Shipping Industry

Here is the official publication by Informa. The maritime shipping industry has always been something about global markets and risks including physical, financial and commercial risks. All three of them are needed to ensure the timely and safe delivery of the cargoes transported on board marine vessels every year. The marketplace is a true hero of the global maritime business.

The publication will be of great interest to the people involved or interested in the shipping industry. It opens with some historical background including the Lloyd's List timeline and brief information on the shipping markets as well as the associated market cycles and information in the period from 1734, i.e. time of foundation, and up to today. The main part of the publication has been arranged in several parts dealing with the people, i.e. manning problems, secrets of success in the shipping industry, and interesting info about the so-called human factor.

The next part is covering trade, with particular attention paid to the changes in maritime trade, ship management, container shipping and major trends in the industry... the other parts of the book address the communication at sea, innovation and technology, protection of the environment, ship construction yards, risk and insurance matters, security, and finance. The content of the volume is prepared by the world respected experts.

The content of the present guidebook was compiled by the world recognized experts of the maritime shipping industry. The premise behind it is quite simple - that casualties are commonly not that straightforward plus that the mariners involved in the casualties rarely have any previous experience. The authors of the publication have ad an ultimate intention to give some practical assistance to the mariners who were unfortunate enough to get into a casualty.

The book features a nice combination of the expertise and huge practical experience of the masters of the ships and salvors. Each of the chapters in these guidelines provides the background as to what masters or crew members should expect from people or organizations that may be engaged as the casualty gets unfolded.

The demands can actually be quite contradictory, sometimes confusing and unclear and even present a combination of all three. The chapters have been arranged in chronological order - such approach has been applied by the editor to demonstrate how ship masters would be dealing with people and also in order to give some general idea of what exactly should be undertaking, touching the major priorities and responsibilities...

Michael Roe, the author of this book, is providing readers with the original analysis of the various problems that commonly face global governance; particular attention has been paid to the shipping industry as it is one of the most globalized industries. Obviously, the difficulties faced by the international maritime shipping industry originate from its globalized nature.

The characteristics of the global governance are mainly dwarfed by the existing problem of fixation meaning that the policies addressing the current safety, security and environment problems are not adequate. The publication will provide a discussion of how exactly the governance could be animated globally to prevent the dynamical development of the maritime industry problems.

The unique approach of the author to the global governance has made this volume a truly essential reading for the policy makers and persons engaged in the analysis of the important maritime issues together with the people interested in governance in a wider sense.

The author has examined the controversies surrounding the governance with specific reference made to the maritime sector. Note that we have another book by Michael Roe on similar subject, it is devoted to the maritime governance and policy-making.

An excellent volume which has been already found to be useful for both classroom and online training. this volume prepared by Alan Harrison in collaboration with Remko Van Hoek presents a perfect text disseminating the knowledge and understanding of the modern logistics is a very readable manner.

The authors have provided explanations of all relevant theoretical concepts with greatest possible clarity making them understandable even to the non-experienced people and newcomers to the industry. The volume is quite pragmatic and stays close to the real business life since the authors have included many examples and case studies in the content; eventually, they have managed to thoroughly examine all aspects considered important for proper understanding of the logistics.

The text is not only accessible to the readers but also pleasant to read, which is quite a rare case. Note that the international perspective of the volume is reflecting the nature of the modern logistics and makes the book up-to-date and recommendable both to the students and to the professionals. Obviously, the information contained in the book is a must-know for every person engaged in logistics activities.

The shipping and dry docking industries may actually be compared to two sides of the same coin, with the each side of the coin being dependent on the other for its very existence. The seafarers, within the different sectors of the marine industry, always need the practical experience and attributes of the ship construction or repair yard and its drydocking facilities, while the docking fraternity provide the safety and security crutch to keep the ships well maintained and classed.

This book by D. J. House has been solely dedicated to the drydocking of vessels. The author of the volume did his best to address such the important areas as dry docking operations, different types of the docks, proper procedures to follow when drydocking the ship, established safety procedures to be followed as necessary, dry dock stability issues; in addition, docking and marine measurement terminology as well as conversion equivalents of common units have been provided.

Finally, last chapters of this book cover dry dock legislation and material/steelwork management. Definitely very needful publication for the persons engaged in drydocking operations, either dry dock workers or crew members of the vessel intended to be docked.

This is a very enjoyable reading - the author lets readers have a glance into a world that they know nearly nothing about. He is taking an interesting marine journey on a container vessel and an anti-pirate ship telling the story in a fascinating way, and this makes this book impossible to put down. The book provides lots of very interesting information about the contemporary shipping industry revealing some of the secrets you would never know.

Introduction; Sea blindness; Embarkation - Formalization and Filipinos; Aboard - Blue eyes and his boxes; Harbour - Another day in Paradise; Open sea - Calves can swim; Sea and Suez - A ditch in a desert; High risk area - Which way is it to Somalia?; No man's land - Veiled faces in the water; Sanctuary - The merchant navy comforts service; Animals beneath - So remorseless a havoc; Rescue - The bride in the boat; Disembark.

The text features a very informative style of writing providing an excellent insight to the maritime industry covering not only today's shipping but also the past times. In short, a perfect choice for all people willing to know more about shipping.

The present publication is based on the valuable contributions by the recognized industry experts. Their main intention was to perform the proper and thorough analysis of the major aspects of the energy diplomacy and energy security, as well as of the maritime security in the Southeast and East Asia. The current state of the maritime security and energy security has been specifically examined as related to the Japan and Chine plus the whole Southeast Asia.

Subject topics are deservedly considered not only relevant for the high oil prices the world is facing today (note that the book was published back in 2009 when the oil prices were nearly at their peak values rising as high as 140 USD per barrel at some points) but it is also quite meaningful for the regional integration in East Asia. This volume will be examining both theoretical and practical parts of the subject making it useful for all kinds of specialists involved.

The geographical region covered in the pages of the present publication has become a transportation hub of the global geo-economic and geo-political as well as geo-strategic importance of Asian-Pacific area in the historical period following the Cold war. The economic and political rise of China together with the India's resurgence will be treated as a true hallmark for the next half-century.

The content of this document was released to examine the major national maritime doctrines and developments of the nuclear weapons of the four Asia-Pacific powers considered major in the region, namely United States, India, China and Japan - to see what sort of the dynamic is taking place - competitive or cooperative. The author has evaluated the paradigms of the maritime transformation from technological and strategic viewpoints, and also addressed the operations and role of the nuclear-powered navy fleets in the region.

Moreover, the author has also dealt with the implications of the ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons together with the impact they have. A good and professionally made publication with the information useful for the people with serious interest in the subject...