Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, September 29, 2002
Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, September 29, 2002

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2002-11-11

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781589062887

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The speeches made by officials attending the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings are published in this volume, along with the press communiqués issued by the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee at the conclusion of the meetings.

International Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
International Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Author: Lewis R. Fischer

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2017-10-18

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1786948990

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This book compiles seven essays concerning changes to merchant shipping over the hundred and fifty years between 1850 and 2000, and spanning a range of countries, with particular focus on Norway, Greece, Japan, and England. The essays are linked by the theme of change: from traditional to modern shipping; in fluctuating cargo demands; from sail to steam; wood to iron; in improvements in communication technologies; in political natures and affiliations; in seafaring skillsets; in the advent of containerisation and advent of globalisation. The overall aim is to construct a solid international context for the merchant shipping industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - primarily to aid a major Norwegian deep-sea merchant marine project. The book contains an introduction that sets out these aims, and seven essays by maritime historians which form part of the international contextual whole, though all can be approached individually.