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World maritime traffic at the end of this millennium is more than 5 billion tons of goods transported by a merchant fleet of about 38,500 ships of more than 300gt. A real revolution in sea transport has seen over the past 40 years an increase in the size of ships, their specialised character including the unitisation of general goods by containerisation and roll-on — roll-off techniques. In the limited scope of this text, recent general trends and possible future developments regarding the world merchant fleet in various sectors, bulk transport, regular routes and passengers/freight, are discussed.
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Marcadon, J. (2004). Maritime Transport. In: Smith, H.D. (eds) The Oceans: Key Issues in Marine Affairs. The GeoJournal Library, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2780-2_6
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