1st Edition

Marine Transportation Management

By Henry S. Marcus Copyright 1987
334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

Changing vessel technology presents a major challenge to shipping management. Vessels cost tens of millions of dollars and have a long physical life. A change in vessel design for a company may also require a change in port facilities, information systems, and marketing techniques. This book, first published in 1987, deals with many of the vessel technology issues that shipping companies have... Read more

1. Introduction  Part 1. Liner Shipping  2. American Mail Line Ltd  3. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.: Analysis of Roll-On/Roll-Off Ships  4. Puerto Rico: Liner Service with the Mainland  5. American President Lines, Ltd  6. Cast Container Line  Part 2. Liquid and Dry Bulk Shipping  7. Fleet Investment Analysis: A Proposed Methodology for Ogden Marine, Inc.  8. Ogden Marine, Inc.  9. Triton Oil Company  10. Technical Note on the Use of Average Freight Rate Assessment by Oil Companies  11. Venture Oil, Marine Department  12. Laval Maritime Inc.  13. Legrand Shipping Company  Part 3. The Ship-Port Interface  14. Seadock and Loop  15. Venture Oil: Feasibility Analysis of an Offshore Terminal

Biography

Marcus, Henry S.