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Shipping, of all industries, is the most international. It has to be viewed, therefore, not from a narrow national or indeed nationalistic viewpoint, but against the broad sweep of world developments, particularly in the trade sector. After all, some 75 % of the world’s surface is covered by the vast oceans, over 80 % of world trade moves in whole or in part by sea, and since time immemorial humankind has voyaged upon these oceans for the purpose of trading.
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Mukherjee, P.K., Brownrigg, M. (2013). Introduction: Freedom in International Shipping. In: Farthing on International Shipping. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34598-2_1
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