The Institutional Position of Seaports An International Comparison

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

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The GeoJournal Library Volume 51 Managing Editors: Herman van der Wusten, University of Amsterdam,

The Netherlands Olga Gritsai, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Former Series Editor:

Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany

Editorial Board:

Paul Claval, France R.G. Crane, U.S.A. Yehuda Gradus, Israel Risto Laulajainen, Sweden Gerd Lettig, Germany Walther Manshard, Germany Osamu Nishikawa, Japan Peter Tyson, South Africa

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

The Institutional Position of Seaports An International Comparison by HENRIK STEVENS Zeeland Seaports Authority, Vlissingen, The Netherlands

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This is a translation of the original work in Dutch "De Institutionele Positie van Zeehavens: Een internationale vergelijking" published by Uitgeverij Eburon Translated by Kathy Owen

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IX THE PORT OF SINGAPORE 10.1. INTRODUCTION 10.2 THE ECONOMYAND SIGNIFICANCEOF THE PORT 10.3. THE POSITIONOF THE SINGAPOREPORTAUTHORITY 10.4. PORTPLANNING 10.5. PORT SERVICES 10.6. PORT MANAGEMENTIN SINGAPORE:ANALYSISAND QUESTIONS 10.7. SUMMARY SOUTH AFRICA: THE PORT OF DURBAN 11.1. INTRODUCTION 11.2. ECONOMYAND SIGNIFICANCEOF PORTS 1 1.3. THE ORGANISATIONOF PORTADMINISTRATION:TRANSNET AND PORTNET 11.4. NAUTICALMANAGEMENT 11.5. PORT PLANNING 1 1.6. PORT SERVICES 11.7. PORT MANAGEMENTIN SOUTHAFRICA:ANALYSISAND QUESTIONS 11.8. SUMMARY THE LEARNING CAPACITY OF SEAPORTS 12.1. 12.2. 12.3. 12.4. 12.5.

INTRODUCTION INTERNATIONALCOMPARISON THE POSITIONOF THE PORT AUTHORITY THE SIGNIFICANCEOF STATE-MARKETRELATIONS SUMMARY

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GLOSSARY

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SUMMARY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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INDEX

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To C o r i a n n e and G e m m a

Contents PREFACE I N T R O D U C T I O N TO THE STUDY 1.1. IMPETUSFOR THE STUDY 1.2. INTERNATIONALPORTS AS EMPIRICALFIELDOF STUDY 1.3. PROBLEMDEFINITIONAND NORMATIVEFRAMEWORK 1.4. DELINEATINGTHE SUBJECTOF STUDY 1.5. METHODOLOGYUSED 1.6. GUIDELINE

TIlE R E G U L A T I O N OF RESPONSIBILITIES 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 2.6. 2.7. 2.8.

INTRODUCTION REGULATIONVERSUSMANAGEMENTOF RELATIONSHIPS ECONOMICREGULATIONAND