Shipping and Ports in the Twenty-first Century

Informationen zum Autor David Pinder is Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Plymouth, UK. He is also Foreign Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. Brian Slack is Professor of Geography, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Klappentext The rapid change of pace in the global economy and the importance of understanding the roles played by port and shipping systems in both enabling and responding to this economic dynamism provides the rationale for this work. Zusammenfassung The rapid change of pace in the global economy and the importance of understanding the roles played by port and shipping systems in both enabling and responding to this economic dynamism provides the rationale for this new book. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Contemporary Contexts for Shipping and Ports Part 1: Global and Local in the Maritime Sector 2. Corporate Realignment and the Global Imperatives of Container Shipping 3. China's Competitive Push for Global Trade: Port Sytem Development and the Role of the COSCO 4. Appropriate Models of Port Governance: Lessons from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 5. Analysing the Performance of Seaport Clusters 6. Ocean Cruising: Market Dynamics! Product Responses and Onshore Impacts Part 2: Technology the Enabler 7. From 'Anyport' to 'Superterminal': Conceptual Perspectives on Containerisation and Port Infrastructure 8. High Speed at Sea: Evolution and Issues 9. Energy from the Deep: Vessels! Technologies and Issues Part 3: The Environment - Towards a New Harmony? 10. Integrated Environmental Management of Ports and Harbours: The European Experience from Policy to Practice 11. Port Development and Implementation Challenges in Environmental Management: The Case of Venice 12. Operational Pollution from Shipping: Sources! Environmental Impact and Gobal Contribution 13. Trade and Envrionmental Management in the Straits of Malacca: The Singapore Experience Index ...

Autorentext
David Pinder is Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Plymouth, UK. He is also Foreign Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Brian Slack is Professor of Geography, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Klappentext
The rapid change of pace in the global economy and the importance of understanding the roles played by port and shipping systems in both enabling and responding to this economic dynamism provides the rationale for this work.

Inhalt
1. Contemporary Contexts for Shipping and Ports Part 1: Global and Local in the Maritime Sector 2. Corporate Realignment and the Global Imperatives of Container Shipping 3. China's Competitive Push for Global Trade: Port Sytem Development and the Role of the COSCO 4. Appropriate Models of Port Governance: Lessons from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 5. Analysing the Performance of Seaport Clusters 6. Ocean Cruising: Market Dynamics, Product Responses and Onshore Impacts Part 2: Technology the Enabler 7. From 'Anyport' to 'Superterminal': Conceptual Perspectives on Containerisation and Port Infrastructure 8. High Speed at Sea: Evolution and Issues 9. Energy from the Deep: Vessels, Technologies and Issues Part 3: The Environment - Towards a New Harmony? 10. Integrated Environmental Management of Ports and Harbours: The European Experience from Policy to Practice 11. Port Development and Implementation Challenges in Environmental Management: The Case of Venice 12. Operational Pollution from Shipping: Sources, Environmental Impact and Gobal Contribution 13. Trade and Envrionmental Management in the Straits of Malacca: The Singapore Experience Index

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