Download or read book Shipping and Ports in the Twenty-first Century written by David Pinder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipping and port systems are vital to societies and lifestyles around the world. In the late twentieth century, however, assumptions concerning the robustness of these systems were severely shaken by economic shocks triggered by oil crises. This volume explores how many of the consequent uncertainties have been resolved, and how adapted systems ha