The employment implications of the United Kingdom's merchant fleet's decline

Marine Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-276

  McConville, James ^a   Glen, David ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decline; UK seafarers; UK shipping labour

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT IMPACT; FLEET DECLINE; MERCHANT FLEET; SHIPPING;

UK;

EID: 0030776102     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-597X(97)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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