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The impact of container shipping on trade and international transport is tremendous. The purpose of the Handbook of Container Shipping Management is to provide the reader with a scope of information to understand the basics of the container shipping market. There is a strong emphasis on supply and demand dimensions. In this context, readers will find a wide range of topics.
Major topics:
* Container trade: trade flows, globalisation, trends and developments, charter markets, container port developments, forecasts
* Market structures: logistics strategy, container shipping interfaces, the hub and spoke concept, ports in the Hamburg-Antwerp range
* Market environment:
* Capacity issues: current and future fleet growth, ship size development, deployment, top carriers, shipbuilding, ship financing
Table of Contents :
Globalisation and Container Shipping: Major Trade Flows
Enno Langfeldt (PhD, University of Kiel) is director of the Institute of Macroeconomics and professor at Kiel University of Applied Sciences.
This paper will provide an overview on the trade flows of manufactured goods, the primary user of containerised liner shipping. It starts by briefly reviewing theory and empirical evidence on the question why countries trade and what roles transportation in general and container shipping in specific play in this context. In the next section, the recent trends in world trade and output, the key manufactured goods traded worldwide, the leading trading nations and regional trade blocs, and the accompanying trade flows are identified. Finally, an outlook on future trade developments and their implications for container shipping is given.
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