A dollar's worth of maritime transportation requires inputs from at least 10 interrelated transport and logistics industries (Helling and Poister, 2000).
However, since new regulations in maritime transportation haven't been fully implemented yet, sea transports may be actually considered the most important source of SO2 pollution in deep-rooted maritime vocation cities [ 42, 43].
For 1,000 years, states have regulated maritime transportation for the purpose of promoting safety at sea.
Another effect of the quick development of rail (and maritime) transportation was the growing importation of cheap cereals, which plunged Swiss agriculture into crisis.
The French state, for example, took a heavy hand in forestry management as early as the 17th century, when wood became a strategic resource at a time of accelerated, mercantilist (export-oriented) growth that relied primarily on maritime transportation (boats).
BC Ferries, a maritime transportation service in British Columbia, has removed Lyon's novel from its bookshops — not because the author penned a controversial scene or racy bit of dialogue, but because the paperback's cover art features a naked man's rear-end!
A review is presented of different approaches to quantify the risk in maritime transportation.
Monitoring the market has crucial roles for executing the shipping investment decisions in maritime transportation industry.
As freight flows through global supply chains intensify, dependence upon maritime transportation increases.
Understanding maritime transportation as a sociotechnical system allows the application of system-engineering methods.
The Iberian seaports represent an important role in the world and maritime transportation acts as gateway for Europa and Asia.
