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Port Privatisation
The Asia-Pacific Experience
9781845423995 Edward Elgar Publishing
The transformation of public ports into commercially orientated and profitable entities is occurring apace in the Asia-Pacific region. This timely book is the first to take a regional perspective on port reform and port privatisation. A range of countries is examined, including China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The book’s contributors are academic specialists in the fields of port economics and management, whose country studies illustrate a variety of port privatisation methods and outcomes in an economically, politically and culturally diverse region connected by extensive maritime trade networks. Significantly, the book concludes that privatisation of ports is an important but far from universal approach to reforming the region’s ports.
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The transformation of public ports into commercially orientated and profitable entities is occurring apace in the Asia-Pacific region. This timely book is the first to take a regional perspective on port reform and port privatisation. A range of countries is examined, including China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The book’s contributors are academic specialists in the fields of port economics and management, whose country studies illustrate a variety of port privatisation methods and outcomes in an economically, politically and culturally diverse region connected by extensive maritime trade networks. Significantly, the book concludes that privatisation of ports is an important but far from universal approach to reforming the region’s ports.
Focusing exclusively on port privatisation in the Asia-Pacific region, this book will be of great interest to academics and policymakers who are interested in port reform, together with those interested in privatisation more generally in the Asia-Pacific region.
Focusing exclusively on port privatisation in the Asia-Pacific region, this book will be of great interest to academics and policymakers who are interested in port reform, together with those interested in privatisation more generally in the Asia-Pacific region.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book is an excellent reference on the state of port reform throughout the Asia-Pacific region. While there have been a number of articles in recent years on port reform in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore, much of the Asia-Pacific region has been overlooked. This book not only rectifies this gap by providing much needed insight into the situation in India, Japan, Malaysia, and New Zealand, while also consolidating the work already completed elsewhere. With the rise of Asia as the world’s most important shipping and port market, the editors are to be commended for bringing new voices to the discussion and developing a strong contribution to the port reform and port governance literature.’
– Mary R. Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada
– Mary R. Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada
Contributors
Contributors: F. Affleck, K. Cullinane, D.P. Hill, K. Miyashita, M. Qiu, J. Reveley, T.J. Scrase, D.-W. Song, J. Tongzon, M. Tull, A. Wells
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction: Port Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Malcolm Tull and James Reveley
2. Privatisation Postponed: Convergence and Divergence in Australian and New Zealand Port Reform
James Reveley and Malcolm Tull
3. The Governance of the Port of Hong Kong
Kevin Cullinane
4. Port Corporatisation and Privatisation: China’s Experience
Min Qiu
5. Privatisation and Labour Relations in Asian Ports: The Case of Port Klang, Malaysia
Douglas P. Hill, Timothy J. Scrase and Andrew Wells
6. Port Reform in Singapore: Towards Privatisation?
Jose Tongzon
7. Japanese Container Ports: Economic Structure and Prospects for Privatisation
Kunio Miyashita
8. Port Reform and Privatisation in Korea
Dong-Wook Song
9. Developing India’s Ports: Balancing Economic and Social Objectives
Douglas P. Hill
10. Conclusion
Fred Affleck
Index
1. Introduction: Port Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Malcolm Tull and James Reveley
2. Privatisation Postponed: Convergence and Divergence in Australian and New Zealand Port Reform
James Reveley and Malcolm Tull
3. The Governance of the Port of Hong Kong
Kevin Cullinane
4. Port Corporatisation and Privatisation: China’s Experience
Min Qiu
5. Privatisation and Labour Relations in Asian Ports: The Case of Port Klang, Malaysia
Douglas P. Hill, Timothy J. Scrase and Andrew Wells
6. Port Reform in Singapore: Towards Privatisation?
Jose Tongzon
7. Japanese Container Ports: Economic Structure and Prospects for Privatisation
Kunio Miyashita
8. Port Reform and Privatisation in Korea
Dong-Wook Song
9. Developing India’s Ports: Balancing Economic and Social Objectives
Douglas P. Hill
10. Conclusion
Fred Affleck
Index
