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This paper investigates maritime systems within a post-fordist interpretation using three approaches. The first, a regulation approach, underlines the constant contradiction between transport supply and demand. The second, a neo- Schumpeterian approach, examines innovation and its spatial diffusion. The third, a flexible specialisation approach, describes the adaptation capacity of transport networks with regard to changes. Central to these approaches are cycles which provide a conceptual background for an analysis of the world economy and of the role of transportation. The analysis is divided into long-, medium-, and short-term perspectives of maritime systems.