Descripción
This book include: Lessons from 5.000 years of commercial shippiong history; shipping cycles back to 1741, with a year by year commentary; Updated chapters on markets, shipping costs, accounts, ship finance an a new chapter on the return on capital; new chapters on the geography of sea trade, trade theory and specialized cargoes; updated chapters on the merchant fleet shipbuilding, recycling and the regulatory regime; a much revised chapter on the challenges and pitfalls of forecasting. With over 800 pages, 200 illustrations, maps, technical drawings and tables, Maritime Economics is the shipping industry’s most comprehensive text and reference source, whislt remaining, as one reviewer put it, a very readable book.
