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The Chinese have let it be known since the death of Mao Zedong and the purge of the “Gang of Four” that they would in future draw on credits from foreign governments as well as other sources to finance imports of technology. According to western conjectures China’s capital requirements may...
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economy of Iran. The authors specify two dynamic models of the environmental pollution and the economic growth. Then, the … Iran during 1978-2012. Design/methodology/approach - The authors estimate the environmental and economic elasticities of …, the maritime transportation is more pollutant and less productive in Iran in comparison with the air transportation …
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Global warming is causing a major ice retreat from the North Pole. From now on, this retreat allows almost permanent movement between East and West off the coast of the Russian Federation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). For a long time, navigators have been trying to use this route which...
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The primary aim of this research is to highlight the operation and management of shipping industry in the Philippines along planning, organising, training, and staffing; and the degree of compliance of shipping companies with the requirements prescribed by the National Safety Management Code...
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High market concentration in the Philippine domestic shipping industry has always been a subject of concern among policymakers and researchers. While many reforms aimed at improving the level of competition in the industry have been implemented since the 1990s, studies show that domestic...
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This study examined the relationship between vessel financing fund and the survival of local ship owners/operators in Rivers State. Vessel financing fund was used as the independent variable as well as the dimension. The variables used in this study to measure the survival of local ship...
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The purpose of this study is to critically evaluate the effectiveness of the Cabotage Act 2003 on Nigerian maritime administration. The paper relied solely on data gathered from secondary sources. This study contends that, one, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)...
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