 The present publication discusses the economic and environmental impacts of so many policy instruments that can be or already can be applied in order to address these impacts and reviews examples of the environmental aspects and also discusses the drivers of port activities.
It particularly draws on findings from case studies of five largest ports, namely Rotterdam, Busan, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Long Beach; it also provides more ad hoc information regarding other ports. The volume opens with some introductory info addressing the activity levels in sea ports and describing the most important environmental issues that are directly relating to the port activities.
The second chapter is providing several real life case studies while the third chapter is solely devoted to the exhaust emissions, such as the SOx, NOx, particulate matter, VOC, i.e. volatile organic compounds emissions and measures that are commonly taken to cope with the emissions; the fuel quality is also addressed within this chapter.
The rest of the chapters are dealing with the greenhouse gases, other environmental problems, feeder traffic, port state authority and other aspects considered important by the author.
 This eighth release of the world famous and popular textbook on shipping is completely revised and updated, including about seventy percent of absolutely new material; the volume is now reflecting all important changes in the industry which emerged in the pas decades.
In addition, the author has focused his attention on the new tonnage developments, new conventions presented by IMO, vessel productivity, privatization of the sea ports, ship management, documentation, customs and logistics matters, electronic commerce, rapidly changing pattern of the world trade and vessel ownership, containerization and multi-modalism, Incoterms 2000, chartering, transportation of the dangerous cargo, ships agents and international agencies, cruise shipping industry, freight rates, ship operation and other important issues.
Most of the chapters in this volume have been significantly enlarged and written in a very simple but lucid manner, being supplemented by the analysis, professionalism and pragmatism. The text is taking account of the expected future trends; numerous data tables, diagrams and real life case studies have been included by the author to supplement the narrative. The volume is reflecting the author’s extensive shipping experience, spanning fifty years in the maritime industry, as well as consultancy and lecturing in over thirty countries...
 In the recent decades, newly established requirements and numerous intergovernmental regulations relating to the ship technology for reduced pollution as well as environmental impact have become very strict; the response to the demand of greening of the maritime transport has been recognized as one of the most importanе factors concerning global warming and climatic change.
It means that there is a huge demand for the environmentally friendly technical solutions that would offer significant reduction of the exhaust gases. In addition, the increased competition in maritime technologies requires more economical ships. As a result, minimization of vessel resistance/drag has turned into a central issue.
From the other side, the superior swimming and maneuvering capabilities of aquatic animals has motivated research on fish-like propulsion for many years in the past. The book is covering all recent major developments in the marine transportation and exploitation of the ocean resources, bringing together a great selection of documents that reflect the fundamental areas of the research in the fields of ship machinery, design and hydrodynamics, marine structures, safety, reliability, ship construction yard technology, and others.
 Delivery of the cargo by the carriers is considered an integral part in the contract commonly made for the marine transportation of the goods. The title of the present publication is self-explanatory.
The book opens with the chapter describing the legal systems on goods delivery including the international regimes and relevant Chinese legislations, while the second chapter is dedicated to the legal meanings of the cargo delivery covering the contractual meanings, delivery/responsibility period, as well as the comparison of cargo delivery under the sales contract and contract of carriage including distinctions and interrelations.
The rest of the chapters address the delivery identification, carrier's obligations and liabilities on delivery, remedies for the carries in case the consignee has failed to take the delivery etc. Numerous real life case studies are also included together with the terminology explained, and appendices with some of the Chinese official documents, namely Maritime Code and Contract Law of PRC.
 There are about thirty research institutes in Europe that have all been devoted to the maritime law. In addition to that, much of the quality research in Europe is conducted by other institutions. The content of the present volume is dedicated to the competition and regulation in the maritime shipping industry as well as in the other industries and has been arranged by the author in four major parts.
The first part of the book provides general information about the competition in the shipping industry. The second part addresses the competition in the port sectors plus several specific markets, while the third part is dealing with the major distorting factors. Finally, the closing part of the document is named freedom of contract vs. regulation. A very informative publication with the content expected to be greatly appreciated by the maritime industry.
 Since the time of its original publication which was 1964, the present book has become one of the market leaders and is still there among the most popular publication o the shipping industry. And here is the ninth release of this book, with its content significantly revised and updated in order to be in line with so many important changes that have occurred in the maritime industry in the very recent time, i.e. since the time of the previous release of the book.
The authors have covered the impact that the world economic crisis had on the shipping industry, the expansion of the Panama Canal and newly implemented legislation. All of the information and data tables have been updated and also there are so many new illustrations. The publication explains the fundamental elements of shipping in a very professional manner; the issues covered in the pages of the volume cover the operational and commercial points, legal and commercial consideration, actually everything is covered including the logistical, technical and even financial and managerial matters.
What it means if that the present book will be of great practical use for everyone, because every person engaged in the maritime industry will find something useful, does not matter whether he or she is a technical person or seafarer or shore-based employee. The authors have also explored how exactly the maritime markets behave and have provided a good overview of the international sea ports and shipping industry in general.
 An excellent reference book on Greek shipping. Anyone involved in the shipping industry knows that the Greek-owned shipping companies have been at the very top of the world fleet for last decades. The present study is remarkably richly sourced and the author has managed to trace the development of the tramp fleet of Greeks starting from the middle of the seventeenth century and up to today.
She actually argues that the wonderful success of the Greek shipping has resulted from the perfectly built networks and well organized structures dating back to the nineteenth century. The study contained in the present volume will provide interested readers with the truly comprehensive history of the development of the contemporary Greek-owned shipping ever published.
The text part has been illustrated with many photos and maps and also includes extensive data tables for easy reference. A good source of information and data for the people willing to understand how the Greek shipping reached to the top.
 A truly authoritative guidebook expertly addressing the important issues of the maritime safety together with the instruments available to help people bring about improvement. It will be very useful for everyone who are directly engaged in the design or operation of the vessels.
The ambition of the author of this volume was to provide the students with a wider and more thorough understanding of all associated safety aspects of the vessel itself and as a transportation system. For Svein Kristensen it was quite important to address the known fact that maritime safety is not something only about the techniques and methods but it also concerns with the knowledge related to the save behavior. Engineers are commonly engaged in operations influencing risks and they may also be assigned the responsibility for the safety management in competition with the relevant time-pressure and economic considerations.
The content of the book has been organized in four parts, The first part provides the background, providing the introduction, giving the picture of the maritime risk and addressing the applicable rules and regulations. The second part deals with the statistical methods, including monitoring of the risk. The third part covers the risk analysis, including the estimation of damage, various risk analysis techniques, traffic based models, formal assessment of safety and cost benefit analysis.
Finally, the closing part of the book deals with the safety management and operations, covering the human factors, occupational safety matters and accident analysis, safety management and emergency preparedness...
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