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  • October 3rd, 2025
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    Investments and financing challenges of the EU’s port managing bodies; findings from a comprehensive survey

    Investments and financing challenges of the EU’s port managing bodies; findings from a comprehensive survey

    Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents:  Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

    Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents: Kuwait Shuwaikh Port

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation

    Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation

    Toward green container liner shipping: joint optimization of heterogeneous fleet deployment, speed optimization, and fuel bunkering

    Toward green container liner shipping: joint optimization of heterogeneous fleet deployment, speed optimization, and fuel bunkering

  • Presentations
    Port reform: World Bank publishes the third edition of its port reform toolkit

    Port reform: World Bank publishes the third edition of its port reform toolkit

    When will we admit that maritime transport will not be decarbonised by 2050?

    When will we admit that maritime transport will not be decarbonised by 2050?

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    Digital technologies for efficient and resilient sea-land logistics

    The World Ports Tracker in TOC Europe

    The World Ports Tracker in TOC Europe

    Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

    Newly-upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker identifies major sustainability and market trends

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    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    PhD posts in the area of ports and energy transition

    PhD posts in the area of ports and energy transition

    PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

    PortEconomics members among best-performing scholars globally

    Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?

    Accessibility or connectivity: why is it correct to say that in the Caribbean the main logistics problem is connectivity?

    Cruise Port-City Compass

    Cruise Port-City Compass

  • Viewpoints
    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: Top-15 EU container ports in H1 2025

    Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

    Portgraphic: fleet capacity (owned/chartered) of container shipping lines

    In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

    In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

    Cruise industry in 2025 at a glance

    The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

    The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

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Mary Brooks

As Professor Emerita, Dalhousie University, I have the luxury of working on challenging and even wicked problems. My research and consulting practice focus on transportation and global supply chain management. I am particularly interested in the relationships between the buyers and sellers of transportation services. A Canada–US Fulbright scholar at George Mason University in 2005, I investigated the impact of security regulations on the US’ maritime container trade. In 2010, as a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney, I examined the coastal shipping market in Australia and how buyers make mode choice decisions. The research findings are particularly interesting if you think that carbon pricing is worth pursuing. It has also won the International Association of Maritime Economists best paper 2011 prize and the Korea Association of Maritime Industry Prize 2012. Read this research before you make up your mind on how we solve global challenges like climate change. With a passionate interest in how to make Canadian supply chains better, and a keen eye on the world of shipping and ports, I founded the Port Performance Research Network in 2001 to examine how to make ports more effective in adding value to their users’ supply chains through governance reform and benchmarking. I also have an active research program in the area of short sea shipping. My transportation consulting practice focuses on understanding my clients needs and helping them create value for those they serve. This may range from conducting credible research, acting as an expert witness, seeking answers to wicked questions, running a focus group or providing corporate education in the transportation management and international marketing fields. I am keen to help others find a way forward in both complex and complicated situations.

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PortEconomics member Mary Brooks joins Order of Canada ranks

PortEconomics member Mary Brooks joins Order of Canada ranks

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PortReport 5 | Transparency in governance: seaport practices European Port Policy

PortReport 5 | Transparency in governance: seaport practices

Download PortReport No 5 - Transparency in governance: seaport practices PortReport No 5 explores the levels and standards of transparency in the governance of ports. Key actors in port governance, such as government departments involved in port policy-making, port authorities, and port regulators need to be transparent about their...
Port policy: which principles are still relevant today? European Port Policy

Port policy: which principles are still relevant today?

In 1990 Richard O. Goss wrote four seminal articles about the economic principles underlying port policies, which were published in Maritime Policy and Management under the title Economic Policies and Seaports. These explored the economic functions of seaports, the diversity of port institutions, the need for port authorities, and the...
Sustainable development & ocean governance: a shipping & ports perspective Featured

Sustainable development & ocean governance: a shipping & ports perspective

The World Maritime Day is an opportunity for the international maritime community to commemorate the efforts to preserve the safety of life at sea and the marine environment protection through international mechanisms and instruments. This significant event was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, to be celebrated on...
"It’s all about achieving a perilous balance between cost & service" - podcast on liner shipping industry Containers

"It’s all about achieving a perilous balance between cost & service" - podcast on liner shipping industry

PortEconomics member, and winner of the 2018 Onassis prize in Shipping, Mary Brooks provides her views on liner shipping industry, in her interview reported via a podcast produced by Supplychainbrain.com. "For the ocean shipping business today, it’s tough enough navigating the rough waters caused by economic cycles. But do carriers...
Canada’s ports policy needs to move into the 21st century European Port Policy

Canada’s ports policy needs to move into the 21st century

By Mary Brooks First published @theconversation.com In March, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced the launch of the Ports Modernization Review, a series of consultations, round-tables and meetings re-examining Canada’s port authority system. Recent studies of port governance have shown that there is no one right...
Port Governance: Onassis prize 2018 lecture by PortEconomics member M. Brooks Category

Port Governance: Onassis prize 2018 lecture by PortEconomics member M. Brooks

Mary Brooks was recognised with the Onassis Prize 2018 in the field of shipping - and PortEconomics proudly presents its readers the lecture she delivered during the presentation of the 2018 Onassis Prizes, at the Guildhall in the City of London on Monday 24th September 2018, as well as two of her past works on port...
The social and economic value of commercial marine shipping to Canada PortStudies

The social and economic value of commercial marine shipping to Canada

The social and economic value of commercial marine shipping to Canada was the theme of a report that was published this week by the Council of Canadian Academies. The report is the outcome of the work of a 10 membes Expert panel chaired by PortEconomics member Mary R. Brooks As a maritime nation, Canada’s economy, culture,...
Canada's port policy: a new direction or stay the course? Featured

Canada's port policy: a new direction or stay the course?

By the spring of 1994, Canada's dire financial situation had become apparent to the Government, and the policy decision was made to withdraw from government operation of transportation infrastructure while retaining ownership as a means of addressing Canada's fiscal challenge. Furthermore, Transport Canada's mission to make the...
Disruption on the docks Containers

Disruption on the docks

The decision about which port or terminal to use is more often driven by issues like route risk and diversification, labor strife and competing offerings by shipping lines. Shipping line network configuration, own terminal investments, existing alliance partner investments, and availability of the cranes to service ever-larger ships are...
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