Shipping Industries

As centres for logistics activities, seaports have traditionally been the focus of maritime logistics chains. However, changes in production patter...

'Magnificent' Robert MacfarlaneWinner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the YearOur lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely...

Each industry faces unique human resource management challenges and opportunities and in shipping these include a global labour market and global u...

Tides: A Primer for Deck Officers and Officer of the Watch Exams prepares the reader for the Officer of the Watch and Master/Mate certificates requ...

Innovations are dramatically changing the traditionally conservative global ocean shipping industry as it works to become more efficient and more s...

Since its invention in Italy in the fourteenth century, marine insurance has provided merchants with capital protection in times of crisis, thus oi...

The shipping business is a lesser-known industry, but it is an extremely influential element in the global economy. This book provides a snapshot o...

Maritime transport is the transport of people or goods by water. It is the backbone of world trade and globalization. Twenty-four hours a day and a...

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools for warehouse, inventory and transport managers and students to help them tackle th...

Sea freight remains overwhelmingly the most common form of transport for goods globally. Grasp the core theories and understand the latest research...

Maritime transport is the transport of people or goods by water. It is the backbone of world trade and globalization. Twenty-four hours a day and a...

Maritime transport is the transport of people or goods by water. It is the backbone of world trade and globalization. Twenty-four hours a day and a...

This vital new handbook complies with the learning objectives of the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Advanced Oil Tanker model course (...

Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. The ancient but isolated...

Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. The ancient but isolated...

Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth. Although the popular myth of Cornish wrec...

Now in its seventh edition, this bestselling Handbook for Marine Radio Communication provides an incomparable reference source for all vessels usin...