Mahinda Yapa Mudiyanselage
mahinda yapa mudiyanselage

Dr Mahinda Yapa Mudiyanselage PhD, BA Econ (Hons), Grad Cert (Research Management), CTHE, CMI, SFHEA, FCILT

Associate Professor

 0131 455 4612

  Y.Bandara@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Mahinda is an associate professor and the programme leader for MBA Business Leadership & Practice, and teaches in the area of supply chain and logistics, operations management, and management research and supervises MBA students in their research project, and also supervises undergraduate students in Work-Based Learning project and Business Live Project.
He graduated from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka specialising in Economics and Statistics. He obtained his PhD from National Center for Ports and Shipping, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania. His main research interests include transport pricing and econometric application in maritime and port and transport economics, and SDGs and transport and logistics industry.
He has taught microeconomics, macroeconomics and international trade, transport policy and economics, transport infrastructure investment and appraisal and management research methodology and research ethics. He is now a Fellow member (FCILT) of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Sri Lanka. He was a Chartered Member (CMILT) from 2012-2021 and was the Vice President, Education (2021) of the same institute. During the past 15 years he has engaged in teaching and coordinating research, and career development of undergraduate students and postgraduate students. Further, he has participated and presented his research at local and international research symposiums. Notably, he is an award winner -Young Colin Relf Award 2008 from the International Forum for Rural Transport Development (IFRTD) and Australian Development Scholarship for a postgraduate research.
He was also a visiting professor in Beijing Jiatong University (2018) and a visiting scholar in Tokyo Institute of Technology (2017).
Mahinda Serves as an editorial member for Maritime Technology and Research , Journal of Maritime Logistics, and also serves as a reviewer for Transport Policy, Maritime Policy and Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Maritime Business Review, Interdisciplinary Research in Transportation Studies, The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, Transportation Research: Part A, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Case Studies in Transport Policy, and International Journal of Logistics and Trade and Journal of Transport Geography. In addition to being served as an academic, he also contributes to national and international transport development projects as a transport economist.

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  • Editorial and Advisory Board Member - Journal of Maritime Logistics (JML)

 

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  • Editorial Member - Maritime Technology and Research (MTR) Journal

 

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Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision

Journal Article
Bandara, Y. M., & Nguyen, H. (2016)
Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 85, 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.01.011
The process of formulation, revision and approval of port infrastructure tariffs is complex and involves different stakeholders. The extant literature focuses more on port pri...

The Implications of the Growth of Port Throughput on the Port Capacity: the Case of Malaysian Major Container Seaports

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Jeevan, J., Ghaderi, H., Bandara, Y., Saharuddin, A., & Othman, M. (2015)
The Implications of the Growth of Port Throughput on the Port Capacity: the Case of Malaysian Major Container Seaports. International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Economy, 3, 84-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enavi.2015.12.008
Malaysia, situated between East and West, is an interface in world maritime trade, playing a crucial role in the business of moving container boxes in South-eastern parts of A...

Port infrastructure pricing policy and practice: a case study of Australia and New Zealand seaports

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Bandara, Y. M., & Nguyen, H. (2015)
Port infrastructure pricing policy and practice: a case study of Australia and New Zealand seaports. Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, 7(2), 110-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/18366503.2015.1031861
This paper examines the infrastructure charges of seaports and port pricing policies in Australia and New Zealand. Its analysis covers 40 seaports and takes into account their...

Improving Logistics Management Using Foldable/Collapsible Containers: A Case Study

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Bandara, Y. M., Garaniya, V., Chin, C., & Leong, Z. H. (2015)
Improving Logistics Management Using Foldable/Collapsible Containers: A Case Study. Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 31(1), 161-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2015.03.007
Foldable containers have the potential to enhance the cost efficiency of the logistics industry and improve the problem of space allocation at seaports. Using primary and seco...

Determinants of Port Infrastructure Pricing

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Bandara, Y. M., Nguyen, H., & Chen, S. (2013)
Determinants of Port Infrastructure Pricing. Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 29(2), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2013.08.004

Analysis of the economic and social parameters of the Three-Wheeler Taxi service in Sri Lanka

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Kumarage, A. S., Bandara, M., & Munasinghe, D. (2010)
Analysis of the economic and social parameters of the Three-Wheeler Taxi service in Sri Lanka. Research in Transportation Economics, 29(1), 395-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2010.07.050
Sri Lanka has an extensive Three-Wheeler Taxi service comprised of around 300,000 vehicles. These vehicles, which first made an entry to Sri Lanka’s roads in the early 1980s, ...

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