The business of shipping
By: James J. Buckley ; based on previous editions by Lane C. Kendall
Contributors: Kendall, Lane C., 1912-
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Centreville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780870335808
Subjects: Shipping
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The significance of maritime transportation; title: Regulatory involvement in maritime transportation; title: Maritime security; title: Tramp shipping : its management and operations; title: Chartering; title: Liner shipping and the conference system; title: Passenger vessel operations; title: Industrial and special carriers; title: Tanker management, operations, and chartering; title: Vessel management companies; title: Vessel bunkering; title: Ship husbandry : procurement of vessel stores, supplies, and services; title: The logic of ship scheduling; title: Terminal management and operations; title: The Stevedor contract; title: Containerization and its affect on transportation; title: The intermodal transportation concept; title: How freight rates are made; title: The ocean bill of lading; title: The traffic study; title: Planning for a new ship.