Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics)

This book is open access under a CC BY NC ND 4.0 license. This book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series. This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the transformations in business and society of the postwar era. Shipping was both an example and an engine of globalization and structural change. In turn, the industry experienced and pioneered, mirrored and enabled key developments that led to the present-day globalized economy. Contributions address issues such as the macro-level shift of shipping's centre of gravity from Europe to Asia, the political and legal frameworks within which it developed, the strategies and performance of both successful and unsuccessful firms, and the links between the shipping industry and the wider economy and society. Without shipping and its ability to forge connections and networks of a global reach, the modern world would look very different. By bringing together scholars from various disciplinary and national backgrounds, this book advances our understanding of the linkages that bind economies and societies together Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections (Niels P. Petersson, Stig Tenold, Nicholas J. White)....Pages 1-6 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 The Declining Role of Western Europe in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1900–2000 (Stig Tenold)....Pages 9-36 The Emergence of Maritime Governance in the Post-War World (Katharina Reiling)....Pages 37-65 Thinking Outside ‘The Box’: Decolonization and Containerization (Nicholas J. White)....Pages 67-99 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 ‘Containerization in Globalization’: A Case Study of How Maersk Line Became a Transnational Company (Henrik Sornn-Friese)....Pages 103-131 East Asiatic Company’s Difficult Experiences with Containerization (Martin Jes Iversen)....Pages 133-155 Shipping as a Knowledge Industry: Research and Strategic Planning at Ocean Group (Niels P. Petersson)....Pages 157-182 Front Matter ....Pages 183-183 The Role of Greek Shipowners in the Revival of Northern European Shipyards in the 1950s (Gelina Harlaftis, Christos Tsakas)....Pages 185-212 Regional, yet Global: The Life Cycle of Overnight Ferry Shipping (René Taudal Poulsen)....Pages 213-248 Conclusion (Niels P. Petersson, Stig Tenold, Nicholas J. White)....Pages 249-273 Back Matter ....Pages 275-290