is to strengthen the competitiveness of the ports of Djibouti (old port of Djibouti and new port of Doraleh) and … ensure their medium-term and long-term development by designing a modern and efficient regulation system for private port …

Port governance structures are a vital factor impacting port investments, efficiencies, effectiveness and productivity …. An important determining factor is the port management and whether it is centralized under the national government as a … State-Owned Enterprise (SOE), decentralized to the municipal level, or alternatively privatized. Reforms in port management …