{"product_id":"9798765165973","title":"World Ports Around the Oceans The History and Future of Seaports, Energy Transition, and Globalization","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWorld Ports Around the Oceans\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe History and Future of Seaports, Energy Transition, and Globalization\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAafke Steenhuis | Jan Joost Teunissen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Political Economy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping, ports and trade are essential to humanity. Oceans, seas and rivers cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface. Since ancient times, people transported their goods across the water in rafts, canoes and sailboats. Now we sail across the oceans with container ships, bulk carriers and tankers. Indeed, ninety percent of world trade moves from port to port by ship. Ports are the hubs of the global society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut ports and world trade are easily disrupted: a shipping accident in the Suez Canal, the COVID-19 pandemic, wars, climate change, geopolitical tensions. What happens in world ports? How did they originate? How have they developed? How did China's ports expand so dramatically? Can ports continue to grow indefinitely? What are they doing about climate change and energy transition? What will the maritime world look like in the future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are questions that Aafke Steenhuis and Jan Joost Teunissen asked over the past ten years as they traveled to strategic and colorful ports in the world, speaking with port experts, economists, writers and sociologists, and uncovering the facinating ecosystem of ports including Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai, Dubai, Alexandria, Cape Town, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Marseille, Genoa, Los Angeles and Santos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAafke Steenhuis\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent writer and painter. From 1974 to 1990 she was the editor for culture and Latin America for the weekly magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. She has published 22 books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Joost Teunissen\u003c\/b\u003e is founder of FONDAD, an independent economic policy research center and a forum for international discussion, established in the Netherlands. Supported by a worldwide network of experts, it provides policy-oriented research on North-South issues in a globalizing world, in particular international financial issues. He has published more than 25 books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765165973\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669645492364,"sku":"9798765165973","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6554e51e-2f99-4e8c-85c6-4bccbdc53932.jpg?v=1785203210","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765165973","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}