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Shipping Economics
Elsevier Science 2005; US$ 94.95Shipping is by far the most significant mode of transportation for the carriage of freight. In terms of volume alone, no other mode comes close. Its dominance is even more overwhelming when distances are accounted for. This book is concerned with the economics of this pivotal mode of transportation. It reveals that the influences on the development... more...
Trillium and Toronto Island
Dundurn 2010; US$ 24.99In June 1910, the new steam ferry for the Toronto Island Company was launched and christened the Trillium. As it reaches the century mark, Mike Filey revisits the history of the memorable Canadian landmark. With updated photographs, Filey traces the Trillium?s remarkable rise and fall and commemorates one of Toronto?s finest treasures. more...
Environmental Impacts of International Shipping
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 49.00While efficient ports are vital to the economic development of their surrounding areas, the related ship traffic, the handling of the goods in the ports and the hinterland distribution can cause a number of negative environmental impacts. . This book examines the environmental impacts of international maritime transport, and looks more in... more...
International Handbook of Maritime Economics
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 60.00This timely and comprehensive new Handbook brings together an unrivalled group of distinguished scholars and practitioners to provide in-depth analysis and a contemporary perspective on a wide-ranging array of topics in maritime economics. Inherently global in nature, the economics of the maritime sector has proved pivotal in facilitating globalization... more...
The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics
Wiley 2011; US$ 207.95The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics presents comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the entire scope of issues relating to shipping and port economics. Unprecedented survey of maritime economics provides full coverage of shipping and port economics In depth examinations offer an up-to-date study of the field including all facets of... more...
The World's Key Industry
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 100.00Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished economists and historians takes an international and comparative perspective, covering topics ranging from technological advance and the role of the state to maritime business development. more...
Ferry Tales
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 31.95The purpose of this rich and innovatively presented ethnography is to explore mobility, sense of place and time on the British Columbia coast. On the basis of almost 400 interviews with ferry passengers and over 250 ferry journeys, the author narrates and reflects on the performance of travel and on the consequences of ferry-dependence on island and... more...
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