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The Caribbean basin: adjusting to global trends in containerization

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Positioned strategically between major east–west and north–south trading routes, the Caribbean basin has become a locus of new service configurations in container shipping. Over the last decade global shipping lines have been restructuring their service networks in the region in order to integrate local services with the newly rationalized intercontinental connections. By comparing service network structures in 1994 and 2002 at three levels of organization—local, regional and global—we are able to show that although Caribbean ports are well connected to the global system, and while the total number of services has declined between the two years, those mounted by members of global alliances have increased. Moreover, services of the global carriers at the local and regional levels are on the increase. As much as the alliances are reshaping Caribbean networks, the smaller carriers are still playing a role, but at a reduced spatial scale. Parallel with the modifications to network configurations are the changes in the port system. Essentially, traffic of the most important ports in the north and western part of the basin has grown at slower rates than the ports in the south and east. These traffic changes are only partly related to network changes. It is the growth of transshipments that is driving the most important developments in port traffic and bringing to the forefront the development of hub ports. The most important are: Colon, Panama (southwest), Freeport, Bahamas (north), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (southeast), Kingston, Jamaica and Rio Haina, Dominican Republic (middle), and Cartagena, Colombia and Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (south).

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Judul Seri

Maritime Policy & Management: The flagship journal of international shipping and port research

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

Canada : Taylor and Francis., 2005

Deskripsi Fisik

19 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

1464–5254

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

VOL. 32, NO. 3, 245–261

Subjek

Containerization
Maritime Policy & Management
global trends
The Caribbean

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Robert McCalla

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