Oil on water : tankers, pirates and the rise of China /

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The movement of oil around the world's oceans is constantly under enormous pressure, from conflicts between nation states, piracy and climate change. Yet, while the uninterrupted flow of oil is essential to globalization, increasingly so as manufacturing and markets move eastwards to Asia, this...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: French, Paul, 1966-
Other Authors: Chambers, Sam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Petroleum > Transportation > China.
Petroleum > Transportation > Security measures > China.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Pétrole > Transport > Chine.
Pétrole > Transport > Chine > Sécurité > Mesures.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce.
Petroleum & oil industries.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Petroleum > Transportation.
Commerce.
China > Commerce.
China.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • About the Authors; Tables, Boxes and Figures; Terminology and Definitions; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction
  • Oil on Water; 1
  • Life Without Oil; 2
  • The Shift East; 3
  • The Great Voyage; 4
  • Securing the SLOCs; 5
  • Piracy: The Nebulous Threat; 6
  • The Criminalisation of Crews; 7
  • Flags of Convenience; 8
  • Green Shipping?; 9
  • The Politics of Pipelines; Conclusion
  • The Future of Moving Oil; Notes; Index.

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