Title:
Maritime economics
Author:
Stopford, Martin.
ISBN:
9780415275576
9780415275583
9780203891742
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 815 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Previous ed.: 1997.
Contents:
Fifty essential shipping terms -- Ch. 1. Sea transport and the global economy -- Ch. 2. The organization of the shipping market -- Ch. 3. Shipping market cycles -- Ch. 4. Supply, demand and freight rates -- Ch. 5. The four shipping markets -- Ch. 6. Costs, revenue and cashflow -- Ch. 7. Financing ships and shipping companies -- Ch. 8. Risk, return and shipping company economics -- Ch. 9. The geography of maritime trade -- Ch. 10. The principles of maritime trade -- Ch. 11. The transport of bulk cargoes -- Ch. 12. The transport of specialized cargoes -- Ch. 13. The transport of general cargo -- Ch. 14. The ships that provide the transport -- Ch. 15. The economics of shipbuilding and scrapping -- Ch. 16. The regulation of the maritime industry -- Ch. 17. Maritime forecasting and market research -- App. A. An introduction to shipping market modelling -- App. B. Tonnage measurement and conversion factors -- App. C. Maritime economics freight index, 1741-2007.
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