Lewis R. Fischer
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780969588566
- eISBN:
- 9781786944870
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9780969588566.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
Lewis R. Fischer addresses the imbalance of wages in Norwegian maritime markets and finds that despite the integration from local to regional markets, the system remained inefficient.
Lewis R. Fischer addresses the imbalance of wages in Norwegian maritime markets and finds that despite the integration from local to regional markets, the system remained inefficient.
Lewis R. Fischer and Even Lange (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780986497360
- eISBN:
- 9781786944481
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780986497360.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This book is a wide-reaching study of Norwegian maritime history and developments within the discipline. It brings together the research efforts of a University of Oslo project aiming to further ...
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This book is a wide-reaching study of Norwegian maritime history and developments within the discipline. It brings together the research efforts of a University of Oslo project aiming to further understand Norwegian shipping history between 1814 and 2014, and the work of a new generation of maritime historians. Structured into three sections - global integration, political issues, and success and failure - the volume covers a broad range of maritime topics that have influenced both Norwegian economic development and Norwegian cultural identity. Through analysis it discovers that in the last few decades Norwegian shipping has been plagued by multiple troubles, whilst simultaneously becoming less crucial to the Norwegian economy in favour of offshore petroleum production. However, it reiterates the historical importance of shipping to the economic development of Norway, and asserts that historians have begun to treat it as the centre from which other industries grew.Less
This book is a wide-reaching study of Norwegian maritime history and developments within the discipline. It brings together the research efforts of a University of Oslo project aiming to further understand Norwegian shipping history between 1814 and 2014, and the work of a new generation of maritime historians. Structured into three sections - global integration, political issues, and success and failure - the volume covers a broad range of maritime topics that have influenced both Norwegian economic development and Norwegian cultural identity. Through analysis it discovers that in the last few decades Norwegian shipping has been plagued by multiple troubles, whilst simultaneously becoming less crucial to the Norwegian economy in favour of offshore petroleum production. However, it reiterates the historical importance of shipping to the economic development of Norway, and asserts that historians have begun to treat it as the centre from which other industries grew.
Camilla Brautaset and Stig Tenold
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780986497339
- eISBN:
- 9781786944511
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780986497339.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This chapter discusses the trade relationship between the Norwegian merchant shipping fleet and Asian maritime freight markets between 1870 and 1914. In tracking the rise of the Norwegian fleet from ...
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This chapter discusses the trade relationship between the Norwegian merchant shipping fleet and Asian maritime freight markets between 1870 and 1914. In tracking the rise of the Norwegian fleet from regional to global in scope, and how Norwegian agents established and increased trade networks overseas, it provides a case study of the growth of economic globalisation. It draws on shipping statistics, consular reports, and observations from contemporary shipping press to quantify the rate of expansion and attitudes towards it, and concludes that Norway managed to secure strong trade links in Asian markets and held back competition from large western nations, though it calls for further academic research to establish how this was achieved with more precision.Less
This chapter discusses the trade relationship between the Norwegian merchant shipping fleet and Asian maritime freight markets between 1870 and 1914. In tracking the rise of the Norwegian fleet from regional to global in scope, and how Norwegian agents established and increased trade networks overseas, it provides a case study of the growth of economic globalisation. It draws on shipping statistics, consular reports, and observations from contemporary shipping press to quantify the rate of expansion and attitudes towards it, and concludes that Norway managed to secure strong trade links in Asian markets and held back competition from large western nations, though it calls for further academic research to establish how this was achieved with more precision.
Anthony B. Dickinson and Chesley W. Sanger
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780973007305
- eISBN:
- 9781786944740
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780973007305.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This chapter outlines the business history of the Ellefsen family, from their early involvements in Finnmark and Icelandic whaling to the shift in primary interest to Newfoundland and Labrador. It ...
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This chapter outlines the business history of the Ellefsen family, from their early involvements in Finnmark and Icelandic whaling to the shift in primary interest to Newfoundland and Labrador. It provides an overview of the origin of the whaling industry and an explanation for the Norwegian dominance of the industry.Less
This chapter outlines the business history of the Ellefsen family, from their early involvements in Finnmark and Icelandic whaling to the shift in primary interest to Newfoundland and Labrador. It provides an overview of the origin of the whaling industry and an explanation for the Norwegian dominance of the industry.
Stig Tenold
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780973893427
- eISBN:
- 9781786944627
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780973893427.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This book analyses the causes and effects of the shipping market crisis in the 1970s and 1980s - the most severe of the twentieth century. It approaches the subject from three viewpoints. The first ...
