„‘Major trends in work at sea: outline of a political economy of maritime labour’, written  by Jörn Boewe, discusses what a meaningful description of the maritime-industrial-logistic complex could be and outlines some of its key structural features and trends. It provides an overview of the major global players among shipping companies, crewing agencies, port operators and shipyards. It takes an integrated, overall view to define the field, including industries like fishery, off-shore-wind-energy or ship-building and ship wrecking, just to mention some. The long-term trends in the global labour market for seafarers, the global downward spiral in wages and working conditions triggered by the system of ‘flags of convenience’ are portrayed, but also the partially successful efforts of the International Transport Workers’ Federation and national trade unions to stop and maybe reverse the ‘race to the bottom’.“

HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORK