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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 to chair marine board of the U.S. national academies

Dr. Mary R. Brooks,  a member of the PortEconomics team has just been named Chair of the Marine Board of the U.S. National Academies. Brooks began her two-year term as Chair on November 1. An expert in transportation, Brooks will apply her...
Measuring fluidity in maritime supply chains PortStudies

Measuring fluidity in maritime supply chains

An assessment of what fluidity is, how it is currently measured in Canadian maritime supply chains for both bulk cargoes and manufactured goods, and report on the gaps existing in the current measurement system to identify where improvements can be made is the latest port study of PortEconomics member Mary Brooks presented at the annual...
Do we need to assess service delivery at Canadian ports? Featured

Do we need to assess service delivery at Canadian ports?

Recent research on port service delivery for the American Association of Port Authorities aimed at developing a standard instrument (SEAPORT–Seaport Effectiveness Assessment for PORT managers) that can accurately and reliably measure how well ports deliver services to their users. The study population was customers and users of...
Canada: port performance measures Featured

Canada: port performance measures

PortEconomics associate member Mary Brooks was assigned by Transport Canada to evaluate port performance measures as part of the Canada Transportation Act review process. The Review was launched on June 25, 2014, and concluded on December 21, 2015 when it was submitted to the Minister of Transport. The Review looked forward 20 to...
Thoughts to share: Why and how to measure port performance? Featured

Thoughts to share: Why and how to measure port performance?

How to measure port performance? Logistics performance is a strong determinant of national economic competitiveness. Understanding and decomposing the components of logistics performance can help countries to improve efficiency of logistics systems as well as the functioning of related infrastructures, services, procedures and...
The social and economic value of commercial marine shipping in Canada Containers

The social and economic value of commercial marine shipping in Canada

The Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping (Clear Seas) asked the Council of Canadian Academies to undertake an expert panel assessment on the social and economic value of commercial marine shipping in Canada and PortEconomics associate member Mary R. Brooks has been appointed as Chair of the Expert Panel. The question to...
Port Effectiveness: The AAPA Customer Service Initiative Report Featured

Port Effectiveness: The AAPA Customer Service Initiative Report

A team directed by Mary Brooks, member of the PortEconomics team, worked with the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) to offer AAPA members an opportunity to identify users' perceptions of the quality of service at member ports. Over 200 respondents, from three user groups (cargo interests, shipping lines and supply chain...
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PortEconomics ass. member appointed vice-chair of the US Marine Board

PortEconomics associate member Mary R. Brooks has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the US Marine Board, as of 1st of November. The 20-member Board consists of top-level researchers, executives, and practitioners, from both the public and private sectors. The new and continuing members reflect the many disciplines and areas of expertise...
Maritime security in Canada Noticeboard

Maritime security in Canada

The history of transportation security regulations in Canada, is the theme of the study 'Maritime Security in Canada' developed by PortEconomics associate member Mary Brooks and published in the form of a chaptet of the book Maritime Transport Security. The work makes particular note of the influence of American security policy on...
PortStudies

Improving port effectiveness through determinance/ performance gap analysis

PortEconomics associate member Prof. Mary Brooks together with Prof. Tony Schellinck (Dalhousie University) published a port study entitled 'Improving port effectiveness through determinance/performance gap analysis' in the scientific journal Maritime Policy and Management, Volume 41, Issue 4. Port managers, governments, and...
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