{"product_id":"port-infrastructure-finance-9780415720069","title":"Port Infrastructure Finance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an expert analysis of alternative investments routes and the investment strategies available to the major port players, and is a much-needed guide to expanding the investor base for private debt funding of projects from loan providers to bond investors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePort infrastructure investments are vitally important to all ports throughout the world; without these investments, the competitive position of ports and of the dependent logistics sector will deteriorate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational\/regional governments and the local port authorities are no longer a guaranteed source of sufficient financial input to meet the continuous port infrastructure investment needs of major ports. It is, therefore, increasingly crucial for ports to broaden their strategies and secure alternative streams of investment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides expert insight into areas of port infrastructure finance across the main regions of Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA. Topics include how to estimate future \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Port Infrastructure: What are we Talking About? \u003ci\u003ePROFESSOR THIERRY VANELSLANDER, UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 2. Predicting the Future: How to Estimate Future Demand for Port Throughput and Infrastructure Use \u003ci\u003ePROFESSORS HILDE MEERSMAN AND EDDY VAN DE VOORDE UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 3. Public-Private Partnerships in Ports: Where are we? \u003ci\u003ePROFESSOR ROSÁRIO MACÁRIO, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBON \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 4. Port Authority Corporatisation: Leading Towards Their Privatisation? \u003ci\u003eFRANC J. PIGNA, AEGIR PORT PROPERTY ADVISERS \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 5. Evidence on the Pricing of the Syndicated Loans for the Global Port Industry \u003ci\u003ePROFESSOR COSTAS TH. GRAMMENOS, CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL, DR THEOLOGOS DERGIADES, INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY , and GEORGIOS MAZIS C\u003c\/i\u003ehapter 6: Port Privatisation in the UK and Continental Europe: an Evaluation of Past Experience and New Drivers \u003ci\u003ePATRICK VERHOEVEN, EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 7. Financing Options for Ports: Observations from Asia \u003ci\u003ePROFESSOR ANTHONY T.H. CHIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE SHANE WALDRON, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 8. Experiences with Bond Financing and Innovative Transport Project Financing in the United States: Some Evidence from Port and Port-Related Projects. \u003ci\u003eSOTIRIOS THEOFANIS, PANTEC SA AND RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, and MARIA BOILE, HELLENIC INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT AND RUTGERS UNIVERSITY \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 9. Attracting Private Finance into African Ports \u003ci\u003eDR. SHEILA FARRELL, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 10. How to Finance Future Port Infrastructure Investments? Potential Strategies for the Different Actors \u003ci\u003ePROFESSORS DIMITRIOS TSAMBOULAS AND ATHANASIOS BALLIS, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ATHENS \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 11. Future Port Infrastructure Finance: Lessons and Recommendations \u003ci\u003ePROFESSORS HILDE MEERSMAN EDDY VAN DE VOORDE AND THIERRY VANELSLANDER, UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577329520983,"sku":"9780415720069","price":228.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415720069.jpg?v=1746094909","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/port-infrastructure-finance-9780415720069","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}