The geographical foundations of dry bulk shipping
By: Risto Laulajainen.
Publisher: Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Gothenburg, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Bulk carrier cargo ships; Shipping -- Rates; Shipping -- Forecasting
Other titles: Dry bulk foundations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, (p. 139-143).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theory; title: Origins; title: Previous research; title: Market structure; title: Cargos and ships; title: Geographical space; title: Implementation; title: Ship movements; title: Preparing data; title: Origin-destination analysis; title: Largest ports; title: Movement patterns; title: Tonnage balances; title: Workload; title: Freight rates; title: Fixtures; title: What they are; title: Coverage; title: Source of parameters; title: From fixture to freight rate; title: Anticipating simulator results; title: Rate structure; title: Clustering; title: Cyclicity; title: Fronthaul/backhaul; title: Simulation; title: New simulator; title: Freight rate functions; title: Cargo generation; title: Ship list; title: Using the simulator; title: Results; title: Discussion.