Grade 11 – Maritime Economics

September 7, 2016

Ship Management

September 7, 2016

Shipbroking

A ship broker is a company (or person) who performs important roles in any of the following : Assists a shipowner to buy or sell a ship; Assists a cargo owner to find a suitable ship to move his cargo. (This is especially important in dry bulk trades or the […]
September 7, 2016

Ship Chartering (“Hiring” a Ship)

September 7, 2016

Examples of times when much cargo was available

Rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War 2 Huge volumes of construction materials were required to rebuild the cities, towns and infrastructure that had been badly damaged during the war. Huge volumes of grain and other food needed to be moved to Europe and Japan where people were starving […]