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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Shipping companies"”.
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Important factors for shipping companies in raising funds in the equity and high yield bond public capital markets
… to identify factors that are important for shipping companies in tapping the capital markets for finance, either to raise equity or to issue debt in the high yield bond market. The analysis is carried out through the presentation of three research papers. The first paper presents evidence …
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Essays on the US Public Equity and High Yield Bond Markets as a Source of Finance for Shipping Companies
… of default of high yield bonds offered by shipping companies; and factors that may influence the pricing and the probability of underpricing of shipping US initial public offerings (IPOs). The analysis is carried out through five chapters and each chapter covers a topic on its own so that …
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A resilience assessment framework for shipping companies which learns from past accidents by using a Fuzzy Cognitive Maps-based approach
… allow assessing the resilience level within a shipping company. Thus, by achieving the aforementioned aim, it is expected to improve overall safety within the maritime domain.;Therefore, in this research study, a new technique for Marine Accident Learning with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (MALFCMs) is …
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Optimal capital structure of deep sea foreign freight transportation companies
… to understand the optimal leverage range for shipping companies (maritime foreign freight transportation companies - SIC 4412), through data analysis. This study confirms that in a traditional industry like shipping, the Market value-leverage curve is very similar to the theoretical curve, as …
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Development of decision support tool for advising on selecting ballast water treatment system
In general, for shipping companies or any organisation the important decisions are made to deal with the selection of a particular alterative. This thesis presents a decision support tool for selecting a Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) for a given ship. A single decision has to be made …
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Shipping cost systems and structure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an analytical study
This thesis is concerned with the analysis of shipping cost in theory and in the practice of Saudi shipping companies. Previous studies on cost structures and cost functions have been surveyed. Factors which affect each cost element have been derived from the surveyed studies to be used in …
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CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION NETWORK MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION
… four tactical-level decision problems for liner shipping companies are addressed: fleet deployment, sailing speed optimization, ship route schedule design, and liner shipping network design. These decision problems focus on different aspects of liner shipping services with different inputs and …
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The modelling of shipping freight markets. The application of the methodology of system dynamics to the modelling of behaviour in world shipping freight markets, and to decision-making in medium sized shipping companies.
The world shipping freight market for the transportation of bulk cargo - liquid and dry - is characterised by the somewhat erratic and extreme fluctuations exhibited by many of the measures that can be used to describe the "state" of the market. Such 'measures' include the spot freight rates - the …
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Dynamic ship assignment problem with uncertain demands
Product tanker shipping companies in the spot market face severe volatility in demand and in price. We explore shipping companies' two problems: evaluating supply and demand of the market and assigning cargoes in order to maximize profitability. By approximating the market as a queueing system, we …
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Decision-making processes in shipping acquisitions and shipbuilding
… the decisions that are constantly being made by shipping companies concerning acquisition of newbuildings, the construction of newbuildings, operational aspects as well as financial issues concerning a shipping company. The issues that shall be analyzed and discussed have been deduced after …
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Analysis of bankruptcy prediction of shipping industry - Machine Learning Approach
The Korean shipping industry's vulnerability to economic crises, such as the 2016 bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping, highlights the need for robust bankruptcy prediction methods, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This research aims to identify key risk factors for predicting …
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Analytical Quality Control in Shipping Operation Using Six Sigma Principles
… has been conducted on their applications in the shipping sector, especially in the Onshore Service Functions (OSFs) of shipping companies. Literature shows that heavy human involvement in the service industries such as shipping leads to a high volume of uncertainties which are difficult to be …
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Historical and current juridical aspects of cooperation between international scheduled liner shipping organisations: a South African perspective
Shipping companies involved in the scheduled liner shipping trade are essentially concerned with providing a regular ocean transport service to shippers. This service consists of a fixed sailing pattern on a publicised schedule operating on a specific geographic trade route. It is essentially a …
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Shipping conferences and antitrust exemption in North America from a Canadian perspective: New life in an old debate
Transport Canada defines shipping conferences (herein "conferences") as follows: "Ocean liner shipping companies [which] offer regularly scheduled ocean transportation services, as opposed to irregular or non-liner services, primarily consisting of the carriage of containerized cargo rather than …
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The bunkering industry and its effect on shipping tanker operations
The bunkering industry provides the shipping industry with the fuel oil that the vessels consume. The quality of the fuel oil provided will ensure the safe operation of vessels. Shipping companies under their fuel oil management programme confirm that the quality and quantity of fuel oil provided …
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New optimization models for empty container management
… repositioning represents a crucial issue for the shipping industry. Moreover, taking into account information collected through surveys and meetings with industrial experts, we provide a broad overview of current logistic practices for the management of empty containers in the context of …
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Development of a Sustainability Framework for Liner Shipping: A Study in South Korea
… trade. The significance of sustainability within shipping has expanded considerably, as the industry generates substantial socio-environmental effects attributable to its operational scale. This imperative underscores the necessity for a framework to systematically monitor, assess, and manage …
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A Strategic Model for Investment in Korean Shipping Under the New Liberalisation Treaty
Following trade liberalisation, shipping has been further affected by the world economic environment. Despite arguments as to whether the nature of the shipping industry is a liberalised one or not, it is now clearly seen as the case by the shipping industry itself. The primary goal of this thesis …
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Human resource management in the shipping industry
… among commentators and other stakeholders that shipping industry managements need to pay greater attention to `the human element'. This thesis examines the ways merchant marine officers (seafarers), working for British and European companies, are managed, through the theoretical specification …
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Blackwater versus Blackbeard : which international regulations exist for the use of private maritime security companies in vessel protection operations?
… sharply risen in the last decades. As a result, shipping companies, governments, insurances and maritime organisations have tried to approach the problem in different ways, the employment of private maritime security companies being one of them. State navies do not have enough resources to cover …
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