Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector

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· CRC Press
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196
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About this eBook

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 compelling in these challenging times.

About the author

Hilde Meersman is a professor of Economics at the University of Antwerp.

Eddy Van de Voorde is a professor of Maritime Economics, Port Economics and Air Transport Economics at the University of Antwerp.

Thierry Vanelslander is a doctor of Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp.

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