Table of Contents

1. An Overview of the Shipping Market 2. Shipping Supply, Demand and Market Cycles 3. Shipping Costs, Revenue and Financial Performance 4. The International Framework of Maritime Economics 5. General Cargo and the Economics 6. Bulk Cargo and the Economics of Bulk Shipping 7. The Economics of Ships and Ship Designs 8. The Economics of Merchant Shipbuilding and Ship Scrapping 9. Maritime Forecasting and Market Research

Reviews

"Well structured and full of useful information, we may hope it will be around for a good many years."
-Professor Harry Benford, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
"A really modern, expert treatment of shipping as an economic activity, using an original framework. It fills a long-felt gap."
-Professor Henc Molenaar, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
"This ambitious work fills a yawning gap in the modern treatment of maritime affairs."
-Derek Kimber, OBE, Chairman, London and Overseas Freighters