Introduction: Maritime infrastructure

Chapters in this book

1. Book introduction
2. The oceans of the world – a source of shared development or rivalry for resources? 3
3. Section 1
4. The political economy of the ocean 13
5. 1.1 Two Wars and a Pandemic: Global Shipping Markets in the Early-2020s 15
6. 1.2 The state of world fisheries and fish farming 31
7. 1.3 Shaping and framing deep seabed mining in the public interest: legitimacy, procedural justice, and distributive justice 45
8. 1.4 The place of marine renewable energy in the ocean economy 63
9. 1.5 Sustainable campus development and coastal ocean conservation in China’s Greater Bay Area: a higher education perspective 77
10. Section 2
11. Introduction: sustainability and the marine environment 91
12. 2.1 A Green-Blue Economy? The case of offshore wind power 95
13. 2.2 Ocean governance and climate change at the science-policy interface 115
14. 2.3 Plastic never dies: finding a governance solution to the ubiquitous nature of microplastic pollution 129
15. 2.4 The regulation of ABMTs under the BBNJ Agreement: potential contributions for the sustainable development of marine renewable energy technologies on the high seas 145
16. 2.5 Risks and opportunities for the first green shipping corridor in the Arctic 161
17. 2.6 Arctic shipping routes over the past 20 years 181
18. Section 3
19. Introduction: techno-economic development 197
20. 3.1 Current status and future prospects of alternative fuel for ships 201
21. 3.2 Decarbonization by wind propulsion for commercial ships 221
22. 3.3 Wind ships in sustainable global supply chains: A future of Zero Carbon shipping 231
23. 3.4 Digitalization and automation in the maritime industry: a case of sustainable development? 241
24. 3.5 Carbon Capture and Storage: new opportunities for maritime clusters? 255
25. 3.6 The freshwater-saltwater nexus: the ocean as a sustainable source of water? 271
26. Section 4
27. Introduction: Maritime infrastructure 287
28. 4.1 Maritime hydrogen infrastructure and value chains in the decarbonization governance of shipping in Norway 289
29. 4.2 North Sea grid integration: what’s there and what’s planned? 307
30. 4.3 Arctic geopolitics and the future of regional infrastructure: the case of subsea cables 325
31. 4.4 Canals: transport infrastructure and geopolitics 339
32. 4.5 Between engineering and geopolitics: a study on island building as one kind of temaritime infrastructure 353
33. 4.6 The ocean and the geopolitics of energy: a question of critical infrastructure? 379
34. Section 5
35. Introduction: ocean geopolitics 399
36. 5.1 The global ocean and great power politics 401
37. 5.2 Great powers and their naval ambitions: the geopolitical dimension of maritime affairs 415
38. 5.3 Governing the ocean: technological change as a driver of maritime conflict 429
39. 5.4 The politics of maritime boundary disputes 447
40. 5.5 Could the unexploded ordnance hazard hinder the green energy transition − in the context of offshore wind projects? 467
41. 5.6 The geopolitics of satellite navigation: the jamming and spoofing threat 485
42. Book conclusions
43. Cases in, along, across, below, on, and above the sea 501
44. Subject Index