Overview

With the globalization of production and consumption, the shipping industry plays an increasingly vital part in facilitating the world-wide movement of cargoes. Containing a selection of papers by some of the world's leading maritime economists, this book provides comprehensive and detailed analysis of the most critical issues affecting the shipping and port sectors. Areas addressed include: their role within the global supply chain; the development of international logistics and; the impact of public policy on competition, pricing and efficiency.

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Author:   Paul Yae-Woo Lee ,  Kevin Cullinane
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781403947536

ISBN 10:   1403947538
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   21 June 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Depth and Diversity in Analysing the Shipping and Ports Industries; T-W.Lee & K.Cullinane The Rise of Container Transport in East Asia; M.Wang Network Economies of Global Alliances in Liner Shipping: The Case of Japanese Liner Shipping Companies; S.Yoshida, J.H.Yang & K.H.Kim Choice of Financing and Governance Structures in the Transport Industry: Theory and Practices; S.H.X.Gong, M.Firth & K.Cullinane A Fuzzy Set Theory Approach to Flagging out: Towards a New Chinese Shipping Policy; H.E.Haralambides & J.Yang Deregulation, Competitive Pressures and the Emergence of Intermodalism; S.Everett Good Governance and Ports as Tools of Economic Development: Are They Compatible? M.R.Brooks Privatization Trends at the World's Top-Hundred Container Ports; A.Baird A New Paradigm of Hub Ports in the Logistics Era; D-W.Song & T-W.Lee Key Success Factors for Transshipment Hubs: The Case of the Port of Singapore; J.Tongzon The Logistics Strategy of Japanese Ports: The Case of Kobe and Osaka; K.Miyashita Port Financing and Pricing in the EU: Theory, Politics and Reality; H.E.Haralambides, A.Verbeke, E.Musso & M.Benacchio A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Container Ports in China and the Implications for their Development; K.Cullinane, S.L.Cullinane & T.Wang Index

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TAE-WOO LEE is Visiting Professor at, among others, the Faculty of Economics and Politics in Cambridge, IMS at the University of Plymouth, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Dalian Maritime University. Professor Lee is currently Vice-President of the Korea Marine Transport Policy Foundation (KMTPF), an organization that has participated in the development and setting up of Korean shipping and port policies since 1982. He has served as secretary and vice-president of the International Association of Maritime Economists, guest editor of Maritime Policy and Management, a monthly col

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