Dockers in Las Palmas

Technological changes, institutional evolution and waterfront radicalism (1960-2009)

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ID4046093
AuthorsDaniel Castillo Hidalgo (0000-0002-2043-9198, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Miguel Suárez Bosa (0000-0001-8641-0948, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Year2016
Publication date2016-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNuevo mundo mundos nuevos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1626-0252 • E-ISSN: 1626-0252
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/nuevomundo.70004
OpenAlexW2585963112
LanguageEN
References cited18

Container shipping has constituted a revolution in trade on a planetary scale. Ports have had to change their infrastructures in order to incorporate the requisite technology, which has modified the historical trade networks around the World. The port of Las Palmas (Canary Islands) adapted its infrastructures and its institutional environment in order to develop the container activity that was added to its historical functions as scale port. The main aim of this paper is to explore the changes in port labour organization through the progressive implementation of container activities in Las Palmas. Port activity indicators, regulation, port infrastructures and labour relationships will be analysed with a view to presenting an overall perspective of the changes that have taken place in dock labour since the 1960s

Business · Cartography · DOCK · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Marine engineering · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Engineering · Maritime Ports and Logistics · Finance

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