| 1 | The Role of Shipping in the Globalization of Trade, Shuo Ma (World Maritime University) |
| 2 | An empirical Investigation of Professional Ship Manager-Client Relationships, P.M.Panayides and Richard Gray (University of Plymouth) |
| 3 | The Number and Qualifications of UK Seafarers, David Glen and James McConville (London Guildhall University) |
| 4 | Changing Ownership Structures in the Dutch Fleet, Albert Veenstra (Erasmus University) and Angela Bergantino (Univesity of Palermo) |
| 5 | Shipowner Preferences and the Allocation of Port Infrastructure Costs, L. Coppejans (Univerity of Antwerp - UFSIA) and Angela Bergantino (University of Palmero) |
| 6 | Methodology for Efficient Port Pricing, C.Perez-Labajos, B.Blanco, J.J.Achutegui, J.R.Cristobal (Universidad de Cantabria) and R.Mazas (Universidad del Pais Vasco) |
| 7 | Competitiveness of Port Terminals - Findings of the EU-Sponsored Project (EUROBORDER) Lars Kallstrom and Christiane Warnecke (Swedish Transport Research Institute) |
| 8 | Port Competition and Handling Optimization: Planning options for a container terminal port, Mauro Catalani (Napoli Naval University) |
| 9 | Investing in Fast feeder Services, Helen Bendall (University of Technology Sydney) |
| 10 | Logistics Integration and Co-operative Strategies in Liner Shipping:some empirical evidence, P. Evangelista and A. Morvillo (Research Institute on Service Activities,IRAT, Naples) |
| 11 | Does Quality Pay? The Case of the Dry Bulk Market, M.N.Tamvakis (City University) and H.A.Thanopoulou (University of Wales) |
| 12 | The Ship Broking Function and Market Efficiency, Siri Strandenes (Norwegian School of Economics) |
| 13 | A Note on Pricing Efficiency in the Dry Bulk Financial Market, J Vandenbrouke and D. Cassimon (University of Antwerp-UFSIA) |