Purpose – Before China's opening and reform policy transformed foreign trade, personal relationships characterised mainly domestic trade. Burgeoning international supply chains (ISC) require efficient document transfers to accompany large cargo shipments, but China's users of bills of lading...

1. Introduction to the Port Sustainability Issue -- 2. The Background to Oil Port Sustainability -- 3. Methodologies for Framework Development for Oil Ports Sustainability -- 4. A Qualitative Analysis of Oil Port Sustainability Frameworks -- 5. A Quantitative Analysis of Oil Port Sustainability...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chinese Shipping Policy and the Impact of its Development -- 3 The Sea-going Labour Market in the People's Republic of China and its Future -- 4 COSCO Development Strategy -- 5 Port...