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High Tide - Low Tide. BrugesU+2019 late-medieval harbour system as a maritime cultural landscape. Ghent University

Jan Dumolyn, Stephen Louwye, Wim De Clercq
Department of History, Department of Biology, Department of Geology, Department of Archaeology

BrugesU+2019 role as late-medieval harbour and U+201Cmaritime cultural landscapeU+201D is inextricably associated with the dynamic interaction between man and nature via the Zwin tidal inlet. The connectivity within the local and with the global trade networks, the transactions in commodities as well as the impact of residing foreigners on material culture will be the subject of this interdisciplinary study.

Screening of the enefits and drawbacks of possible ways of reasoning concerning the parameters for the inclusion of maritime transport in CO2-emission trading systems and the uniform CO2-index for Belgian vessels Ghent University

Frank Maes
Department of International public law

The goal of the research project is: - to determine the infuence of the uniform CO2-index for Belgian vessels and to analyse the impact of additional specifications like the type of vessel and cargo. - to develop the different parameters for an emission trading system such as the geographical scope, the responsible entity and allocation of allowances.

The Structure and Impact of Trans-Pacific Trade, 16th to 18th Centuries: The Manila Galleon Trade Beyond Silver and Silks KU Leuven

Angela Schottenhammer
Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven

This project will provide a radically new history of early modern trans-Pacific trade, by critically re-evaluating conventionally-used sources, examining hitherto neglected historical archives and records in a range of Asian and European languages, and analysing recent archaeological evidence using new methodologies and perspectives. An interdisciplinary team, comprising specialists in Chinese, Japanese, Latin American, Southeast Asian, ...

ChinaU+2019s Maritime Commerce and Naval Activities in Northeast Asia During the U+201CYuan-Ming RuptureU+201D (late 14th century) Ghent University

Angela Schottenhammer
Department of History, Department of Languages and Cultures, Department of Languages and cultures of South and East Asia

The Penglai port (north China) has been used as a strategic commercial and military base for maritime enterprises since ancient times. A comparative analysis of written and archaeological sources will shed new light on ChinaU+2019s maritime policy and the interaction of official (naval) authorities and private commerce in a much understudied geographical space during a period of a fundamental dynastic shift.

Trade at the Crossroads of the Pacific and Indian Ocean Worlds: Credit Networks and the Financial Structure of Merchant Cooperation in Eighteenth-Century Manila KU Leuven

Angela Schottenhammer
Early Modern History (15th-18th Centuries), Leuven, Faculty of Arts

During the course of the Manila galleon era (1571–1815), merchant networks were essential to the operation of trans-Pacific and Indian Ocean routes, though until now we have had little systematic evidence of how these operated. The allocation of networkable resources, specifically credit, can be gleaned from Spanish archival record and acts as a proxy for a less tangible resource: mercantile trust. The National Archives of the Philippines ...

Enterprising merchants in the global Atlantic: Austrian-Netherlandish trade with West and Central Africa, 1776-1786 KU Leuven

Maïka De Keyzer
Medieval History, Leuven

Powered by an increasing European demand for exotic produce, a complex system of economic and demographic exchange emerged in the Atlantic basin during the Early Modern period. Traditionally, historians have attributed this Atlantic system to big colonial empires and their monopolistic trading companies. This has created a double blind spot. First, this perspective has overlooked the importance of minor maritime powers that relied on ...

Scientific research in the context of the investigation into the trade networks in Antwerp. University of Antwerp

Hilde Greefs
Centre for Urban History
This project focuses on the internatiional trade networks in Antwerp during the first half of the nineteenth century. It highlights the role of merchants and businessmen in the maritime trade business in Antwerp and the ways in which they reconnected Antwerp to the world after the reopening of the river Scheldt in 1795. This project emphasizes the ways in which merchants and businessmen from abroad and from Antwerp used,, expanded and ...

Outcast or Embraced? Clusters of Foreign Immigrants in Belgium, c. 1840-1890 University of Antwerp

Hilde Greefs
Centre for Urban History
In this project, the focus will be on foreign migrants who were working in one of the most internationalised labour market segments during the nineteenth century, the maritime labour market. The marked growth of maritime trade during the 19th century in the wake of commercial and industrial expansion went hand in hand with important technological and organizational innovations in shipping and the institutionalization and professionalization of ...

Southern African Container Port Dynamics. University of Antwerp

Theo Notteboom
ITMMA
The political and social reforms in Southern Africa have brought tremendous economic opportunities and spurred infrastructure development to the region. Given that 41% of the maritime container traffic of the entire continent is captured in Southern Africa, Port development is a crucial enabler of trade, economic growth and employment to the region. The ongoing doctoral research is focused on the regional container port development in Southern ...