Contemporary marine and maritime policy / Jingjing Xu, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Xu, Jingjing.

Series:

Business economics in a rapidly-changing world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchant marine--Government policy.

Merchant marine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents current information on virtual currency and the bitcoin revolution. It provides several statements and testimonies from hearings on "Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, and Promises of Virtual Currencies," and "The Present and Future Impact of Virtual Currency." (Imprint: Nova)

Contents:

Preface

Demand, supply and sustainability : some considerations for maritime policies / Jan Hoffmann

Key elements to think maritime policies : pricing in the shipping markets / Ricardo J. Sanchez, Georgina Cipoletta Tomassian and Daniel Perrotti

Shipping freight derivatives : practical examples and applications / Manolis G. Kavussanos and Ilias D. Visvikis and others

Somali piracy : a security-development nexus / Maximo Q. Mejia Jr

Human resource practices in seafaring : opportunities for improving retention / Stephen Cahoon, Livingstone Caesar and Jiangang Fei

Maritime policy in the north sea region : application of the cluster approach / Alfred J. Baird, Verena Flitsch, Nico Herz and Jutta Wolff and others

The issue of air emissions : policy and operational considerations / Orestis Schinas

Legal framework for environmental aspects of offshore oil and gas installations: selected issues

(jingjing xu and proshanto k. mukherjee, business school, university of plymouth, uk and others)

Deja vu? maybe, maybe not : the rotterdam rules, maritime policy and contract law / Manuel Alba

Treaty implementation and the usefulness of model legislation in the development of national maritime regimes / Proshanto K. Mukherjee and others

Form or process : the future of maritime governance / Michael Roe

European short sea shipping policy issues / Ana Cristina

A national port's strategy for australia: a political analysis

(sophia everett, institute for supply chain and logistics, victoria university, melbourne, australia)

China's maritime policy : from liberation to the shanghai communique / Gary A. Lombardo

Biography of the editor

Biographies of the chapter contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62948-809-7