The Shipping Man: Japanese Edition

by Matthew McCleery, Hidekazu Morishima (Translator)

Overview

When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship. Immediately fantasizing about naming a vessel after his wife, carrying a string of worry beads and being able to introduce himself as a "shipowner" at his upcoming college reunion, Fairchild immediately embarks on an odyssey into the most exclusive, glamorous and high stakes business in the world. From pirates off the coast of Somalia and on Wall Street to Greek and Norwegian shipping magnates, the education of Robert Fairchild is an expensive one. In the end, he loses his hedge fund, but he gains a life - as a Shipping Man. Part fast-paced thriller, part ship finance text book, The Shipping Man is required reading for anyone with an interest in capital formation for shipping.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780986209420
Publisher:	Marine Money, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/2015
Edition description:	Japanese ed.
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.76(d)
Language:	Japanese

About the Author

Matt McCleery is the President of Marine Money International. He is also Managing Director of Blue Sea Capital, Inc., an advisory firm specializing in the arrangement of debt and equity financing for vessels. He can be contacted at [e-mail].

Hidekazu Morishima was born in 1941 in Hyogo Pref. After graduating from Kobe University, Economics Faculty, Hidekazu joined the trading house Nissho Iwai (now named Sojitz), and worked globally for 38 years in the shipping, ship financing and shipbuilding industry. In 2002, he was invited to manage Sasebo Heavy Industries, and took positions of president, chairman and advisor over 12 years, and retired in June 2014. Hidekazu has had a strong aspiration in helping the younger generation acquire global mindset. He has many friends in different countries, and some call him by the nickname, "Morris."