This handbook provides a wide-ranging, coherent and systematic analysis of maritime management, policy and strategy development. It undertakes a comprehensive examination of the fields of management and policy-making in shipping.

1. Principles of Maritime Business Management 2. Evolution of the EU and International Maritime Shipping: Drivers, Challenges and Scenarios 3. Organization and management of dry bulk shipping companies 4. Organization and Management of Tanker Shipping Companies 5. Environmental management in shipping: Theory and practice of energy efficient ship operation 6. Sustainability, Maritime Governance and Business Performance in a Self-Regulated Shipping Industry: A Study on the BIMCO Shipping KPI Standard 7. An overview to contemporary maritime logistics and supply chain management decision areas 8. Using the Bunker Adjustment Factor as a Strategic Decision Instrument 9. Slow steaming in the maritime industry 10. Determinants of Ship Management Fees 11. Corporate Governance in the Shipping Industry 12. The ownership structure of US listed shipping companies 13. A Critical Review of the Ship Investment Literature 14. Development of Ship Finance Centre: The Case of Singapore 15. Appraisal of Shipping Investment Projects Using Real Options 16. Credit Risk Analysis, Measurement, and Management in the Shipping Industry 17. The dynamic Baltic Dry Index: an approach to improve the freight market index 18. Inter-Organizational relationships of European port management entities 19. Investments and financial instruments in port management 20. Private Sector Participation, Port Efficiency, and Economic Development 21. The attitudes of port organizations in adapting to climate change impacts