The future of ferry services in Scotland.
(2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2010, June). The future of ferry services in Scotland. Paper presented at CILT Young Professionals Conference
Outputs (39)
Redefining maritime transport infrastructure (2010)
Journal Article
Baird, A. (2010). Redefining maritime transport infrastructure. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 163(5), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.2010.163.5.29Aided by investigation and analysis of European maritime policies and ongoing transport network developments, this paper redefines maritime transport infrastructure as the ships themselves rather than just the ports at each end. It argues that the se... Read More about Redefining maritime transport infrastructure.
Atlantic and North Sea region ports: regional state-of-the-art report. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2009). Atlantic and North Sea region ports: regional state-of-the-art report.
Developing motorways of the sea services through transnational research collaboration. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baird, A., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2009, October). Developing motorways of the sea services through transnational research collaboration. Paper presented at Maritime Transport: Scotland's Sustainable Economic Growth Opportunity
The development of global container transhipment terminals. (2007)
Book Chapter
Baird, A. (2007). The development of global container transhipment terminals. In J. Wang, D. Olivier, T. Notteboom, & B. Slack (Eds.), Ports, Cities and Global Supply Chains (69-87). Ashgate PublishingWorld container port traffic has more than doubled each decade since the 1960’s, placing tremendous pressure on transport infrastructure to expand. Cityports have had to adapt their often-inadequate harbours at enormous cost in order to cope with thi... Read More about The development of global container transhipment terminals..
The economics of motorways of the sea. (2007)
Journal Article
Baird, A. (2007). The economics of motorways of the sea. Maritime Policy and Management, 34, 287-310. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830701538976The last several decades have witnessed very substantial public sector investment in roadway and railway infrastructure throughout the EU. The seaway has tended not to be supported to the same degree, possibly due to the mistaken assumption by policy... Read More about The economics of motorways of the sea..
Optimising the container transhipment hub location in northern Europe (2006)
Journal Article
Baird, A. J., & Baird, A. (2006). Optimising the container transhipment hub location in northern Europe. Journal of Transport Geography, 14(3), 195-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2004.12.004This paper applies a specific research methodology designed to evaluate and compare competing seaport locations within a given region as the optimal site for international container transhipment activity. The main focus is on container transhipment h... Read More about Optimising the container transhipment hub location in northern Europe.
Maritime policy in Scotland (2005)
Journal Article
Baird, A. J., & Baird, A. (2005). Maritime policy in Scotland. Maritime Policy and Management, 32(4), 383-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830500300404This paper begins by defining the meaning of the term `maritime policy'. Since devolution in the UK, the opening of the new Scottish parliament in 1998 and the creation of the Scottish Executive, little effort has been made to establish a distinct ma... Read More about Maritime policy in Scotland.
Privatization trends at the world's top-100 container ports (2002)
Journal Article
Baird, A. J. (2002). Privatization trends at the world's top-100 container ports. Maritime Policy and Management, 29(3), 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830210132579During recent years the role of the private sector in seaports has been greatly expanded. Yet in practice the extent of privatisation in ports can vary significantly, in part due to the different methods employed to bring about private sector partici... Read More about Privatization trends at the world's top-100 container ports.