Shipping And Ports In The Twenty-First Century

Description:
Shipping and port systems are vital to societies and lifestyles around the world. In the late twentieth-century, howver, assumptions concerning the robustness of these systems were severely shaken by economic shocks triggered by oil crises. This volume explores how many of the consequesnt unvertainties have been resolved, and how adapted systems have been shaped to meet the challenges of the new millenium. To explore these issues, contributers focus on issues such as: economic integration of emerginf economies, in particular China sectors as diverse as the high-speed ferry and offshore oil industries pollution problems generated by shipping Contributors' investigations, such as those in to the homogenisation of the container industry and the port cluster concept and 'model' vessels for the offshore oil industry, make for a rewarding book that will be of interest to academics working in many fields including transport studies, marine and coastal studies and economic geography. Professional Organizations and policy-makers will also appreciate the book

Table of Contents:
List of figures. List of tables. Notes on contributors. Preface and acknowledgements. 1. Contemporary Contexts for Shipping and Ports David Pinder and Brian Slack Part 1: Global and Local in the Maritime Sector 2. Corporate Realignment and the Global Imperatives of Container Shipping Brian Slack 3. China's Competitive Push for Global Trade: Port Sytem Development and the Role of the COSCO Claude Comtois and Peter J Rimmer 4. Appropriate Models of Port Governance: Lessons from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Jean-Paul Rodrigue 5. Analysing the Performance of Seaport Clusters PW de Langen 6. Ocean Cruising: Market Dynamics, Product Responses and Onshore Impacts Derek Hall Part 2: Technology the Enabler 7. From 'Anyport' to 'Superterminal': Conceptual Perspectives on Containerisation and Port Infrastructure Robert J. McCalla 8. High Speed at Sea: Evolution and Issues Giovanni Ridolfi 9. Energy from the Deep: Vessels, Technologies and Issues David Pinder Part 3: The Environment - Towards a New Harmony? 10. Integrated Environmental Management of Ports and Harbours: The European Experience from Policy to Practice Chris Wooldridge and Tim Stojanovic 11. Port Development and Implementation Challenges in Environmental Management: The Case of Venice Stefano Soriani 12. Operational Pollution from Shipping: Sources, Environmental Impact and Gobal Contribution Gillian Reynolds 13. Trade and Envrionmental Management in the Straits of Malacca: The Singapore Experience Mark Cleary and Goh Kim Chuan Index