Transport industries

International maritime law is far from inert, everyday international affairs constantly test existing law and, in many occasions, require its development.

Soviet Geography (1935) presents a comprehensive account of the economic development of the USSR as it stood at the time.

The Other Space Race is a unique look at the early U.

Each year Americans take more than 300 million plane trips staffed by a total of some 70,000 flight attendants.

While airlines have been looking into the next generation of retailing practices for several years, developments since the beginning of 2020 have accelerated the need to take retailing to a new paradigm.

This book is a political-economic analysis of China's transformation to become a global aviation power.

Part of the Kemp and Young series, this book provides a concise introduction to meteorology.

Originally published in 1982, The Railwaymen examines the impact of the transformation which took place in the British Railways in the second half of the 20th Century on the people who maintained British railway services and reveals the change which took place in the union to which most of them belonged: the National Union of Railwaymen (now part of the National Union of Rail and Maritime Transport Workers: RMT).

The air transport industry has high economic impact; it supports more than 60 million jobs worldwide.

Weigh-in-motion (WIM) is a process of measuring the dynamic tire forces of a moving vehicle and estimating the corresponding tire loads of the static vehicle.

This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner.

China's shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history.

This book analyses the impact of two vital and contemporary developments on shipping law and practice: disruptive technologies and climate change.

Since the enactment of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, questions that had been at the heart of the ongoing debate about the industry for eighty years gained a new intensity: Is there enough competition among airlines to ensure that passengers do not pay excessive fares?

The extant corpus of research on supply chain sustainability in the Arctic exhibits a conspicuous neglect of the social dimension, rendering it the most underprivileged among the three pillars of sustainability.

An examination of the relationship between competition and the deregulation and liberalisation of the US and European air transport sectors reveals that the structure of the air transport sector has undergone a number of significant changes.

A foremost authority has written the first comprehensive reference about the U.

Revised and updated in its fifth edition, this internationally renowned and respected book provides the essentials to understanding all areas of airline finance.

In the dynamic and volatile shipping industry, effective performance management is essential to an organization's success.

This book offers a unique and scholarly perspective on a little-studied subject: maritime crime and policing.

Placing special emphasis on the significant security issues associated with modern container international transport, this book provides in-depth exploration of both United States and European Union port and shipping policy, alongside that of wider international trade.

The increase in practical problems generated by the intensive growth in air transport has necessitated the development of specialised operations research methods and modern computer technology.

Shipboard Management supports students undertaking qualification at all stages of maritime training, enhancing and developing knowledge and understanding of the key issues in the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997, as subsequently amended by the 2015 Regulations and other legislation.

The increase in practical problems generated by the intensive growth in air transport has necessitated the development of specialised operations research methods and modern computer technology.

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

Focusing on the consequences of Brexit for aviation law, this book presents the key legal issues for aviation business and administration, as well as all major stakeholders that could potentially be affected by Brexit.

With 80 percent of the world's commodities being transported by water, ports are the pillars of the global economy.

The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry.

For all engineers and practitioners, it is essential to have a fundamental understanding of cost structure, estimating cash flows, and evaluating alternative projects and designs on an economic basis.

The Second Five-Year Plan of the Development of the U.

The largest enterprise in the capitalist world between 1920 and 1945, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) was at the center of events in a period of great turmoil in Germany.

Urbanization is a global phenomenon that hugely constrains existing transportation infrastructure in cities.

Freight transport is essential to modern urban civilization.

In 1955 Pan American World Airways began recruiting Japanese American women to work as stewardesses on its Tokyo-bound flights and eventually its round-the-world flights as well.

This book will explore a new approach to airport planning that better captures the complexities and velocity of change in our contemporary world.

Transport managers perform an essential and rewarding function in society, controlling the infrastructure that allows people and goods to move around conveniently and swiftly.

Peter McManners gets underneath the well-known facts about the unsustainable nature of the aviation industry and argues for fundamental change to our travelling habits.

Since 1981, the biennial International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP) has been convened for the purposes of (a) presenting the latest research on human performance problems and opportunities within aviation systems, (b) envisioning design solutions that best utilize human capabilities for creating safe and efficient aviation systems, and (c) bringing together scientists, research sponsors, and operators in an effort to bridge the gap between research and applications.

Originally published in 1987, this title reviews and evaluates the methodologies suitable for highway evaluation, along with the UK transport supplementary grant and TPP (Transport Policies and Programme) system.