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The Globalisation of the Oceans
Author: Frank Broeze
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2017-10-18
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1786949156
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book maintains that container shipping is vital to the actualisation of globalisation, and that without it, globalisation would remain a concept rather than reality. It argues that container shipping has been academically overlooked as a global business sector in favour of more prominent sectors such as oil or arms trade, and aims to provide a complete history of containerisation from the 1950s to the turn of the millennium. This history explores the growth of the container industry due to prominent innovation in vessel design, early adoption of the internet, large international mergers, and significant physical alterations to the global port system. With particular emphasis on the east-west trade, the chapters cover the growth and development of the container industry, to the social changes experienced by seafaring labour forces, the cultural impact of the container - bringing a domineering land-presence to maritime activity, through to the environmental concerns surrounding the industry. The study is not a quantitative economic analysis of the industry, rather, an updated history that strives to demonstrate the importance of transport infrastructures to any consideration of global business sectors, by providing evidence of the container industry’s stimulation of the global economy.
Container Shipping Services and Their Impact on Container Port Competitiveness
Author: Wei Yim Yap
Publisher: ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9054876468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introducing a new methodology for measuring competitiveness in shipping ports, this analysis provides policy makers, industry practitioners, and academics with a pragmatic approach to the peculiarities of large ports around the world. Using quantitative measures as well as holistic and cultural considerations, the manual describes the general workings of the container port and shipping industry and provides in-depth case studies of ports in Southeast Asia, the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and Northwest Europe.
World Development Indicators 2008
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2008-04-11
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780821373873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 900 indicators for some 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 80 tables. It provides a current overview of the most recent data available as well as important regional data and income group analysis in six thematic sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.
Containerisation International Year Book
Strategies for Global and Regional Ports
Author: Gustaaf De Monie
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-04-17
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1475766025
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →PROF. DR. anus PEETERS PRESIDENT- ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR, POLICY RESEARCH CORPORATION N. V. The "Strategies for Global and Regional Ports" confirms that container shipping in the wider Caribbean is in for tumultuous development in the years to come. One of the driving forces behind the momentous changes expected in the provision of maritime liner services in the region, is the growing reliance by major container carriers on multi-layered transhipment concepts and hub ports. Given its favourable location at the junction of North-South and East West trades, the Caribbean region is increasingly becoming a crucial factor in the service pattern of major carriers. As a result, global terminal operating companies such as Hutchison Port Holdings and Stevedoring Services of America, are already tapping the potential for developing port activity that was, until recently, dormant. In anticipation of the new shipping patterns to emerge in the coming months and years, major political decisions with respect to shipping and port development need to be taken by Caribbean Governments. Many of these decisions will be made under pressure of well meaning lobbies, but which do not always have the necessary insight into liner shipping developments. The Netherlands Antilles is one of those nations whose ports are at a crossroads and may either become regional hub ports or turn into feeder ports. In view of the changes in the Caribbean maritime geography, the Ministry of Traffic and Transport of the Netherlands Antilles commissioned Policy Research Corporation N.
Containerisation International Yearbook
Development of Containerization
Author: Hans van Ham
Publisher: IOS Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1614991464
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book describes the development of containerization and presents a worldwide overview of all major system components and drivers that have contributed to their great success.
World Development Indicators 2005
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Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 082136071X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →World Development Indicators was launched in 1978 to give a statistical snapshot of the progress being made on a range of economic and social development issues and the challenges remaining, both at national level and aggregated globally. The 2005 edition of this annual publication includes over 80 tables and 800 indicators for 152 economies and 14 country groups, together with basic indicators for a further 55 economies, organised under six thematic headings, including the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Indicators cover a wide range of topics including poverty and inequality, population and migration, gender issues, health and education, housing and urbanisation, environment and sustainable development, pollution, the economy and trade, business and investment conditions. Most of the statistics are compiled from data provided by national statistical agencies. The publication is also available in CD-ROM formats for single-users (ISBN 0821360728) and multi-users (ISBN 0821360736).
Intermodal Marine Container Transportation
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for a Study of the Effects of Regulatory Reform on Technological Innovation in Marine Container Shipping
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780309051545
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines where and how government action might assist in overcoming impediments and fostering efficiency in intermodal marine container transportation, through technological or institutional innovation. This report analyzes 10 key issues on which government in the US affects or can affect the intermodal marine container transportation industry.
