High bunkering standards are important for ship operators and port authorities for a variety of reasons. When problems arise they may have serious consequences for a port's image. Faced with a range of difficulties, since 1985 Singapore has attempted to revitalize and modernize its bunkering...

French naval strategy is examined and it is demonstrated that continuing ambitions still support significant warship production capacity and substantial naval cityports. The local economic significance of this is explored in the context of Brest, a naval cityport responsible for impressive...

Strategic and port studies have largely ignored the importance of naval port systems, even though these systems are (1) essential to the pursuit of strategy at sea and (2) influenced fundamentally by geostrategic decision-making. It is proposed that effective research at the interface between...