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Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector discusses the issues that most influence the future of the maritime and port industries. Important topics covered in this book include: Maritime trade, future trade flows, evolutions in international trade, shipping capacity and demand Developments...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meersman, Hilde
Otros Autores: Van De Voorde, Eddy, Vanelslander, Thierry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Grammenos library.
Temas:
Shipping > Economic aspects.
Shipping > Economic aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; List of Participants; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 MARITIME TRAFFIC AND THE WORLD ECONOMY; 1 The drivers behind port throughput; 2 Some evolutions in economic activity, trade and maritime traffic; 2.1 Economic growth and international trade; 2.2 Maritime trade and port activity; 3 Future uncertainties; 4 Some scenarios for the future; 5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 THE FUTURE OF SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING-A LOOK INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL; 1 Introduction. 
505 8 |a 2 Supply and demand of shipbuilding capacity3 Technological advances in shipbuilding; 4 Delivery times; 5 Trans-shipment facilities; 6 Reliability, safety and security; 7 Emissions; 8 Size of ship; 9 Fuel and propulsion; 10 Scenarios; 10.1 Grey crisis; 10.2 Green growth; 11 Conclusion; CHAPTER 3 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN PORTS; 1 Setting the scene: a technological and economic revolution in ports; 1.1 The maturity and sustainability of port industry; 2 The ''value'' of ports; 2.1 Plenty of definitions . . .; 2.2 ... and some ambiguities; 2.3 Geographical scale of impacts. 
505 8 |a 2.4 Employment, added value, land use and collective resources3 Risks of demaritimisation, port performance and public policies; 3.1 The nightmare of demaritimisation; 3.2 Fighting port decline-a new concept of port performance; 3.3 Private and social issues at stake: lessons for public policies; 4 Designing new strategies in a complex scenario; 4.1 Some insight on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; 4.2 Guidelines for future strategies; 4.2.1 Strategy 1: To promote better land use and governance; 4.2.2 Strategy 2: To promote more and better jobs in a durable port industry. 
505 8 |a 4.2.3 Strategy 3: To balance different local effects of ports5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 4 GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGES AND THE FUTURE OF PORT AUTHORITIES; 1 Introduction; 2 What exactly are today's port authorities?; 3 The global drivers of change for port authorities; 4 What the global changes imply for ports; 4.1 Increased trade and specialisation; 4.2 Increased concern for the environment; 4.3 Increased concern for security; 4.4 Emerging business environment issues; 4.5 Emerging institutional issues; 4.6 Emerging transport operational changes; 5 The challenges facing port authorities. 
505 8 |a 6 The future look of PAs7 Conclusion; CHAPTER 5 THE ECONOMIC FABRIC OF PORTS; 1 Introduction; 2 The structure and organisation of ports; 2.1 What purposes does a modern port serve?; 2.2 Organisation and management structure of a port; 3 Quantifying the port structure; 3.1 Relationships with customers; 3.2 Relationships with suppliers; 3.3 Relationships between (Antwerp) port actors: a number of conclusions; 3.4 Relationships with non-port actors and with port actors outside the port area; 4 Outline of a future perspective; 4.1 Extrapolation of the Antwerp relationships. 
500 |a 4.2 Relationships among and between port and non-port actors in the future. 
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