Transport industries

Air shows are high-risk activities that must be conducted with careful thought towards the general public, spectators, and flying and nonflying participants to ensure that the activity is as safe as reasonably possible.

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At the start of the twentieth century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903.

Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to focus on those that have been used for major infrastructure projects, such as roads, schools, and hospitals.

The central concerns of mobilities research - exploring the broader context and human aspects of movement - are fundamental to an understanding of the maritime freight transport sector.

Originally published in 2000, this book describes the relation between technology and the exercise of sea power.

This title was first published in 2001.

The British Economy After Oil (1988) examines the future paths for the British economy as North Sea oil runs out.

After joining the Australian Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen, Dick Jolly trained as an engineer before joining the Australian National Line as a cadet.

Though Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport, the history of its railroads has been little studied.

As the air travel industry begins to emerge from the COVID-19 restrictions, new research must be undertaken to survey the changing business landscape.

Published in 1999.

Objects and materials are on the move like never before, often at astonishing speeds and along hidden routeways.

The National Research Council of the National Academies was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to perform an independent assessment of NASA's National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) project, which was a survey administered to pilots from April 2001 through December 2004.

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

This book is about how societies around the world can accelerate innovation in sustainable transport.

The book examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a significant risk to their coastal and marine environment, but which have not yet been involved in any incident or accident.

Spurred by global macro-economic shifts, commercial and financial turbulence, as well as technological leaps in the early years of the new millennium, the Danish shipping industry has changed dramatically since the turn of the century.

It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility.

Airport planning, especially the airside, is based on strict compliance with regulatory requirements.

Freight Transport Modelling is a unique new reference book that provides insight into the state-of-the-art of freight modelling.

Biojet fuels have the potential to make an important contribution towards decarbonising the aviation sector.

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

This book investigates China's railway transformation through history, along with culture changes and urban development.

Towards a Better Port Industry provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically the port industry, as well as students in these fields, with a better conceptual understanding of the port industry.

The privatisation of the British railway industry was a unique political and economic event.

Getting what you want - even if you are the boss - isn't always easy.

Liberalization of regulatory policy on international air transportation through the use of bilateral and multilateral open skies agreements contributes to a business environment that presents air carriers with the opportunity to take advantage of greater access to aviation markets world-wide.

A self-teaching aid that covers International regulations for preventing collision at sea 1972 (Colregs) or Rules of the Road, including navigation lights and related situations that could be asked within the Maritime and Coastguard Agency oral examinations for the deck certificate of competency.

Nineteen years ago, David McLean was appointed by the prime minister of Canada to the board of directors of CN, after which he was elected chairman.

A restorative just culture has become a core aspiration for many organizations in healthcare and elsewhere.

Business and Economics of Port Management is a comprehensive but concise textbook and reference for insights into the workings of port industry from the business and economics perspectives.

This book is aimed at all those in managerial and organisational roles in the maritime industry who have a duty of care for seafarers.

This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in the latest information about the complex field of transportation-and how it is transforming today's business environment.

This book provides an analysis and comparison of international insolvency rules, maritime laws and their inevitable intersection in maritime cross-border insolvencies.

This book is about how coast guards are becoming states' foremost tool to manage changes occurring in ocean politics generally, and in the Arctic specifically.

This book primarily focuses on the coordinated development of port groups and the environment.

This book analyzes both the Chilean state policies on commercial aviation and the corporate history of the state-owned airline Linea Aerea Nacional (LAN) between 1929 and 1989.

The role and agency of the public is often a minor consideration for researchers, authorities, and other experts evaluating policy goals, strategies, and instruments within the transport sector.

Ship Management: Theory and Practice unpacks the complexity of this crucial maritime activity by spelling out its key elements and the connections and linkages between them.

Starting from the premise that airports can be run as commercial successes, The Airport Business aims to place the business as a whole within a conceptual framework.

Revitalizing railways as a major sustainable transport mode in modern societies faces many issues and challenges.

Routes are arguably the most valuable of airline assets.