1st Edition

Modelling and Forecasting in Dry Bulk Shipping

438 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

438 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

438 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

This book models price behaviour and forecasts prices in the dry bulk shipping market, a major component of the world shipping industry. Recent uncertainties in the world economy, shipbuilding developments and fleet changes mean the dry bulk shipping market has become extremely volatile, highly speculative and more sensitive to external shocks. In response to these challenging circumstances,... Read more

1. Introduction  2. A Review of Dry Bulk Shipping Development  3. A Survey of Econometric Modelling in the Dry Bulk Shipping Industry 4. Modelling Price Behavior in the Freight Market  5. Modelling Price Behaviour in the Newbuilding Ship Market  6. Modelling Price Behavior in the Secondhand Ship Market  7. Conclusions

Biography

Shun Chen is a doctor in Applied Economics and now works at Shanghai Maritime University. Her research interests are on the economic and econometric modeling and forecasting in the shipping market. Her research work was published by Maritime Policy & Management and Maritime Economics & Logistics.

Hilde Meersman  is a Professor at the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics. Her activities are situated in Economics, Transport Modelling and Econometrics. She is also a visiting professor at several international universities.

Eddy Van de Voorde is a Professor at the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics. His activities are situated in Maritime Economics, Port Economics, Air Transport and Logistics. He is also a visiting professor at several international universities.

Koos Frouws an assistant Professor at the University of Delft , faculty Ship Design Production & Operations. He is active in ship design, evaluating ship designs, shipping management, simulation and transport modelling of logistic chains.