This record includes 9 papers that examine public-private partnerships for port infrastructures, the productive efficiency of world container ports, evaluate productivity improvement at a seaport coal terminal, critical infrastructure at U.S. west coast intermodal terminals, and an equilibrium model to evaluate maritime infrastructure investments. This issue of the TRR also examines barge terminals and the competitiveness of barge transport, optimal transport routes for inland waterway container ships, scheduling waterway projects, and grain shippers' transportation demand and volume sensitivity.