The topics covered include trap shipping, liner service, the passenger cruise business, terminal operations, ship supply, and bunkering procedures, company organization, the management of tankers, including chemical carriers and liquefied gas transporters.
CONTENTS:
The Significance of Marine Transportation
Regulatory Involvement in Marine Transportation
Maritime Security
Tramp Shipping: Its Management and Operations
Chartering
Liner Shipping and The Conference System
Passenger Vessel Operations
Industrial and Special Carriers
Tanker Management, Operations, and Chartering
Vessel Management Companies
Vessel Bunkering
Ship Husbandry: Procurement of Vessel Stores, Supplies, and Services
The Logic of Ship Scheduling
Terminal 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
Planning for a New Ship
Notes
Glossary
