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Maritime Shipping and The Commercia l Usage of the Oceans. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Professor, Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University, New York, USA. About Basic Geography. World’s Major Container Ports: A Carbon Copy of Global Trade. Big ships, large locations
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Maritime Shipping and The Commercial Usage of the Oceans Jean-Paul Rodrigue Professor, Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University, New York, USA
World’s Major Container Ports: A Carbon Copy of Global Trade Big ships, large locations Gateways and intermediary hubs dynamics
Economies of Scale Involve a Transfer of Externalities to Ports and Inland Systems “Triple E” Class(18,000 TEU) E “Emma” Class(12,500 TEU) S “Sovereign” Class(8,000 TEU) Sustainable Range R “Regina” Class(6,000 TEU) L “Lica” Class(3,400 TEU)
Slow Steaming: A Double-Edged Sword SlowSteaming Normal Speed Super SlowSteaming 50% of the global container capacity (2011)
Main Routing Alternatives between East Asia and Northern Europe: A Balancing Act
The Global Cruise Port System: An Emerging Dimension of Maritime Sustainability Big ships, small locations The issue of cold ironing
Emerging Global Maritime System: Conveyor Belts and Transshipment Platforms