Role of Shipping in International trade - Types of ships and cargoes carried by them - International Organizations serving the shipping industry (IMO, BIMCO, ICS, IACS, IAPH)
Liner shipping business - Types of Liner services - Container shipping lines and their services - Break bulk, Ro-Ro and project cargo services - Liner freight rates
Dry Bulk shipping business- World's leading dry bulkports and cargoes handled by them - Types of Dry bulk ships and the Dry Bulk industry structure - Dry bulk market indices - Types of Chartering
Liquid Bulk shipping business - World's leading wet bulk ports and cargoes handled by them - Types of tankers and gas carriers - Tanker freighting system (world scale) -Factors affecting Tanker markets
Service providers to shipping industry -Ship management companies -Ports, inland terminals and Container Freight Stations- Ship building and repair yards -Financing the Shipping industry
Reference Book:
1 Peter Brodie, “Commercial Shipping Handbook”, Third Edition, Informa Law from Routledge, 2014. 2 Review of Maritime Transport, UNCTAD, 2014. 3 Coyle et.al, “Management Of Transportation”, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2011.
Text Book:
1 Michael Robarts, “Branch’s Elements of Shipping”, Ninth Edition, Routledge, 2014. 2 Alistair M. Macnab, “The Fundamentals of Break Bulk Shipping: A Primer and Refresher Study for Global Logistics Students and Professional Logisticians”, Ashore and Aloft, 1st Edition, 2018.