World Shipping and Port Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403947538 ISBN 13: 9781403947536

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403947538
• ISBN 13: 9781403947536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Lee Paul Yae-Woo, Cullinane Kevin