Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval

Can the size of the vessels be a geographic object? Oceanic navigation is centuries-old but its large scale development dates only a few decades. The geographical spread of the supply of raw materials and the globalization of manufacturing processes has been parallel to the permanent expansion of ve...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul Tourret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association AGF 2013-12-01
Series:Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/1997
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850024539366359040
author Paul Tourret
author_facet Paul Tourret
author_sort Paul Tourret
collection DOAJ
description Can the size of the vessels be a geographic object? Oceanic navigation is centuries-old but its large scale development dates only a few decades. The geographical spread of the supply of raw materials and the globalization of manufacturing processes has been parallel to the permanent expansion of vessel sizes. Nevertheless, the absence of constraint at sea should be compared with the problems of vessel access to ports and channels. In their own way, ships reflect the contradiction between the physical and economic freedom of the Open Ocean and the constraints of a land-based economy.
format Article
id doaj-art-b702a9ba1e0b4f2db1c4e7d6e30b1d19
institution DOAJ
issn 0004-5322
2275-5195
language English
publishDate 2013-12-01
publisher Association AGF
record_format Article
series Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
spelling doaj-art-b702a9ba1e0b4f2db1c4e7d6e30b1d192025-08-20T03:01:05ZengAssociation AGFBulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français0004-53222275-51952013-12-0190442844010.4000/bagf.1997Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme navalPaul TourretCan the size of the vessels be a geographic object? Oceanic navigation is centuries-old but its large scale development dates only a few decades. The geographical spread of the supply of raw materials and the globalization of manufacturing processes has been parallel to the permanent expansion of vessel sizes. Nevertheless, the absence of constraint at sea should be compared with the problems of vessel access to ports and channels. In their own way, ships reflect the contradiction between the physical and economic freedom of the Open Ocean and the constraints of a land-based economy.https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/1997IndustryShipsMaritime transportationCanalsPorts
spellingShingle Paul Tourret
Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval
Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
Industry
Ships
Maritime transportation
Canals
Ports
title Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval
title_full Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval
title_fullStr Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval
title_full_unstemmed Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval
title_short Les grandes mutations des flottes océaniques, une approche géographique du gigantisme naval
title_sort les grandes mutations des flottes oceaniques une approche geographique du gigantisme naval
topic Industry
Ships
Maritime transportation
Canals
Ports
url https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/1997
work_keys_str_mv AT paultourret lesgrandesmutationsdesflottesoceaniquesuneapprochegeographiquedugigantismenaval