By Maria G. Burns
"This ebook was once written with the aim of redefining the strategic function of world seaports within the current "Post-New economic system Era." Ports are those impressive human structures that over centuries mirror the epitome of world evolution, financial progress, and innovation. As 70.8% of the worldwide floor is roofed through water, seaports replicate all sovereign countries' political superiority and monetary prosperity. Ports Read more...
summary: "This booklet used to be written with the aim of redefining the strategic position of world seaports within the current "Post-New economic system Era." Ports are those impressive human buildings that over centuries replicate the epitome of worldwide evolution, monetary progress, and innovation. As 70.8% of the worldwide floor is roofed by means of water, seaports replicate all sovereign international locations' political superiority and monetary prosperity. Ports are the pillars of world financial system, exchange, and delivery: eighty% of world commodities are carried by way of water; over 4000 seaports, harbors and inland waterways, and a number of terminals according to port facilitate international alternate by means of serving over 50,000 oceangoing ships whereas producing over 30% of the worldwide GDP on an annual foundation. traditionally, the increase and fall of empires were linked to seaports, both via naval battles now and then of warfare or via sea exchange and shipping every now and then of peace. actually, superpowers and strong economies convey their long-standing energy and dominance via seaports. The delivery has out of the ordinary intensity, point of view, and constitution, and it includes a plethora of sciences and humanities: for maritime pros to outlive during this hugely aggressive, swiftly altering atmosphere, they should own either sensible and theoretical wisdom of as many disciplines as attainable, together with strategic pondering; worldwide economics; political technology; legislation and rules on safeguard, protection, the surroundings, etc; exchange agreements between nations; contracts; naval structure; novel send designs; rising applied sciences; engineering; navigation; advertising and marketing; probability administration; emergency reaction; incident research and root reason research; oceanography and climate stories; operations; bunkering; the strength markets; significant worldwide commodities, logistics, and lots more--Preface."
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Taking into consideration the adverse currents encountered in the open seas, 52 hours were actually needed for this 80-mile voyage. 500 BC: Port of Piraeus and Its Long Walls: The First Ancient Maritime Security Measures The Port of Piraeus was a major seaport that first gained glory during Greece’s “Golden Century,” that is, fifth century BC. In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes occupied Greece and the port was considered as a high-risk target because of its strategic location as a passage from Asia to Europe.
AAPA’s headquarters are located in Alexandria, Virginia, and directed by Kurt J. Nagle, president and CEO. The association’s board of directors elects a new board chairman each year. For the 2013–2014 time frame, AAPA’s chairman of the board is Tay Yoshitani, CEO for the Port of Seattle (Washington). AAPA has specified the three critical challenges faced by modern ports: • Economic Impact—for contemporary ports to compete in the current global trade and economy, investment is required for modern, navigable seaports with uncongested intermodal freight access.
Port evolution was swayed by modifications in port ownership, management, and structural and operation patterns and brought about radical changes in labor recruitment, training, and production requirements. As markets became progressively globalized, sea transport volumes soared. From the 1950s to the latest global economic crisis, the growth rate of global trade was virtually double compared to the economic activity as a whole. 4% annually, while financial transactions, as assessed by the international GDP, grew by only 3% annually (World Ocean Review 2013).