Influence of the global economic and financial crisis on the utilisation of the German seaports Hamburg and Bremerhaven

Literature Review from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,3, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (School of Management and Languages ), language: English, abstract: Table of contents 1.Introduction2.Definitions2.1.Financial crisis2.2.Economical crisis3.Relevance of the global economic and financial crisis for seaports4.Economic situation of the German seaports4.1.Hamburg seaport4.2.Bremerhaven seaport5.Development and trends after the global economic and financial crisis6.Discussion and Conclusion7.List of references8.List of further literature1.IntroductionThe purpose of this literature review is to detect the state of knowledge about the influence of the global economic and financial crisis on the utilisation of the German seaports Hamburg and Bremerhaven. Firstly, the paper draws attention to the important definitions. The second part deals with the relevance of the crisis for the seaports. The economic situation of the ports before and during the recession will be examined in the following. The fourth part concentrates on the development and the trends after the crisis. Finally, a discussion is given to identify the main findings and to conclude the literature review.