The Association of Canadian Port Authorities was founded in 1958 and groups together ports and harbours and related marine interests into one national association. Canada Port Authorities handle more than $140 billion worth of cargo annually. The ACPA is the pre-eminent Association for the advocacy and advancement of the Canadian Port Industry. ACPA members contribute greatly to the local, regional and national economy of Canada.

The Erasmus Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL) is an inter-faculty unit of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). The Center's objectives are to offer postgraduate and executive, in-company, educational programmes in Maritime Economics and Logistics and to constitute a focal research point in that field at EUR.

Innovation maritime’s projects are organized around five main research areas: marine safety and security, port management and marine transport, underwater and hyperbaric interventions, electronic navigation and, environmental technologies related to marine transport.

MID is a naval architecture and marine engineering compay. It was established in 2008, and the headquarter is located in Oslo, Norway.

PortEconomics is a web-based initiative aiming to advance knowledge exchange on seaport studies.Developed by maritime economists affiliated to academic institutions in three different European countries (Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands), who formed the European Network for Port Studies (ENPOS), it provides freely accessible research, education, information, and network-building material on critical issues of port economics, management and policies.

SIRC was established in 1995 with a view to conducting research on seafarers. The Centre has a particular emphasis on issues of occupational health and safety. It is the only international research facility of its kind and has built up unparalleled experience of research in this field.

SustainableShipping.com is an online news and information resource dedicated to marine transportation and the environment. News stories are published daily, five days a week.