Future challenges for the port and shipping sector / / edited by Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Informa, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 387.5; 387/.5
• Soggetto topico: Shipping - Economic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MeersmanHilde VanelslanderThierry VoordeE. van de (Eddy)
• Note generali: First published 2009 by Informa Law.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 4.2 Relationships among and between port and non-port actors in the future
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 in ship construction and their economic consequences Future developments in ports: technology and economics The future role of port authorities The future development in ports Financial developments This book looks at shipping from an holistic point of view and will be especially compe
• Titolo autorizzato: Future challenges for the port and shipping sector
• ISBN: 1-317-91279-9; 1-315-85047-8; 1-317-91280-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453573603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Grammenos Library