INTRODUCTION TO MARINE CARGO MANAGEMENT

Today, marine cargo management is playing critically important role in transportation of the various goods between selling and buying parties. It shall be noted, however, that even though more than ninety percent of the whole international trade is conducted by sea, people commonly have quite little knowledge about the cargo management.

This unique publication is intended to provide absolute clear and very comprehensive intro to the major elements that are involved in the marine cargo management and transportation of cargoes by sea. It analyzes the key theories and is expected to be equally instructive on both logistics and practice. In addition, the volume will provide a thorough guidance to the roles of all parties of the industry together with the responsibilities assigned to those parties.

This edition incorporates all recent changes in the procedures and legislation, including Incoterms 2010, dry/liquids cargo management, salvage and cabotage, risk management, tramp shipping matters, offshore supply management, the IMDG Code and many other important issues that were considered necessary to include in this second release of the publication to make it even more useful to the readers.