Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era : : Contexts, Companies, Connections.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics Series
• Author: Petersson, Niels P.
• TeilnehmendeR: Tenold, Stig.; White, Nicholas J.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections -- Introduction -- References -- Part I Contexts -- 2 The Declining Role of Western Europe in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1900-2000 -- Introduction -- The Starting Point-The European Hegemony -- Lost Continent -- European Shipping in Sturmey's Scheme -- Shipbuilding in Sturmey's Scheme -- When Did Europe Lose Its Maritime Hegemony? -- Conclusion: Was Western Europe Doomed to Lose Its Maritime Hegemony? -- References -- 3 The Emergence of Maritime Governance in the Post-War World -- Introduction -- Regulating Global Shipping: From the Primacy of the Flag State to the 'Conglomeratic Approach' -- International Organizations and Their Procedures -- The Role of Public Authorities in Port State Control and IMO Compliance Procedures -- Regional Actors -- Intermediate Actors -- From State-Centred Regulation to Conglomeratic Global Governance -- References -- 4 Thinking Outside 'The Box': Decolonization and Containerization -- The OCL Solution -- Decolonization and Competitive Pressures -- Decolonization, Political Risk and Containerization -- Non-European Agency in Containerization -- Conclusion: Contextualizing Containerization -- References -- Part II Companies -- 5 'Containerization in Globalization': A Case Study of How Maersk Line Became a Transnational Company -- Introduction -- A Transnational Company -- The Establishment of the First Maersk Line Offices Abroad -- Developments 1974-1999 -- Containerization of the Europe/Asia Route -- The World's Most Profitable Container Shipping Line -- A Deeper Reflection: The Establishment in Southeast Asia in 1975 -- Execution -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 East Asiatic Company's Difficult Experiences with Containerization -- Introduction.

ScanDutch and EAC's Initial Containerization -- The Liner Replacement Vessels: A Fatal Investment -- From EAC to COSCO-A Difficult Case of Knowledge Transfer -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Shipping as a Knowledge Industry: Research and Strategic Planning at Ocean Group -- Introduction -- Knowledge as a Resource -- Technology and Operations -- Improving Traditional Liner Shipping -- The Leap into Container Shipping -- Management and Strategy -- Introducing Strategic Planning -- Implementing Strategic Planning -- Management Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Connections -- 8 The Role of Greek Shipowners in the Revival of Northern European Shipyards in the 1950s -- Introduction -- Why the Greeks? -- Building Tankers in European, American and Asian Shipyards -- Greek Shipowners, European Shipyards and International Politics -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 9 Regional, yet Global: The Life Cycle of Overnight Ferry Shipping -- Introduction -- Historiography -- Methods and Sources -- Innovation and Growth, 1960-1990 -- Maturity, 1990-1999 -- Decline After 1999 -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Conclusion -- Contexts -- Companies -- Connections -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Index.