The importance of the international maritime transport industry is difficult to overstate. This new book presents an interdisciplinary approach from a wide range of internationally-based experts. International Maritime Transport represents a radical departure from previous works in its structure and approach. The section editors each discuss the state of the art in the opening chapter, before introducing a selection of works providing a wide-ranging analysis of the subject. Wide discretion of approach has provided literary freedom for individual opinion and analysis within the overall framework: this permits a level of innovation which is perhaps stifled by the more standardized model. Whilst each perspective can be seen as exclusive, together they form a comprehensive volume of issues in contemporary maritime transport. Topics covered include: ports as interfaces, logistics, manpower and skills, financial risk and opportunities, the regulatory framework. Each chapter contains an introduction which explains the context of the chapter within the book and the contemporary state of the art. Under the editorship of maritime experts James McConville, Alfonso Morvillo and Heather Leggate, the book is sure to be of interest to students and academics working on maritime studies, as well as being useful to professionals and policy makers in the maritime industry.
Author(s): J. Mcconville
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 320
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Biographies of Editors......Page 15
Introduction......Page 18
Part I Financial Strategy......Page 22
1. Financial Risks and Opportunities......Page 23
2. Financial Creativity......Page 32
3. Investment Strategies in Market Uncertainty......Page 34
4. International Comparison of Market Risks Across Shipping-related Industries......Page 45
5. Perceptions of Foreign Exchange Rate Risk in the Shipping Industry......Page 63
Part II People and Skills......Page 81
6. Developments in the Labour Market......Page 82
7. The Future Shortage of Seafarers: Will it Become a Reality?......Page 96
8. Finding a Balance: Companies, Seafarers and Family Life......Page 110
9. Seafarers of the World’s Largest Fleet......Page 130
III Ports in Transition......Page 143
10. Ports as Hubs in the Logistics Chain......Page 144
11. Co-operation and Competition in International Container Transport......Page 151
12. Northern Range Port Strategy......Page 164
13. The Peripheral Port Challenge in Container Port Systems......Page 175
Part IV Logistics and ICT......Page 189
14. Innovating Ocean Transport through Logistics and ICT......Page 190
15. Responding to Shippers’ Supply Chain Requirements......Page 199
16. The End of the Box?......Page 211
17. ICT Practices in Container Transport......Page 224
Part V The Regulatory Framework......Page 238
18. The Surge in Regulation......Page 239
19. Green Shipping: European Policy and Economics Forces......Page 249
20. Maritime Legislation: New Areas for Safety of Life at Sea......Page 263
21. Raising World Maritime Standards......Page 275
Index......Page 279
