Transport industries

The physical distribution of products is an important element in the marketing operations of all productive enterprises, and in many cases efficient distribution is the most important single factor leading to success.

How did free trade emerge in early-modern times?

Since the emergence of urban systems, cities have developed in a mutually inter-dependent process of socio-economic dynamics and transportation linkages.

Introduction to Ship Engine Room Systems outlines the key systems, machinery and equipment found in a ship's engine room.

Globalisation is heavily dependent on physical transport, as people and goods travel over longer distances and with higher frequency.

The Soviet Union Looks Ahead (1930) is the official statement of the five-year economic plan put forward by the Soviet Union, a plan involving the radical reconstruction of the entire production system of Russia.

This book, first published in 1975, discusses the development of transport policy in the UK against a background of economic theory.

Comprehensive insight into the offshore oil and gas industry for those intending to choose it as a career Full syllabus coverage for OPITO BOSIET, FOET, MIST and IMIST courses Produced in full colour with over 180 images Basic Offshore Safety covers everything that newcomers to the offshore oil and gas industry need to know prior to travelling offshore or when attending OPITO's Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET), Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST), Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) and International MIST courses.

With advances in technology and maritime transport, human use of the ocean now extends beyond the traditional activities of navigation and fishing.

A comparative history of the economic organisation of energy, telecommunications and transport in Europe, first published in 2005.

Road Transport in Cumbria in the Nineteenth Century (1975) is a detailed study of transportation by road in one region of Britain.

This title was first published in 2002: There is a multitude of assessment methods available for analyzing and reporting on the impacts of policies, all with different underlying assumptions and a wide range of criteria.

Die "Historische Kommission zu Berlin" betreibt die Erforschung der Landesgeschichte und der Historischen Landeskunde Berlin-Brandenburgs bzw.

Developments in the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore includes the contributions to the 8th International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures (ICCGS 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, 21-23 October 2019).

Governments around the world are struggling to meet their commitments to achieve targets relating to reductions in greenhouse gases.

This book provides a detailed introduction to the history and development of China's railways, highways, civil aviation, shipping, inland water transportation, tourism transportation, and coal transportation since the reform and opening up 40 years ago.

Few enter the logistics management industry with experience in all aspects of the profession.

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

The book discusses legal, ethical, economic and trade aspects of the Pandemic as it affects air transport.

Discussing the concept of mobility at large and that of spatial mobilities in particular, this book makes the case for daily spatial mobilities as a distinct type of mobility and explores this concept from a variety of perspectives.

London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers.

This book is the first substantial study in any language of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952).

This monograph presents the original scientific manuscripts submitted for publication at the International Conference  - The Science and Development of Transport (ZIRP 2021), organized by the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia.

This book is the ninth volume of a sub-series on Road Vehicle Automation, published as part of the Lecture Notes in Mobility.

Overshadowing the port of Chester, Liverpool grew in size from the 1800s on sugar and slavery.

Managing Airline Networks: Design, Integration and Innovative Technologies is a fully comprehensive description of state-of-the-art network management practices at airlines.

This advanced practical textbook deals with the issue of risk analysis, measurement and management in the shipping industry.

Over the last thirty years Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been used to deliver transport capital projects and services.

Global disruption, new technologies and changing consumer habits are causing turmoil in the supply chain industry.

OSWP provides guidance on improving health and safety on board vessels and articulates how statutory obligations should be fulfilled.

Air Transport Management: An International Perspective provides in-depth instruction in the diverse and dynamic area of commercial air transport management.

This book, first published in 1963, uses the framework of the author's Fundamentals of Management for studying the management of transport undertakings.

The airline industry is currently faced with its longest and deepest crisis to date: many airlines are losing hundred of millions of US dollars, several have collapsed entirely and others have been rescued by their governments.

This book, originally published in 1985, examines the development of the car industry in Coventry within both its local context and the wider economic environment.

An essential reference written for the marine industry and seafarers around the world, Cargo Work has been fully revised and expanded to cover the key classes of cargo, regarding the handling, stowage and carriage of all major commodities by marine transports.

* This worldwide bestseller utilizes case studies to examine and explain aircraft accidents and incidents * Covers five major problem causes: human factors, weather, mid-air collisions, mechanical failure, runway incursions* NEW TO THIS EDITION: Chapters on Monitoring/Managing Cockpit Behavior and Spatial Disorientation; 27 new case studies; 25% new illustrations* Updated data and statistics throughout

The Global Maritime distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is becoming the all-embracing term for communication and data transfer between ship and shore, and ship and ship.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution (TIPCE 2022) at IIT Roorkee and emphasizes the understanding of transportation infrastructure projects being conceptualized, designed, and executed so as to bring the desired development in the focused area.

This book presents Internet transport economics as a new approach to understanding the packet-switching paradigm of Internet infrastructure as a global transport system for data packets.

Ship management is a worldwide activity.