**Preface to "Marine Policy"**

Maritime transport contributes over 80% of global trading volumes. As such, marine policy has received a large amount of attention from industrial practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the local community. In general, marine policy covers a wide-ranging area, including governance, international relations, economics, environmental, and operations, to name but a few. To a certain extent, marine policy fosters the sustainable development of the maritime industry. There has been a wide range of research in different disciplines of marine policy.

The purpose of the book is to publish the most exciting research with respect to the above subjects and to provide a rapid turn-around time regarding reviewing and publishing, and to disseminate articles freely for research, teaching, and reference purposes. Further, the book aims to keep readers up to date with the latest developments and research in maritime affairs.

> **Yui-yip Lau and Tomoya Kawasaki** *Editors*
