Fuelling the World Economy Seaports, Coal, and Oil Markets

This book explores the functioning of coal markets and their influence on ports and maritime economics since the second half of the nineteenth century. Each chapter includes case studies from different parts of the world, explaining the role played by coal in the expansion of the shipping industry....

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Other Authors: Castillo Hidalgo, Daniel (Editor), Honorato, Cezar (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Use of Coal in Maritime Transport and Maritime Station Networks: Routes, Stores and Companies, circa 1850-1930
  • Chapter 3. Bunkering in West Africa: The Case of Dakar
  • Chapter 4. The Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate and the German Bunker Coal Business, 1905 to 1947
  • Chapter 5. Common Destines: French Trading Ports and Oil in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1965
  • Chapter 6. French Capital, Gdynia, and the Position of Polish Coal on International Markets in the Interwar Period
  • Chapter 7. Ports, Coal, and Exports from the Argentine Pampas Region. An Evaluation of the Institutional Actors Related to Coal Circulation in the Agro-Export Period, 1860-1930
  • Chapter 8. The Economics of Mineral Coal in Brazil, 1850-1889