ISL Book Series No.32 [Print]

Handbook of Container Shipping Management: The Container Market - Supply/Demand Patterns (Vol. 1)
Bremen: ISL, 2006, 228 pages, ISSN 0174-5728

The impact of container shipping on trade and international transport is tremendous. The purpose of the Handbook of Container Shipping Management is to provide the reader with a scope of information to understand the basics of the container shipping market. There is a strong emphasis on supply and demand dimensions. In this context, readers will find a wide range of topics.

Major topics:

• Container trade: trade flows, globalisation, trends and developments, charter markets, container port developments, forecasts
• Market structures: logistics strategy, container shipping interfaces, the hub and spoke concept, ports in the Hamburg-Antwerp range
• Market environment: maritime and international law, cooperation forms, conferences, non-operating owners, chartering
• Capacity issues: current and future fleet growth, ship size development, deployment, top carriers, shipbuilding, ship financing

The handbook combines basic information on the container shipping market with actual developments and is thus relevant for students and practitioners. The textbook is a product of a unique collaboration of experts from research and industry.

The Editors:
Christel Heideloff, Senior Economist (ISL, Bremen - until December 2007)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Pawlik (Bremen University of Applied Sciences)