chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Cargo ports: operations -- chapter 3 Port freight service users: carriers … -- chapter 4 Port freight service users: shippers -- chapter 5 Passenger ports and users -- chapter 6 Port efficiency -- chapter … 7 Port effectiveness, performance evaluation and investment -- chapter 8 Port competition, pricing and cases -- chapter …

"Towards a Better Port Industry provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically … the port industry, as well as students in these fields with a better conceptual understanding of the port industry. It … includes key insights and best practices for port management and development, and an overview of new trends and developments …

This report sets out various options for regulatory reform of the Indian port sector. The terms of reference from The … respect to alternative institutional and legal options for regulation of the port sector in India as well as analysing key …, which has been drafted recently. This report is solution-oriented and focuses on day-to-day problems of Indian port …