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Book Review: Port and Harbour Engineering

and shipping companies. In the following chapter the focus is on port management and operations, with specific reference to finance and the success of the port authorities at a time when other Sri Lankan ports, like Galle and Trincomalee, were adversely affected by the onset of severe and lasting civil disturbances. In chapter 7, the author critically examines the problems and prospects of the port, citing improved labour relations, modernisation of facilities and the financial and technical assistance of the Japanese government. An obvious plus factor for the port is its strategic location, but as the author notes, Colombo's economic survival is to a large extent dependent upon the future of Sri Lankan exports. This volume and its companion are models for studies of other ports in the Indian Ocean region. Dharmasena does not attempt a social history but his fine eye provides social historians of the maritime world with an excellent place to start.