This book explores the functioning of coal markets and their influence on ports and maritime economics since the second half of the nineteenth century. Each chapter includes case studies from different parts of the world, explaining the role played by coal in the expansion of the shipping industry. This book also explores regions usually neglected by the mainstream scholarly literature in this field. The relationship between steam engine technology and imperial expansion, how the emergence of global security was driven by maritime technological revolutions, and the connection between global seaports and the spread of global economic and political systems are also discussed.
This book aims to highlight the important role seaports and fuel markets played in the evolution of international commercial flows and activities. Fuelling the World Economy will be useful for historians, economists, and geographers interested in maritime and energy issues, as well as researchers interested in transport and technology.
Author(s): Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, Cezar Honorato
Series: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 210
City: London
Preface and Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Structure of the Book
References
Chapter 2: The Use of Coal in Maritime Transport and Maritime Station Networks: Routes, Stores and Companies, Circa 1850–1930
Introduction
Capitalist Expansion and the Production and Supply of Coal
Shipping Routes During the Age of Coal
Stations and the Price of Coal Supplies
Conclusions
Appendix 2.1: The Price of Coal at the Main Stations in 1912
Appendix 2.2: The Price of Coal and Freight in the Canary Islands Ports, 1891–1933
References
Chapter 3: Bunkering in West Africa: The Case of Dakar
Introduction
The Structure of the Coaling Market in West Africa, 1880–1914
The Evolution of the Coaling Business in Dakar
World War I and the Bunkering Sector in Dakar
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: The Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate and the German Bunker Coal Business, 1905–1947
Introduction
RWKS and DKD Between 1905 and 1913–1923
The End of Exclusivity: The DKD from 1923 to 1945
DKD and RWKS i.L. from 1945 Until 1947
Conclusion
References
Archival References
Chapter 5: Common Destines: French Trading Ports and Oil in the Twentieth Century, 1914–1965
Introduction
Lessons from World War I
Seaports as Favourite Sites
An Increasing Role of Oil in the Economy of French Ports
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: French Capital, Gdynia, and the Position of Polish Coal on International Markets in the Interwar Period
Introduction: Interwar Poland as a Coal Producer and Exporter
The Geography and Economics of Polish Coal Exports
Polish Infrastructure and French Capital
French Companies in the Polish Coal Sector
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Ports, Coal, and Exports from the Argentine Pampas Region: An Evaluation of the Institutional Actors Related to Coal Circulation in the Agro-Export Period, 1860–1930
Introduction
Regional Port Cities: Actors in International Relations
Buenos Aires and Coal
The Configuration of the Iron Roads in the Hinterlands
Neural Points of the Rioplatense Railway-Port Complex
A Port for the Capital of the Province of Buenos Aires
The Supply of Coal in the Heart of the Pampa gringa
Urban Cultural Footprints
Conclusions
References
Chapter 8: The Coal Economy in Brazil (1850–1889)
Introduction
Brazil into the World Market
Energy Dependence: Coal in the Empire of Brazil
The Question of Coal Consumption
The Leading Companies of the Coal Economy in Brazil
Conclusion
Appendix 8.1: Main Products in the Import and Export Basket of the Empire of Brazil, 1850–1851, 1870–1871, 1890
Appendix 8.2: Main Steam Navigation Companies Subsidized by the Brazilian State in the Nineteenth Century
References
Index
