Essays about: "sea shipping industry"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 40 essays containing the words sea shipping industry.

  1. 26. CAPM-β of Carriers and Consolidators in Liner Shipping: Volume Contracts under the Rotterdam Rules in Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Vytautas Matilionis; Abhinayan Basu Bal; [2013]
    Keywords : time-varying CAPM-β; liner shipping; cargo consolidators; freight forwarders; volume contracts; service contract; Kalman filter; regulatory changes; market power; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Liner shipping, which provides transportation by ships operating on a regular schedule between specified ports in accordance with publicly available timetables of sailing dates, is now a mature industry. The various players which are part of the liner shipping industry, namely, ocean carriers, port operators, freight forwarders or consolidators, customs, hinterland haulage carriers, inland navigation carriers, market regulators, etc. READ MORE

  2. 27. World Wide Trade, a manual affair. A study of the current position of the electronic bill of lading

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Magnus Ivarsson; [2012-09-12]
    Keywords : Transporträtt;

    Abstract : The most well known and developed sea transport document is the bill of lading, a legal institution of its own with many advantages, but it is also known to be a main contributor to high costs of trade due to delayed arrival of original documents, inaccurate or insufficient information and fraudulent issuance of incorrect or forged bills of lading. The trade community’s response to the problems associated with the bill of lading has been to develop the concept of the electronic bill of lading. READ MORE

  3. 28. Geographical and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change in the Arctic Legal Regime: Towards a Comprehensive Legal Order for Balancing Environmental Governance and International Trade & Commerce Interests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Tafsir Matin; [2012]
    Keywords : Soft law; Hard law; Arctic Council; strict liability; absolute liability; zero-discharge policy; Commercial implications; Geographical impacts; Environmental impacts; Climate Change; Arctic States; Intercross; Balancing interests; New legal regime; Multilateral agreements; Joint contingency plans; Arctic national legislations; International Conventions.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis aims at supplementing a critique of the existing international instruments, regional responses and national legislation of the Arctic related to marine environmental protection. With this aim in view, the thesis satisfies its objective by proposing a Bipartite “Arctic Council” acting as a conglomeration of the Arctic States and the Flag States with a hybrid “Arctic treaty”, which is an interplay of international and regional response. READ MORE

  4. 29. Export of wood pellets from British Columbia : a study about the production environment and international competitiveness of wood pellets from British Columbia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Anders Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : wood pellets; British Columbia; export; competitiveness; sea freight; Europe; South Korea; träpellets; konkurrenskraft; sjöfrakt; Europa; Sydkorea;

    Abstract : The global wood pellet market has seen a rapid growth after the adoption of the Kyoto protocol and the renewable energy incentives created within the European Union. The global consumption of wood pellets reached 13,5 million tonnes in 2010 and several experts estimate the consumption to be between 35-50 million tonnes by 2020. READ MORE

  5. 30. A Gateway to Electronic Transport Documentation in International Trade: The Rotterdam Rules in Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Miran Marusic; [2012]
    Keywords : maritime law; transport law; transporträtt; sjörätt; electronic transport documents; Rotterdam rules; bill of lading; elektroniska konossement; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Trade was the main reason for the development of transportation of goods by sea. With the evolution of technology, the amount of goods transported increased. Early in the history of trade, traders would sail with their goods to the port of destination. READ MORE