Abstract
Over the last couple of decades the face of the maritime sector has changed rapidly and fundamentally. Although the final implications of this development process cannot be fully assessed yet, prominent scholars already speak enthusiastically of a new “logistical revolution” (Andersson 1986) or of a fifth Kondratieff cycle (Rodrigue, Comtois and Slack 1997). The main driving force behind the whole process is often summarized as the “globalization of the world economy”. Many factors push globalization forward, but a key element is undoubtedly the advance of communication and transport technologies (Kenwood and Lougheed 1999, 247265). The breakthrough of new information and communication equipment resulted in the realisation of a worldwide logistic network (Harlaftis and Starkey 1998). Accompanied with the introduction of the container, it revolutionized the shipping business during the final quarter of the twentieth century (Broeze 1998).
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