Business of Shipping

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.