Ross Robinson

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that with the rapid and pervasive restructuring of supply chains and of the logistics pathways in which ports are embedded, existing paradigms no longer offer adequate insights into the functions of ports or port authorities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the mid-1990s is a defining moment in the restructuring of these networks; that the period represents, in fact, a convergence of a number of different though related trends impacting on the regional shipping market.

TL;DR: In Australia port reform initiatives have taken on a variety of forms -from outright sale and transfer of ownership, to the sale of particular assets of infrastructure or services, or to long-term lease arrangements; or in some cases state governments, unable to relinquish control, have opted for corporatization or commercialization strategies as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A decade after port reform was initiated in Australia, it is becoming clear that objectives of corporatisation are not being realised as discussed by the authors, and this is not a problem of political interference per se.