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Cardiff Business School
Dr Anthony Beresford
Senior Lecturer, Logistics and Operations Management
Building C46
E-mail Beresford@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0)29 2087 6869
E-mail Beresford@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0)29 2087 6869
Biography
Dr Anthony Beresford graduated with a BA Honours degree in Geography from Manchester University in 1977. He was awarded his PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in 1982 and published several academic papers based on his field research in East Africa. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and, by virtue of winning a prestigious Royal Society Research Scholarship in 1978, he is also a Scholar of the Royal Society.
Prior to his current post, he was Research Associate at the University of Birmingham working on winter road maintenance, studying, in particular, the prediction of ice-formation on roads. The project, which was originally funded by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (now the TRL), subsequently expanded into an industry-standard international road-safety system.
Anthony has travelled widely in an advisory capacity within the ports and transport fields in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. He co-authored Lloyd`s Maritime Atlas of World`s Ports and Shipping Places, 15th & 16th Editions (1986 &1989). The 1989 Edition formed the blueprint for all subsequent editions, and the Atlas is recognised as the Standard Work in its field; the 23rd Edition was published in 2005.
Research interests
Anthony has published over 120 academic papers and reports; with many of his papers appearing in front-rank academic journals. His research is currently focused on:
- Multimodal transport systems
- Road traffic management and road pricing
He has been involved in a broad range of international transport-related research and advisory projects including:
- The production of the Handbook on Management and Operation of Dry Ports, UNCTAD (1990).
- Transport Rehabilitation and Trade Facilitation for UNCTAD and for the Rwanda Government (1995-1998)
- Global Distribution of New and Used Cars for Ugland Capital Ltd (1998-9)
- Work Organisation in Ports (WORKPORT) for EU DGVII (1997-9)
- Improvement of Transit Transport Systems in Africa, Asia and Latin America, UNCTAD (1999)
- Cost structures on Multimodal Transport Corridors in Southeast and Central Asia; UNESCAP (2003, 2006).
- Modelling Freight Transport Costs on EU Corridors (ongoing)
Anthony`s Cost Model for Multimodal Transport is widely quoted in academic journals and has now been adopted by UNESCAP as the standard approach to quantifying the cost- and time-competitiveness of international logistics corridors.
In the UK, Anthony has assisted the DETR (subsequently the DfT) in, for example, the production of the discussion paper: Recent Developments and Prospects at UK Container Ports published in July, 2001; he has acted as expert witness to the Public Enquiry into the proposed container terminal at Dibden Bay, Southampton, 2001-5; advised the Welsh Assembly on road transport policy options, 2004-5; and contributed to the Wales Freight Strategy Consultation Document 2006/2007.
- Port development and port policy
- Environmental aspects of transport
Activities
For a number of years, Anthony was an Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Transport and for the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
Presently, Anthony acts as External Lecturer and Examiner for a range of academic institutions in the UK and abroad. He is also on the Editorial Board of Services and Operations Management.
Within the Cardiff Business School, Anthony is the Director of the highly successful MSc Schemes in International Transport and Marine Policy, and the well-regarded Diploma in Port and Shipping Administration.
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