Ports and networks: strategies -- Port definition, concepts and the role of ports in supply chains; setting the scene / Michiel Nijdam and Martijn van der Horst -- Ports and global supply chains / Rob zuidwijk -- How ports create strategic value for their country / Frans A.J. van den Bosch, Rick M.A. Hollen and Henk W. Volberda -- Port development company: role and strategy / Larissa van der Lugt -- Port management and institutional reform: 30 years of theory and practice / Hercules Haralambides -- The port-city interface / Olaf Merk -- Port performance / Shmuel Yahalom and Changqian Guan -- Accessibility of ports and networks / Francesco Corman and Rudy R. Negenborn -- Port hinterland relations: lessons to be learned from a cost-benefit analysis of a large investment project / Christa Sys and Thierry Vanelslander -- Coordination in hinterland chains / Martijn van der Horst and Peter de Langen -- Ports and networks: operations -- Optimisation in container liner shipping / Judith Mulder and Rommert Dekker -- Revenues and costs of maritime shipping / Albert Veenstra -- Container terminal operations: an overview / Iris F.A. Vis, Héctor J. Carlo and Kees Jan Roodbergen -- Port-centric information management in smart ports: a framework & categorisation / Leonard Heilig and Stefan Voss -- Intermodality and synchromodality / Lóránt Tavasszy, Behzad Behdani and Rob Konings -- The industrial seaport / Bart Kuipers -- Ports and networks: perspectives -- Port competition in historical perspective, 1648-2000: the ports in the le Havre-Hamburg Range / Hein A.M. Klemann -- Sustainability / Harry Geerlings and Tiedo Vellinga -- Port security / Changqian Guan and Shmuel Yahalom -- Technological innovations / Harry Geerlings and Bart Wiegmans -- The labour market of port-cities / Jaap de Koning, Kees Zandvliet and Arie Gelderblom -- Ports in transition / Derk Loorbach and Harry Geerlings