MST 331 - Shipping Finance

Course Objectives

Scope of this course is to give an overview of shipping economics, market organization, shipping supply and demand, global and national economy and its relations to transportation, merchant shipbuilding and design, shipping costs, the charter market, shipping finance.

Course Description

1. Shipping market,
2. Liner shipping,
3. Bulk shipping,
4. Tanker shipping,
5. The charter market.
6. Ship insurance, P&I clubs,
7. Shipping finance,
8. Organization structures of shipping firms,
9. Shipping costs, revenue and financial performance,
10. Draft survey.