Shipping Operation Management (Major of Transportation Management)

Author: Fang Fang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book systematically elaborates on the basic concepts, theories, and methods of operational management for oceangoing, coastal, and inland shipping fleets. The book is divided into 4 parts and 18 chapters. The main content includes: the composition of shipping systems, ship types and their cabin structure characteristics, the basic conditions for ship operations, ship operations and economic indicators, liner shipping organization, tramp shipping organization, inland shipping organization, planning and dispatching, international shipping organizations, shipping policies and regulations, port state control, ISO9000 series certification, ISM Code, and technical and economic evaluation of ship types. This book can be used as a teaching material for undergraduate and junior college students majoring in transportation management, provided for training of various levels of management personnel in shipping companies, or used for self-study by management personnel and administrative staff to familiarize themselves with shipping company operations.