1. Introduction; Paul Tae-Woo Lee and Kevin Cullinane 2. Container Ports in Latin America – Challenges in a Changing Global Economy; Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios 3. Port Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Competitive Forces, Port Reform and Investment Challenges; Darren Fraser and Theo Notteboom 4. A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Container Ports in China and the Implications for their Development; Kevin Cullinane, Sharon Cullinane, Tengfei Wang2 5. Port-Focal Logistics and the Evolution of Port Regions in a Globalized World; Enrique Martin, Sergi Saurí and Adolf K.Y. Ng 6. Port Governance as a Tool of Economic Development: Revisiting the Question; Mary R. Brooks 7. Economic Impact Analysis of Port Development; Tsung-Chen Lee and Paul T.W. Lee 8. Developing the Fifth Generation Ports Model; Paul Tae-Woo Lee and Jasmine Siu Lee Lam

Paul Tae-Woo Lee is Professor of International Logistics and Maritime Transportation and Associate Director Research at the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, College of Business, Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph D degree from Cardiff University, UK and is a well-recognized scholar in the field of maritime economics, featuring widely in international publications, organizations and conferences. He has also been an adviser to several governments and maritime industries over the world.

Kevin Cullinane is Professor of International Logistics & Transport Economics at Gothenburg University and Visiting Professor at the VTI (Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute), Sweden. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong and has been logistics adviser to the World Bank. He has also been a transport adviser to the governments of Hong Kong, Egypt, Chile, Korea, the UK and Ireland.