Contents:
Principles of maritime management / Photis M. Panayides -- Evolution of the EU and international maritime shipping : drivers, challenges and scenarios / Diego Artuso, Yari Borbon-Galvez, Janos Ferencz, Menno Langeveld, Christa Sys, Thierry Vanelslander, Barry Zondag -- Organisation and management of dry bulk shipping companies / Ioannis Theotokas -- Organization and management of tanker shipping companies / Dimitrios V. Lyridis, Christos Papaleonidas -- Environmental management in shipping : theory and practice of energy efficient ship operation / Roar Adland, Kristoffer Thomassen and Erland Ă˜stensen -- Sustainability, maritime governance and business performance in a self-regulated shipping industry : a study on the BIMCO Shipping KPI standard / Evangelos F. Darousos, Maximo Q. Mejia Jr., Ilias D. Visvikis -- An overview to contemporary maritime logistics and supply chain management decision areas / Tobias Buer, Hans-Dietrich Haasis; Aseem Kinra, Herbert Kotzab -- Using the bunker adjustment factor as a strategic decision making instrument / Christa Sys, Hilde Meersman, Yasmine Rashed, Eddy Van De Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander -- Slow steaming in the maritime industry / Pierre Cariou, Claudio Ferrari, Francesco Parola, Alessio Tei -- Determinants of ship management fees / Antonis A. Michis -- Corporate governance in the shipping industry / Konstantinos D. Melas -- The ownership structure of U.S. listed shipping companies / Dimitris A. Tsouknidis -- A critical review of the ship investment literature / Panayiotis C. Andreou, Isabella Karasamani -- Development of ship finance center : the case of Singapore / Jasmine Siu Lee Lam and Sun Xi -- Appraisal of shipping investment projects using real options / Christoforos Andreou, Neophytos Lambertides, Photis Panayides -- Credit risk analysis, measurement and management in the shipping industry / Manolis G. Kavussanos and Dimitris A. Tsouknidis -- The dynamic Baltic Dry Index : an approach to improve the freight market index / Satya Sahoo and Stavros Karamperidis -- Inter-organisational relationships of European port management entities / Athanasios A. Pallis, Paraskevi Kladaki -- Investments and financial instruments in port management / Giovanni Satta, Francesco Parola, Enrico Musso -- Private sector participation, port efficiency and economic development / Jose L. Tongzon -- The attitudes of port organizations in adapting to climate change impacts / Adolf K.Y. Ng, Yile He, Yui-yip Lau.