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Author Lennerfors, Thomas Taro, author.

Title Snow in the Tropics : a history of the independent reefer operators / by Thomas Taro Lennerfors and Peter Birch.

Publication Info. Leiden : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) : illustrations (some color)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Tropics in the snow: an introduction -- The reefer industry in a historical context -- Salenrederierna -- Cool carriers -- J. Lauritzen -- Seatrade -- Japanese specialized reefer companies -- From Blue Star Line to Star Reefers -- Laskaridis and the Hamburg reefer cluster -- The traditional liner companies and the container lines -- Fruit companies and marketing boards -- The independent reefer operators from material, discursive, and subjective perspectives -- Snow in the tropics: conclusions.
Summary "Snow in the Tropics by Thomas Taro Lennerfors and Peter Birch offers the first comprehensive history of the independent reefer operators. These shipping companies, such as Lauritzen, Salén, Seatrade, Star Reefers, and NYK Reefer, developed the dedicated the transport of refrigerated products like meat, fish, and fruit by ship, from the early 20th century to the present. Snow in the Tropics describes how the history of the reefer operators has been formed in relation to shippers, such as Dole and Chiquita, in a constant struggle with the liner companies, such as Maersk, and in relation to global economic and political trends. It also covers how the industry is discursively constructed and the psychological drivers of the business decisions in it"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Refrigerated transport -- Tropics -- History.
Shipping companies (Marine transportation) -- Tropics.
Transport frigorifique -- Régions tropicales -- Histoire.
Compagnies de navigation -- Régions tropicales.
HISTORY / Military / Naval
Refrigerated transport
Shipping companies (Marine transportation)
Tropics
Genre/Form History
Added Author Birch, Peter, 1970- author.
Other Form: Print version: Lennerfors, Thomas Taro, author. Snow in the Tropics Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004393769 (DLC) 2018056526
ISBN 9789004393868 (e-book)
9004393862 (e-book)
9789004393769 (hardback)
Standard No. AU@ 000066386680

 
    
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