The business of shipping

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breskin, Ira (Author)
Other Authors: Buckley, James J. 1950-2015, Kendall, Lane C. 1912-1999
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Atglen, PA Cornell Maritime Press a division of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. [2018]
Edition:Ninth edition
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Table of Contents:
  • The significance of maritime transportation
  • Supply chain software
  • Maritime transportation regulation
  • Maritime security
  • Tramp shipping : management, operations, snd rvolution to voyage/time chrters
  • Chartering
  • Liner shipping and the conference system
  • Passenger vessels
  • Inland/domestic transportation
  • Industrial and special carriers
  • Environmental rules and regulations
  • Tanker management, operations, and chartering
  • Vessel management companies and corporate management
  • Vessel bunkering
  • Ship husbandry : procurement of vessel stores, supplies, and services
  • The logic of ship scheduling, voyage, and passage planning
  • Terminal ownership, management, and operations
  • The Stevedore contract
  • Containerization and its affect on transportation
  • The intermodal transportation concept
  • How freight rates are made
  • The ocean bill of lading
  • The traffic study/strategic planning
  • Planning, financing, and specifying additional tonnage
  • The future
  • Appendix: time and voyage charter examples