Nowadays, owning the ship shall not be considered as limited with purchasing a ship, getting the proper cargoes and their transportation from one place to another. Traditionally, the ship owners undertake the functions that are commonly implied when owning, maintaining and operating the vessel. The contents of the present publication was prepared by the recognized industry experts and released by the ICS, one of the most authoritative organizations in the international maritime shipping industry.

First, the readers will get the general information about the owners of the ships as well as the ship managers and operators. The basic info about the ship is contained in the second chapter covering the technical characteristics and design features of the different types of vessels. Then, the author proceeds to the ship registration and classification aspects including the rules and regulations that normally apply and shall be complied with.

The next chapter deals with the marine insurance, while the others address the costs and accounting issues, ship operations, crewing and bunkering matters, cargoes, geographical factors to consider, and voyage planning. The closing chapter is devoted to the legal relationship of the ship owner.

This is one of the most useful publications on tanker chartering of those available today. The volume was developed and released by one of the most recognized organization of today’s maritime world. The readers will start with some brief information about the historical background and development of the tanker shipping; here, the structure and arrangements on the tankers will also be addressed.

After that, the chapter devoted to the tanker chartering geography will go, followed by the one dealing with the structure of the market from new construction of the tankers and up to their scraping. The voyage estimating has been covered in the next chapter with the attention paid to the route, bunkers, port time, expenses and other aspects. The remaining chapters of this publication are dealing with the chartering market practice, lay time and time-charters, financial elements and charter parties, etc.

The closing part of the book provides information about the major organizations in the industry, such as the AAA, BIMCO, ACOPS, FONASBA, ICS, ECASBA, ICS, ITF, INTERTANKO, OSRL and many others. Several appendices provide supplementary information such as the firm offer form, voyage tanker checklist, examples of bill of lading, letters of indemnity etc.

The contemporary maritime shipping industry is rich of stories of fortunes that have been made and lost, and in some cases this can take place several times – this does fascinate and make the whole subject of maritime economics important and interesting. Of course, sound knowledge of the essentials of the economics of shipping industry is of great importance for any person intending to make a successful career in this field.

This is a very capital intensive making the financial decisions be truly crucial as the proper choice of finance would eventually affect the result of any investment made through impacting the risk-and-reward balance between those who own the finance and those providing finance. The present volume is covering the basic sources of the finance and the authors pay due attention to the differences existing between the possible options.

Every shipowner, meaning the company, is free to choose the appropriate finance level sought together with the security level and other aspects; and these choices made by the owners do affect the returns. The vessels are deservedly considered very useful assets but they could also threaten even the existence of the owner, it all depends on the actions and choices, and this is why it is so important to go through this book very carefully…

People need vessels and will always be connected with shipping. Nowadays, fuel is transported by sea and the oil tankers and LNG/LPG carriers provide necessary resources for generating energy feeding our homes. This is an absolutely excellent publication for those studying or interested in the shipping law. The container vessels transport different types of goods including food, while the reefers actively ship various raw materials.

The maritime shipping law is at the base of everything done in the industry starting from concluding the new construction contracts up to and including the fuel supplies to the working vessels, bills of lading, employment of the people to work on board and many others. That is why it is deservedly treated as the integral part of the life of any single human engaged in the shipping industry. This book starts with the chapter on the ship ownership, covering the property and legal titles, ship registration, jurisdiction and many other important aspects.

The legal aspects of charter-parties, time-charter and bareboat charter parties, and bills of lading are dealt with in the next three chapters. The remaining chapters address the major conventions governing the marine transportation of cargo, general average, collision, environment pollution, limitation of liability and other aspects.

The shipping business of today is a truly dynamic and very exciting sort of activity that normally involves so many different sectors, technical skills and tasks. The essential functions underpinning all above mentioned activities are usual to all companies engaged in the modern business of shipping.

That is why it is so important that all people who are involved in the industry in one way or another possess a good understanding of the functions affecting their business. We know that the shipping is mainly concerned with the operations of the vessels and meeting the needs for the marine transportation of goods and people.

The present publication opens with the chapter addressing the business entities as well as the communications and is followed with the chapters on business ethics and anti-bribery compliance. Then there are three chapters on the vessels, trade geography and ship chartering.

The remaining chapters of the volume are dealing with the ship sale and purchase, ship management, port and liner agency, finance, trade and insurance as applied to shipping industry, major shipping organizations etc. Several appendixes provide additional and useful information.

This resource is intended to cover literally all important areas of interest for the students as well as for the practicing engineers. The content of the volume is featuring the works by the recognized authors from all over the planet contributing their valuable practical experience together with the technical support for the globally working engineers in finding effective solutions for the mechanical engineering problems of today.

Each of the subjects has been discussed in detail and supported by many informative figures and data tables. For convenience of the readers, the book has been structured into three main parts, covering the fundamentals of the mechanical engineering, possible applications and complementary materials. The handbook has already been found to be unique and truly indispensable source of information being of a particular use for the materials engineers in demonstrating the existing cross-links to all key topics of the mechanical engineering.

This excellent and massive title has been compiled on the basis of the contributions from almost hundred experts. It encompasses all disciplines of the mechanical engineering and up-to-date references to the approved data. The book was specifically designed to serve as a desk-book for every person involved in engineering, providing the basic building blocks of this discipline... 

This book prepared by Patrick Donner in collaboration with Tafsir Johannson is examining the legal regime together with the associated geographical issues and stakeholder claims persisting in the Arctic region. The authors have closely dealt with the multifarious theories that are commonly relating to the conflicting interests and to the parties to whom the maritime industry shall be accountable.

One of the unique aspects of this volume is the provision of analysis corporate social responsibility and alternatives that pertain to the Arctic and strike a balance to be maintained between the ongoing commercialization of the industry and the concepts and laws of the ocean governance. The document puts forward subject ocean governance concept and checks to what extent the concept could be addressed in the region.

Another distinguishing feature of the book is the fact that the author has not limited it to examination of the climate change effects; they have created a transparent connection between commercial interests and claims, proceeding to scrutinize the Arctic Council's efforts and the inputs done by the individual littoral states. The authors are following subject equation using the original theories. The content is also reflecting the "hard law and soft law" concept and is proposing a new legal regime to be established in the Arctic region.

The 2013 issue of The Military Balance publication providing the results of the annual professional assessment of the global military capabilities as well as of the defense economics. The content of the book is arranged in two parts.

The first major part is made of ten chapters describing the capabilities, ongoing trends and economics including conflict trends and their analysis, defense capability and industrial base, comparative defense statistics including budgets and expenditure, key statistics, sea-denial capabilities etc., and covers North America and Europe, Russia and Eurasia, North Africa and Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean region, and Sub-Saharan Africa area.

This part of the volume concludes with the comparisons of the force levels and economics of different countries. The second part of the book provides references and explanatory notes, abbreviations and other additional information. The publication is very popular among people having the interest in navy feet of the world and willing to keep themselves in line with the very latest happenings in the military world. note that all other released of The Military Balance are also available in this section and recommended for familiarization because of the amount of information and good expert analysis they provide.