Shipping and Logistics Management serves to consolidate the knowledge
its authors have acquired from being educators and observers of the
shipping industry. Against the background of a global business
environment, it explains how the shipping market functions, examining
the strategic and operational issues that affect entrepreneurs in this
industry.
The authors discuss global trends and strategies in the shipping
business, looking at the role of logistics service providers and at how
the use of information technology can help shipping operations. Shipping
and Logistics Management also aims to answer several important questions
in the shipping industry, including: what are the shipping cost
structures?, what are the patterns of sea transport? and how do
companies in the shipping industry operate?
An invaluable source of information for researchers and advanced, or
graduate, students, Shipping and Logistics Management is also a useful
reference for shipping practitioners and consultants.