Shipping, Ports and Cities in Soviet and post-Soviet period. Reintegration in the global economy

I. Theotokas -A.A. Pallis – M. Lekakou

I. Theotokas -A.A. Pallis – M. Lekakou, Shipping, Ports and Cities in Soviet and post-Soviet period. Reintegration in the global economy, Black Sea History Project Working Papers, volume 9, forthcoming

The advent of containerization has changed the transportation of goods around the globe. Associated with sharp fall in transportation costs, efficiency in cargo handling, integration in transport chains and economies of scale, containers continue to grow both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the global seaborne trade. As seaborne trade expands, this trend sustains with even traditional dry bulk cargoes transported in ‘boxes’. Foremost, containerisation has changed the maritime world, shipping and port industries with sweeping economic consequences for all economies and particularly for those linked with major commercial ports.

Editorial

Athanasios A. Pallis – Ioannis N. Theotokas –Maria Lekakou

PART I. BLACK SEA PORTS IN THE POST-1989 ERA

1. BLACK SEA PORTS: MOTORS OF GROWTH AND GLOBALISATION

Athanasios A. Pallis, George K. Vaggelas

1. PORT OF CONSTANTZA IN THE 21st CENTURY: GLOCALISATION IN PROGRESS

Athanasios A. Pallis, Aimilia A. Papachristou

• THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IN THE BLACK SEA (1915- 1990)

Maria M. Lekakou, Evangelia Stefanidaki

1. BLACK SEA CRUISE PORTS IN THE 21^st CENTURY: FROM DUST TO DAWN

Athanasios A. Pallis, Aimilia A. Papachristou, Kleopatra P. Arapi  

CRUISE PORTS GOVERNANCE IN THE BLACK SEA: FACTUAL REPORTS

FACTUAL REPORT I - BURGAS

FACTUAL REPORT II - CONSTANTZA

FACTUAL REPORT III - ISTANBUL

FACTUAL REPORT IV – ODESSA

FACTUAL REPORT V – SINOP

FACTUAL REPORT VI - SOCHI

FACTUAL REPORT VI - TRABZON

1. CRUISE TOURISM AS A CATALYST FOR CITY REVITALIZATION IN THE BLACK SEA: THE ISTANBUL CASE

Maria Lekakou and Evangelia Stefanidaki

PART II. SHIPPING IN THE COLD-WAR ERA

1. EXPANSION STRATEGIES IN THE COLD-WAR ERA: GREEK SHIPPING IN THE BLACK SEA AND THE USSR

Ilias Bissias  and Yaroslav Rudyy

PART III:  ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND PORTS

• BLACK SEA ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND PORTS: A SYSTEMS APPROACH

Basilis Tselentis