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Fuelling the World Economy

Seaports, Coal, and Oil Markets

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Editors:
  1. Daniel Castillo Hidalgo

    1. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

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  2. Cezar Honorato

    1. Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil

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  • Examines how coal and oil markets influenced the long-term development of seaports
  • Utilises diverse case studies to highlight how technology aided the growth of the shipping industry
  • Highlights the importance of seaports in the evolution of international commercial flows and activities

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics (PSME)

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This book explores the functioning of coal markets and their influence on ports and maritime economics since the second half of the nineteenth century. Each chapter includes case studies from different parts of the world, explaining the role played by coal in the expansion of the shipping industry. This book also explores regions usually neglected by the mainstream scholarly literature in this field. The relationship between steam engine technology and imperial expansion, how the emergence of global security was driven by maritime technological revolutions, and the connection between global seaports and the spread of global economic and political systems are also discussed.



This book aims to highlight the important role seaports and fuel markets played in the evolution of international commercial flows and activities. Fuelling the World Economy will be useful for historians, economists, and geographers interested in maritime and energyissues, as well as researchers interested in transport and technology.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, Cezar Honorato
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Use of Coal in Maritime Transport and Maritime Station Networks: Routes, Stores and Companies, Circa 1850–1930

    • Miguel Suárez Bosa
    Pages 11-32

  4. Bunkering in West Africa: The Case of Dakar

    • Daniel Castillo Hidalgo
    Pages 33-57

  5. The Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate and the German Bunker Coal Business, 1905–1947

    • Eva-Maria Roelevink
    Pages 59-80

  6. Common Destines: French Trading Ports and Oil in the Twentieth Century, 1914–1965

    • Bruno Marnot
    Pages 81-97

  7. French Capital, Gdynia, and the Position of Polish Coal on International Markets in the Interwar Period

    • Jerzy Łazor
    Pages 99-121

  8. Ports, Coal, and Exports from the Argentine Pampas Region: An Evaluation of the Institutional Actors Related to Coal Circulation in the Agro-Export Period, 1860–1930

    • Santiago Prieto, Miguel Ángel de Marco (h), José Luis Jofré, Marcelo Weissel
    Pages 123-148

  9. The Coal Economy in Brazil (1850–1889)

    • Cezar Honorato, Luiz Cláudio M. Ribeiro, Thiago Mantuano
    Pages 149-185

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 187-199
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

    Daniel Castillo Hidalgo

  • Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil

    Cezar Honorato

About the editors

Daniel Castillo Hidalgo is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and is widely published on economic and maritime history. He is editor of African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective.


Cezar Honorato is Full Professor of Social and Economic History at the University Federal Fluminense, Brazil. He is author of books, chapter in books, and articles in journals of maritime, economic, social, transport and Latin America history.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fuelling the World Economy

  • Book Subtitle: Seaports, Coal, and Oil Markets

  • Editors: Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, Cezar Honorato

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32565-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-32564-9Published: 08 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-32567-0Due: 08 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-32565-6Published: 07 July 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6551

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-656X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 199

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Maritime Economics, Economic History, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Economics, general

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