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This book analyses the causes and effects of the shipping market crisis in the 1970s and 1980s - the most severe of the twentieth century. It approaches the subject from three viewpoints. The first is the tanker sector, where the crisis began, spread, and caused the most damage. The second is from a national perspective - focusing on the impact on Norwegian shipping and shipowners. The third, narrowed further in scope, analyses the crisis from the business perspective of four individual tanker owners - taking into account their business strategies and eventual fates. The aim of the journal is to add to the knowledge of recent maritime history by examining the transformation of the industry during a period of rapid change. One distinct conclusion is that shipowners, to their detriment, assumed that the demand for tankers would continue to increase as it had consistently done so throughout the century thus far. The overall conclusion is that shipping is a cyclical industry, and that the oversupply of ships produced during the 1970s took its toll toward the end of the century. By 2004 and 2005, however, the industry began to bounce back, offering hope for the future. The book consists of an introductory chapter, seven chapters of analysis, a concluding chapter, select bibliography, and three appendices tabling Norwegian tanker statistics.Less
This book analyses the causes and effects of the shipping market crisis in the 1970s and 1980s - the most severe of the twentieth century. It approaches the subject from three viewpoints. The first is the tanker sector, where the crisis began, spread, and caused the most damage. The second is from a national perspective - focusing on the impact on Norwegian shipping and shipowners. The third, narrowed further in scope, analyses the crisis from the business perspective of four individual tanker owners - taking into account their business strategies and eventual fates. The aim of the journal is to add to the knowledge of recent maritime history by examining the transformation of the industry during a period of rapid change. One distinct conclusion is that shipowners, to their detriment, assumed that the demand for tankers would continue to increase as it had consistently done so throughout the century thus far. The overall conclusion is that shipping is a cyclical industry, and that the oversupply of ships produced during the 1970s took its toll toward the end of the century. By 2004 and 2005, however, the industry began to bounce back, offering hope for the future. The book consists of an introductory chapter, seven chapters of analysis, a concluding chapter, select bibliography, and three appendices tabling Norwegian tanker statistics.
S.G. Sturmey
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780986497322
- eISBN:
- 9781786944528
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780986497322.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This chapter examines British shipping in the interwar period, with the intent of understanding why tonnage levels had dropped to 5.1 million tons below the pre-war growth rate by 1939. It examines ...
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This chapter examines British shipping in the interwar period, with the intent of understanding why tonnage levels had dropped to 5.1 million tons below the pre-war growth rate by 1939. It examines trend projections; trade, freights, and tonnage data; fuel trades; and the advent of motor ship technology to make an economic analysis, before comparing and contrasting Britain with contemporary Norwegian and German shipping to provide an international context. The conclusion states that the interwar period was difficult for British shipowners due to factors outside of their control, such as the decline of the British coal trade, the protection of British labour, and an over-tonnaged world market.Less
This chapter examines British shipping in the interwar period, with the intent of understanding why tonnage levels had dropped to 5.1 million tons below the pre-war growth rate by 1939. It examines trend projections; trade, freights, and tonnage data; fuel trades; and the advent of motor ship technology to make an economic analysis, before comparing and contrasting Britain with contemporary Norwegian and German shipping to provide an international context. The conclusion states that the interwar period was difficult for British shipowners due to factors outside of their control, such as the decline of the British coal trade, the protection of British labour, and an over-tonnaged world market.
Ida Bull
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780973893489
- eISBN:
- 9781786944566
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780973893489.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This chapter examines how immigrants integrated into the maritime mercantile community of Trondheim, Norway, in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. It focuses on the economic, social, and ...
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This chapter examines how immigrants integrated into the maritime mercantile community of Trondheim, Norway, in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. It focuses on the economic, social, and political strategies adopted by the immigrants in order to assimilate into the community and construct local, regional, and international trade networks. It offers a case study of four immigrant families who originated from Flensburg and settled in Trondheim: the Angells, Horneman, Hoë, and Lorck families. It provides a short history of Trondheim, before exploring the economic, social, and political assimilation strategies used by the four families in depth. It concludes that migrant merchants integrated into the relatively small native trading community by finding economic niches, and strengthened their integration into elite society through marriage and the construction of strong trade networks.Less
This chapter examines how immigrants integrated into the maritime mercantile community of Trondheim, Norway, in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. It focuses on the economic, social, and political strategies adopted by the immigrants in order to assimilate into the community and construct local, regional, and international trade networks. It offers a case study of four immigrant families who originated from Flensburg and settled in Trondheim: the Angells, Horneman, Hoë, and Lorck families. It provides a short history of Trondheim, before exploring the economic, social, and political assimilation strategies used by the four families in depth. It concludes that migrant merchants integrated into the relatively small native trading community by finding economic niches, and strengthened their integration into elite society through marriage and the construction of strong trade networks.
