Transport industries

The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that are being taken to overcome them.

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of transport efficiency in China.

Since it was first published in 1964, Elements of Shipping has become established as a market leader.

This book presents the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development.

This book questions the use of salvage law as legal regulatory framework for the remuneration of environmental services in salvage operations, proposing that such services should be based on direct contracting between commercial salvors and coastal States.

Comprehensive overview of research on clouds and their role in our present and future climate, for advanced students and researchers.

Shipping is the world's oldest sharing economy and is conducted in a self-organizing manner.

Written from the practitioner's perspective, this book is designed as a companion for engineers who are working in the field and faced with various problems related to pressure vessels and stacks, such as: modification, retrofitting existing pressure vessels or stacks to either enhance process capability, lift, move or replace damaged equipment.

Transportation Transformation is an indispensable GPS for every automaker, transportation startup, investor, policymaker, or regulator who is planning the future of urban and suburban transit, and anyone else with a need to understand the changing ways in which consumers and goods will get around.

The key aim of this volume is to demonstrate ways in which an understanding of history can be used to inform present-day transport and mobility policies.

Whilst the maritime container business has been studied in depth, the impact on shippers and how shippers deal with the given challenges has not been fully examined.

Manned Spacecraft Design Principles presents readers with a brief, to-the-point primer that includes a detailed introduction to the information required at the preliminary design stage of a manned space transportation system.

Air Transport and Regional Development Policies is one of three interconnected books related to a four-year European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action established in 2015.

This book, first published in 1932, provides a survey of the subject of railway economics as a whole, including the theory and practice of railway charging; State regulation and ownership; railway amalgamation; railway capital; railway organization and labour problems.

Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project, a 7.

This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA.

This book explores the public acceptability of congestion pricing in the Chinese context.

Covering recent developments in maritime transportation and exploitation of sea resources, encompassing ocean and coastal areas, this book is intended for academics and professionals involved in the development of marine transportation and the exploitation of sea resources.

Transport costs have been, and still are, an important component of trade costs, which are one the major determinants of the volume of trade, and thus of gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP growth.

We live in a world that is ever on the move, as is increasingly recognised within research on mobilities.

Aircraft are mainly bought by two groups of buyers:1.

This book supports companies in the transport sector, political decision-makers, transport engineers, planners and scientists doing fundamental research who are confronted by growing challenges in transport.

The global space sector has always been regarded as a cutting-edge field, futuristic and at the forefront of innovation.

Within the developed world, airlines have responded to the advice of advocates for corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) to use the intertwined dimensions of economics, society and environment to guide their business activities.

Este libro ha de atender, como valiosa fuente de consulta, a una amplia audiencia objetivo de lectores vinculados a los sectores de comercio internacional, transporte e industria alimentaria.

Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon.

Venezuela's Oil (1978) explains the years of social injustice faced by oil-producing countries that led to the founding of OPEC.

The Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law provides a definitive survey of the transitions and adjustments across the stakeholder community contributing to outer space activities.

Transforming Urban Transport brings into focus the origins and implementation pathways of significant urban transport innovations that have recently been adopted in major, democratically governed world cities that are seeking to advance sustainability aims.

"e;A veteran flight attendant's hilarious take on what really happens behind the scenes at 35,000 feet.

Through extensive interviews with the key participants, Professor Borins reveals the interplay of organizational ideologies and interests and leaders' personalities that characterized the conflict.

This book seeks to enhance understanding of the impacts of project setup and its implementation environment on project performance by leveraging information from the study of a rich set of European transport infrastructure project cases.

This book remains the sole export-import textbook aimed squarely at the academic audience.

This book offers new insights into the wider socioeconomic impacts of high-speed rail (HSR).

A comprehensive treatment of the mechanics of multilayers and its implications for reliability, with easy-to-use software to compute key results.

In the post-liberalization period, India has slowly but steadily tried to foster innovation to improve competitive efficiency of Indian manufacturing and thus boost global competitiveness of the industrial sector.

Uber is one of the most innovative companies of our time.

This accessible, up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth textbook introduces students and practitioners to the principles and practice of airport marketing as well as the major changes and future marketing challenges facing the airport sector.

In recent years, the environmental, social and economic concerns regarding laissez-faire retail decentralization policies have resulted in an emergence of a global trend towards the provision of wider choices of good quality public transport modes in suburban areas.

This book attempts to reveal historical dynamism of transforming contemporary Maritime Asia and to identify key driving forces or agencies for the evolution and transformation of Maritime Asia in the context of global history studies.

This book, first published in 1965, illustrates the world of management in the airline industry.

Maritime Cargo Operations presents the core concepts of cargo work for marine engineering students and cadets.

Most transport operators have little experience of the regulations surrounding the carriage of dangerous goods.

As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy.

A history of the American Steel Barge Company and the vessels that it built and operated.