The Kra Canal issue has widely been discussed by maritime players, such as policy makers, regulators, and shipping and …

Peter Davies in his paper outlines the major trends in the development of Japan's commercial shipping prior to World … Japanese shipping policy in the years immediately prior to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. Using analysis of parliamentary … debates over subsidies for shipping and prize-winning essays on the topic, the author contends that public opinion in favour …

We measure technological progress in oceanic shipping directly by using a large database of daily log entries from …

Shipping was central to the rise of the Atlantic economies, but an extremely hazardous activity: in the 1780s, roughly … shipping technology was stagnant before iron steamships, in this paper we demonstrate that between the 1780s and 1820s, a … safety revolution occurred that saw shipping losses and insurance rates on oceanic routes almost halved thanks to steady …