MARA 416: Port Operations, Administration and Economics (Galveston - Spring 2025)

The World Port Index (Pub 150) is an on-line database of world-wide maritime port information which serves as a general reference and navigational planning tool for mariners. The WPI provides the general geographic location with over 100 key characteristics and services of thousands of ports around the globe. The principal sources of information in the WPI are the Sailing Directions and charts published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), but where information from those sources is lacking or incomplete, other authoritative sources, both domestic and foreign, are used.

All statistics of UNCTAD are harmonized and integrated into UNCTADstat- free to use dissemination platform. It gives access to basic and derived indicators built upon common rules, harmonized environment and clear methodology supported by powerful data browsing system. The statistical series are regularly updated and classified into easy-to-navigate themes. UNCTADstat offers ready-to-use analytical groupings, with a unique coverage for countries and products and a particular focus on developing economies. This approach ensures data consistency across multiple data series, and enables users to harness its full potential by mixing and matching data from various domains.

The Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering disseminates to the profession engineering and scientific advances made in the COPRI disciplines. The journal is a strong forum for civil engineering disciplines related to ocean, coastal and riverine waters as well as the interaction of these waters and the adjacent built and natural environments. This broad scope makes the Journal an ideal choice for the publication and dissemination of archival contributions dealing with important related topics. Topics include dredging, floods, sediment transport, tides, wind waves and storm surge, tsunamis, climate change, rising sea level, extreme weather events and other hazards that affect shorelines, waterways, estuaries, and ports and harbors, as well as efforts to mitigate the impact of such hazards. Of equal interest is the development and operation of offshore facilities and ocean resource utilization, such as renewable energy and ocean mining. Types of publications include original journal articles, comprehensive review articles, short technical notes, case studies of special interest to the readership, book reviews, and special issues on selected topics.

American Shipper magazine was first published under that name in May 1974 and is designed to serve the information needs of shippers, carriers and third parties involved in international transportation and for executives managing international logistics and supply chains. *NOTE: Institutional login & password are no longer required; users may register for a free personal account.

This is a largely subscription-based product related to the print title mentioned earlier in this guide under American Bureau of Shipping. Their online database (some of which is searchable though the Library doesn't subscribe to the product) provides a listing of all vessels and offshore installations currently in class with ABS, including appropriate class notations. Each listing contains the principal particulars of the vessel or installation and information on the machinery, hull, capacities, builder, owner and ABS survey particulars.

Clarkson Research Services Ltd. is the publisher of the "Bulk Carrier Register" and the "Tanker Register". They do have an online subscription component which includes vessel specific information: Type, Name, Size, Unit, Dwt, GT, Flag, Built, Month, Builder, Owner Group. Much of the product is subscription based.