MARITIME TRANSPORT: THE GREEK PARADIGM

Research in Transportation Economics Volume 21

Edited by: Athanasios A. Pallis, University of the Aegean, Greece

The Greek case provides a unique paradigm of maritime transport and is among those worthy of a closer
examination. Surprisingly, a systematic review of the various facets of Greek maritime transport has been
unavailable in the international literature aiming to fill some of the gaps in the international literature of maritime
transport studies as regards this unique paradigm.
This volume provides an analysis of the ways that the Greek paradigm of maritime transport developed and
continues to evolve and adjust. The extensive range of topics covered includes shipping ownership, management
and organization, shipping finance, supply chains approaches of shipping, employment at sea, coastal shipping,
maritime transport and intermodalism, port strategy developments, digital maritime transport, and maritime tourism.
The contributed chapters examine a variety of the economic, management and policy parameters that have resulted
in the various unique successes and the easiness of several maritime sectors to remain competitive. They also
explore in detail those parameters that explain the observed failures and difficulties observed in several other
markets of maritime transport. They assess the several systemic opportunities available to be grasped. This systemic
approach endorsed in this volume allows drawing integrated conclusions for the sources of successes of, the
problems involved with, and the pressures exercised on, maritime transport systems.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

CHAPTER 1: THE GREEK PARADIGM OF MARITIME TRANSPORT: A VIEW FROM WITHIN; Athanasios A. Pallis
CHAPTER 2: A FLEET FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: MODERN GREEK SHIPPING; Helen A. Thanopoulou
CHAPTER 3: ON TOP OF WORLD SHIPPING: GREEK SHIPPING COMPANIES’ ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT; Ioannis Theotokas
CHAPTER 4: THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE GREEK SHIPPING INDUSTRY; Ioannis N. Lagoudis & Ioannis Theotokas
CHAPTER 5: EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AND GREEK SHIPPING COMPETITIVENESS; Ioannis Tsamourgelis
CHAPTER 6: FINANCING GREEK SHIPPING: MODERN INSTRUMENTS, METHODS AND MARKETS; Theodore C. Syriopoulos
CHAPTER 7: GREEK MARITIME POLICY AND THE DISCREET ROLE OF SHIPOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS; Alkis John Corres
CHAPTER 8: THE ETERNAL CONUNDRUM OF GREEK COASTAL SHIPPING; Maria B. Lekakou
CHAPTER 9: DEMAND MODELS FOR GREEK PASSENGER SHIPPING; Amalia Polydoropoulou & Nikolaos Litinas
CHAPTER 10 : COASTAL SHIPPING AND INTERMODALITY IN GREECE: THE WEAK LINK; Seraphim Kapros & Costas Panou
CHAPTER 11 : WHITHER PORT STRATEGY? THEORY AND PRACTICE IN CONFLICT; Athanasios A. Pallis
CHAPTER 12: DIGITAL SHIPPING: THE GREEK EXPERIENCE; Nikitas Nikitakos & Maria A. Lambrou
CHAPTER 13: GREEK MARITIME TOURISM: EVOLUTION, STRUCTURES AND PROSPECTS; Mihail N. Diakomihalis

Pub year 2007 ; ISBN 13: 978-0-7623-1449-2 ; 473 Pages ; Hardback ; Price: $99.95 / £57.99 / €82.95
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