Port Economics, Policy and Management: Content Classification and Survey

The Effectiveness of Port-City Policies

“…There is a large and rapidly growing body of academic literature on ports, as illustrated in the overview studies of the port-related articles in academic literature (Pallis et al 2010;Pallis et al 2011). However, the literature that specifically deals with the relationship between ports and cities is relatively rare.…”

Cost aggregation in export logistics chain

“…Tang et al (2011) indicate with empirical data that port efficiency is the most important factor that attracts customers. Pallis et al (2011) revealed that the reasons behind choosing a port have been studied in 56 studies during 2007 and 2008, especially from the perspectives of logistics activities in seaports and their shipping connections. Notteboom et al (2013) found 27 studies since 1973 published in the Journal of Maritime Policy & Management that highlight the role of ports in transport and supply chains.…”

The Relations Between the Port Business Framework and the Qualified Manpower Compentencies – Literature Review and Proposed Guidelines

“…From another perspective, the communication techniques implemented on the organizational level in many companies have broaden significantly the port operators staff responsibility perception, remarking itself through increasing individual contact with all the business dimensions by many information channels as ITC facilities, documents, internet platforms etc. (Pallis et al, 2011). All these great changes adapted to the new technological and information revolution led by the digitalization and automation modern principles imposed the idea of new competencies required for the modern professional profiles in the port companies, that would value the supply chain integrative vision, toward common basis in serving the end user qualitative and quantitative requirements.…”