Struggling for Leadership: Antwerp-Rotterdam Port Competition Between 1870 -2000

ISBN-13: 9783790815245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 338 str.

R. Loyen; E. Buyst; G. Devos

Opis

The ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, both located in close proximity of each other in the Low Countries and sharing virtually the same hinterland, have been eagerly competing for market shares since the late nineteenth century. This intense struggle strongly influenced the development of both competitors. This volume offers a virtually complete survey of existing economic as well as historical research into the development of the seaports of Antwerp and Rotterdam (1870-2000). It contains new contributions on three themes: port throughput, port authorities and port users. Each of these topics is discussed from a local and international point of view. The problem-oriented approach results in a fascinating comparative and multidisciplinary study. Since new research results have been combined with established theories, the volume is a major reference and provides the ideal platform for further research.

Spis treści

Recent trends in maritime and port history.- Throughput in the port of Antwerp (1901-2000): an integrated functional approach 29.- Port traffic in Rotterdam: the competitive edge of a Rhine-port (1880-1914).- Commentary.- Port throughput and international trade: have port authorities any degrees of freedom left?.- Commentary.- Thirty-five years of containerization in Antwerp and Rotterdam: structural changes in the container handling market.- The Kempen nexus. The spatial-economic development of Rotterdam and Antwerp.- The Antwerp port: elements of spatial planning.- Port and politics in Antwerp: a prudent approach.- The end of the sea.- Commentary.- Land-use policy in the port of Antwerp (1870-1994).- Port of Rotterdam: land-use policy during the twentieth century.- Commentary.- Evolution of the Rotterdam port authority’s position.- “Much ado about nothing?” Reorganising the hiring system and decasualization in the port of Antwerp during the 1960s: motives, obstacles, outcome.- “Dock-work is a skilled profession”. Decasualization and the Rotterdam labour market (1945-1970).- Commentary.- The first mechanization wave in coal and ore handling as an example of patterns of technological innovation in the port of Rotterdam.- Commentary.- Opportunities in comparative Antwerp-Rotterdam port history.- Annex.- Maps of port of Antwerp and Rotterdam.