Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics
The bible on operation and economics within the maritime transport industry, covering types of ship, issues related to crew, cargo and ports, and examining changes in the industry.

This book gives a complete picture of the Maritime Transport Industry so that those involved with shipping can see their own specific field of interest in perspective and understand how the basic model of this mode of transport operates.

The sixth edition of Reeds Sea Transport has been updated throughout to take account of changes in the industry. It includes new data and statistics, new advice on safety, a review of ship types including the growth in tonnage and the increase in container ship sizes, as well as the effect of the 'depression' over recent years, all of which make essential reading for professionals as well as students on courses concerned with Shipping Ports and Transport.

Modern transport professionals must be able to adapt to and anticipate the implications of changes in their industry; this book gives an insight into how management has coped with change over the last century, and enables the reader to see how this essential commercial activity has developed.


'It is a book that should be owned and read by everyone who makes his or her living from the shipping industry' Ships and Ports
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Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics
The bible on operation and economics within the maritime transport industry, covering types of ship, issues related to crew, cargo and ports, and examining changes in the industry.

This book gives a complete picture of the Maritime Transport Industry so that those involved with shipping can see their own specific field of interest in perspective and understand how the basic model of this mode of transport operates.

The sixth edition of Reeds Sea Transport has been updated throughout to take account of changes in the industry. It includes new data and statistics, new advice on safety, a review of ship types including the growth in tonnage and the increase in container ship sizes, as well as the effect of the 'depression' over recent years, all of which make essential reading for professionals as well as students on courses concerned with Shipping Ports and Transport.

Modern transport professionals must be able to adapt to and anticipate the implications of changes in their industry; this book gives an insight into how management has coped with change over the last century, and enables the reader to see how this essential commercial activity has developed.


'It is a book that should be owned and read by everyone who makes his or her living from the shipping industry' Ships and Ports
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Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics

Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics

by Patrick M. Alderton
Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics

Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics

by Patrick M. Alderton

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The bible on operation and economics within the maritime transport industry, covering types of ship, issues related to crew, cargo and ports, and examining changes in the industry.

This book gives a complete picture of the Maritime Transport Industry so that those involved with shipping can see their own specific field of interest in perspective and understand how the basic model of this mode of transport operates.

The sixth edition of Reeds Sea Transport has been updated throughout to take account of changes in the industry. It includes new data and statistics, new advice on safety, a review of ship types including the growth in tonnage and the increase in container ship sizes, as well as the effect of the 'depression' over recent years, all of which make essential reading for professionals as well as students on courses concerned with Shipping Ports and Transport.

Modern transport professionals must be able to adapt to and anticipate the implications of changes in their industry; this book gives an insight into how management has coped with change over the last century, and enables the reader to see how this essential commercial activity has developed.


'It is a book that should be owned and read by everyone who makes his or her living from the shipping industry' Ships and Ports

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781408154823
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 02/15/2011
Series: Reeds Professional
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Patrick Alderton qualified as an Extra Master after serving on most of the major types of ships and then became a lecturer on the commercial transport courses at the London Guildhall University in the 1970s.

There he was appointed a CNAA Research Degree Examiner. He moved to the World Maritime University in Sweden as the Professor of Ports and Shipping in the late 1980s. He has written over 100 articles and papers on Maritime Transport.
Patrick Alderton qualified as an Extra Master after serving on most of the major types of ships and then became a lecturer on the commercial transport courses at the London Guildhall University in the 1970s. There he was appointed a CNAA Research Degree Examiner. He moved to the World Maritime University in Sweden as the Professor of Ports and Shipping in the late 1980s. He has written over 100 articles and papers on Maritime Transport.
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