Course Details

1. Place all main ports of the world on the map.
2. Describe all man made canals and how each works.
3. Outline in detail the economic benefits to international trade and local economies that each of the above canals has brought.
4. Explain the functions of various international regulation bodies and relate each one to the necessary ships operations and certificates.
5. Analyse the characteristics of each of the main modes of transportation and associate each mode with the requirements of the cargo types requiring each mode.
6. Outline the various ship owners’ expenses and arrange these in their specific categories.
7. Based on the analysis of the ship owners’ expenses, explain how ship owners decide on the levels of freight offered to cargo owners.
8. Differentiate between different ship deployment and services offered internationally. Associate each service with the usual cargo types requiring this service and outline the reasoning behind this choice.

Maps of the World. Maritime Geography, main commodities traded, producing countries, load ports, importing areas and countries and receiving ports. The resulting trading routes.

Basic introduction to why countries are involved in international trade. Basics on the relationships between the economic growth of countries and areas and international trade levels and shipping. The shipping Cycles.

Modes of transportation. Economic v/s speed implications. Environmental considerations, the CO2 trail.

Man made canals and how they operate. Limitations they impose on ships sizes.

The role of ports in economic and trade development.

Cargo categories and types and choice of shipping services. Cargo handling equipment.

• A. Branch, Elements of Shipping, 7th Edition, Routledge, 2005

• K. Van Dokkum, Ship Knowledge, - A Modern Encyclopedia, 2003
• M. Stopford, Maritime Economics, 3rd Edition, Routledge, 2009
• M. Tamvakis, Commodity Trade and Finance, Informa, 2007
• F.P. Stultz, B. Wharf, The World Economy, Resources, Location, Trade and Development, Prentice Hall, 2007
• D. Mackinnon, A. Cumbers, An Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalisation, Uneven Development, and Place, Prentice Hall, 2007