Chapter 1. Ports Chapter 2. Port Development Chapter 3. Impact of Changing Ship Technology on Ports Chapter 4. Port Approaches Chapter 5. Port Administration, Ownership and Management Chapter 6. Port Policy Chapter 7. Berths and Terminals Chapter 8. Cargo and Cargo Handling Chapter 9. Port Labour Chapter 10. Time in Port and Speed of Cargo Handling Chapter 11. Port Costs, Prices and Revenue Chapter 12. Port Environmental Matters- Sustainable Development
Patrick Alderton qualified as an Extra Master, and then became a lecturer of commercial transport at the London Guildhall University in the 1970s. He later moved to the World Maritime University in Sweden as the Professor of Ports and Shipping in the late 1980s.