De Gruyter Handbook of Ocean Governance and Maritime Affairs

Book

De Gruyter Handbook of Ocean Governance and Maritime Affairs

Edited by: Thomas Sattich , Espen Moe , Marco Grasso , Miranda Schreurs and Shaohua Yan

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

Published by

Become an author with De Gruyter Brill

How to publish with us

This book is in the series

Volume 23 | De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Handbooks

About this book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of key concepts, debates and cutting-edge research in ocean governance and maritime affairs.

Due to their increasing economic significance, it is valuable to provide insights into contemporary maritime issues. This handbook explores how the ocean is being used and governed, and analyzes the future challenges in its management.

Organized into five themed parts, the book explores political economy, techno-economic developments, green transitions, infrastructure, and geopolitics. International contributions from leading researchers across disciplines offer perspectives on topics such as the control of sea lanes, sanctions, infrastructure and ports, supply lines, the production and transmission of energy, the production and extraction of resources, green initiatives, ocean management and sustainability.

Provides a unique overview of maritime political economy, international politics, and sustainable development
Explores key aspects of current maritime affairs, their management and future challenges
Leading editors and contributors

Author / Editor information

Thomas Sattich, UiS.
Marco Grasso, Univ. of Milan-Bicocca.
Espen Moe, NTNU.
Miranda Schreurs, TU Munich.
Shaohua Yan, Fudan Univ.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Content Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Book introduction
The oceans of the world – a source of shared development or rivalry for resources? Thomas Sattich and Miranda Schreurs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Section 1
The political economy of the ocean Marco Grasso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
1.1 Two Wars and a Pandemic: Global Shipping Markets in the Early-2020s Jonas Fossli Gjersø Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
1.2 The state of world fisheries and fish farming Jennifer L. Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
1.3 Shaping and framing deep seabed mining in the public interest: legitimacy, procedural justice, and distributive justice Marco Grasso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
1.4 The place of marine renewable energy in the ocean economy Rabia M’Rabet Temsamani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
1.5 Sustainable campus development and coastal ocean conservation in China’s Greater Bay Area: a higher education perspective Weiyan Xiong and Dian Liu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Section 2
Introduction: sustainability and the marine environment Miranda A. Schreurs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
2.1 A Green-Blue Economy? The case of offshore wind power Espen Moe and Mathias Shabanaj Jankila Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
2.2 Ocean governance and climate change at the science-policy interface Theresa Jedd and Judith S. Weis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
2.3 Plastic never dies: finding a governance solution to the ubiquitous nature of microplastic pollution Rachel Tiller, Emily Cowan, Thomas Maes and Andy M. Booth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
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 Carlos Soria-Rodríguez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
2.5 Risks and opportunities for the first green shipping corridor in the Arctic Claudia S. W. Cheng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
2.6 Arctic shipping routes over the past 20 years Simon Szilvási Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Section 3
Introduction: techno-economic development Espen Moe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
3.1 Current status and future prospects of alternative fuel for ships Markus Steen, Agathe Rialland and Elizabeth Lindstad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
3.2 Decarbonization by wind propulsion for commercial ships Espen Mathiesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
3.3 Wind ships in sustainable global supply chains: A future of Zero Carbon shipping Jonathan Köhler and Espen Mathiesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
3.4 Digitalization and automation in the maritime industry: a case of sustainable development? Stella Huang and Thomas Sattich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
3.5 Carbon Capture and Storage: new opportunities for maritime clusters? Oluf Langhelle, Thomas Sattich and Mateusz Stopa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
3.6 The freshwater-saltwater nexus: the ocean as a sustainable source of water? David Katz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
Section 4
Introduction: Maritime infrastructure Shaohua Yan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
4.1 Maritime hydrogen infrastructure and value chains in the decarbonization governance of shipping in Norway Tuukka Mäkitie, Mari Wardeberg and Sigrid Damman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
4.2 North Sea grid integration: what’s there and what’s planned? Benjamin Ronald Silvester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
4.3 Arctic geopolitics and the future of regional infrastructure: the case of subsea cables Nima Khorrami and Andreas Raspotnik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
4.4 Canals: transport infrastructure and geopolitics Thomas Sattich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	339
4.5 Between engineering and geopolitics: a study on island building as one kind of temaritime infrastructure Weizhun Mao and Qingming Zeng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
4.6 The ocean and the geopolitics of energy: a question of critical infrastructure? Espen Moe and Susanne Therese Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	379
Section 5
Introduction: ocean geopolitics Thomas Sattich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	399
5.1 The global ocean and great power politics Jo Jakobsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	401
5.2 Great powers and their naval ambitions: the geopolitical dimension of maritime affairs Andrew Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
5.3 Governing the ocean: technological change as a driver of maritime conflict Paul Midford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	429
5.4 The politics of maritime boundary disputes Andreas Østhagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	447
5.5 Could the unexploded ordnance hazard hinder the green energy transition − in the context of offshore wind projects? John Bednarski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	467
5.6 The geopolitics of satellite navigation: the jamming and spoofing threat Tegg Westbrook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	485
Book conclusions
Cases in, along, across, below, on, and above the sea Thomas Sattich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	501
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed

Publishing information

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

August 22, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783111195544

Hardcover published on:

August 22, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111195100

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

8

Main content:

542

Illustrations:

30

Coloured Illustrations:

15

Tables:

13

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111195544

eBook ISBN: 9783111195544

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111195100

Keywords for this book

Maritime Geopolitics; Maritime Economy; Ocean Governance; Maritime Environmental Studies; Maritime Sustainability

Audience(s) for this book

Scholars and students of Politics, International Relations, Security Studies, Human Geography, and Environmental Studies.

Safety & product resources

Manufacturer information:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Genthiner Straße 13
10785 Berlin
productsafety@degruyterbrill.com

De Gruyter Handbook of Ocean Governance and Maritime Affairs

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Bibliographic data