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Table 4 Key port transparency indicators by governance model

From: Transparency in port governance: setting a research agenda

Proxy items

Total (n = 87)

(%)

A (n = 52)

B

(n = 22)

C

(n = 3)

D

(n = 1)

E

(n = 9)

1. Port Website and/or Annual Report provides bio of Board of Directors (BoD) members

44 (51%)

27 (52%)

10 (45%)

2 (67%)

1 (100%)

4 (44%)

2. Annual Meeting (AM) and/or the Board Meeting (BM) are open to the public

34 (39%)

22 (42%)

10 (45%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (22%)

3. Minutes of the Annual Meeting (AM) and/or the Board Meeting (BM) are published

26 (30%)

20 (38%)

1 (5%)

2 (67%)

1 (100%)

2 (22%)

4. Website has a community and/or a stakeholder link

34 (39%)

19 (37%)

13 (59%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (22%)

5. Email/ phone of executive staff available on website

47 (54%)

29 (56%)

13 (59%)

2 (67%)

0 (0%)

3 (33%)

6. Annual report publicly available on the website

64 (74%)

39 (75%)

18 (82%)

3 (100%)

1 (100%)

3 (33%)

7. Audited financial reports publicly available on the website

60 (69%)

35 (67%)

16 (73%)

3 (100%)

1 (100%)

5 (56%)

8. CRS and/or ESG reports publicly available on the website

41 (47%)

25 (48%)

13 (59%)

2 (67%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

9. Port Tariffs publicly available on the website

72 (83%)

42 (81%)

22 (100%)

2 (67%)

1 (100%)

5 (56%)

  1. Models of port governance: A = Public Port Authority (PA); B = Corporatized Public PA; C = Listed company- public majority; D = Listed company- private majority; E = National level Authority