The Geography of Sea Transport
| Year of publication: |
2015
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| Authors: | Couper, Alastair |
| Publisher: |
s.l. : Taylor and Francis |
| Subject: | Transportkosten | Transport costs | Verkehrsinfrastruktur | Transport infrastructure | Verkehrsgeographie | Transport geography | Wirtschaftsgeographie | Economic geography | Großbritannien | United Kingdom | Schwarzes Meer | Black Sea |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (211 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Glossary; Introduction; 1 SHIPPING AND CIVILISATION; The northern seas; 2 MEDIEVAL WORLD-LINKS; Northern expansion; Mediterranean shipping; Widening links, the Indian Ocean and China Sea; Pacific Ocean; New linkages; 3 BRITISH SHIPPING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; The domestic coal trade; Development of overseas trade; The advance to steam and iron ships; 4 WORLD SHIPPING ROUTES; Physical factors; International waterways; Political and legal factors; 5 TRENDS IN MODERN SHIPPING; Demand for shipping Functions of shippingFleet structure; Ownership and growth trends; Shipbuilding trends; The importance of national shipping; Shipping organisation and markets; Costs in shipping; 6 CONVENTIONAL DRY CARGO SHIPPING; Tramp shipping; The pattern of tramping; Tramp earnings; Tramp prospects; Types of conventional liners; Operating cargo liners; Conferences; Cargo liners: problems and prospects; Operating passenger liners; 7 OIL TANKERS; Tanker owners; Operating very large crude carriers; Oil pollution and tankers; Pipelines and tankers; Patterns of oil trade; Special tankers 8 BULK CARRIER AND UNITISED SHIPPINGDry cargo bulk carriers; Types of bulk carriers; Patterns of trade and freight rates; Geographical impact of bulk carriers; Unitisation; Types of unitised vessels; Economics of unit loads; Ownership of unitised vessels; Impact of unitisation; 9 COASTAL AND SHORT SEA SHIPPING; The role of coastal shipping; Types of coastal ships; Ownership of coastal fleets in Europe; The role of short sea shipping; Trends in short sea trade; Trends in short sea shipping; Comparison of the systems; Future developments in short sea trade 10 SHIPPING AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIESFreight rates and exports; Freight rates and imports; The drive for national shipping; Development of national fleets; Comments on national fleets; Types of coastal and short sea shipping in developing areas; The role of domestic shipping; Pacific inter-insular trades; Inter-insular shipping in south-east Asia; Index |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-95723-7 ; 978-1-317-35150-4 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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