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Geraldine Knatz is a Professor of the Practice of Policy and Engineering, holding joint appointment in the University of Southern California's School of Engineering and School of Public policy where she teaches courses on seaport policy, marine transportation and environmental policy and conducts research in affiliation with the METRANS Transportation Center. Knatz has worked for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for over thirty years and spend eight years as CEO of the Port of Los Angeles before her retirement in January, 2014.

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Container terminal automation: revealing distinctive terminal characteristics and operating parameters

The portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis, and Geraldine Knatz focuses on the automation of terminal equipment used to handle containers. A dataset was compiled, including 63 fully and semi-automated container terminals worldwide, their organizational features, technical dimensions, and the...

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New book: Port of Los Angeles: conflict, commerce and the fight for control

With years of research and more than 200 maps and images, PortEconomics member Geraldine Knatz shapes an insightful story of the Port of Los Angeles, from its early entrepreneurs to the city’s business and political leadership, and the inevitable conflicts that arose between them. Knatz digs into the back stories of the key players in...