Shipping and ports in the twenty-first century: globalisation, technological change and the environment

David Pinder, Brian Slack0415283442, 9780415283441, 0203496418, 9780203496411, 9780203599785

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.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
List of figures……Page 10
List of tables……Page 13
Notes on contributors……Page 15
Preface and acknowledgements……Page 20
List of abbreviations……Page 22
Contemporary contexts for shipping and ports……Page 24
Global and local in the maritime sector……Page 46
Corporate realignment and the global imperatives of container shipping……Page 48
China’s competitive push for global trade: port system development and the role of COSCO……Page 63
Appropriate models of port governance: lessons from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey……Page 86
Analysing the performance of seaport clusters……Page 106
Ocean cruising: market dynamics, product responses and onshore impacts……Page 122
Technology the enabler……Page 144
From ‘Anyport’ to ‘Superterminal’: conceptual perspectives on containerization and port infrastructure……Page 146
High speed at sea: evolution and issues……Page 166
Energy from the deep: vessels, technologies and issues……Page 187
The environment: towards a new harmony?……Page 212
Integrated environmental management of ports and harbours: the European experience from policy to practice……Page 214
Port development and implementation challenges in environmental management: the case of Venice……Page 235
Operational pollution from shipping: sources, environmental impact and global contribution……Page 256
Trade and environmental management in the Straits of Malacca: the Singapore experience……Page 280
Index……Page 297