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 by bringing together chapters on key topics of seminal scientific and practical importance.
Within 21 original chapters, authoritative experts describe and analyze concepts at the cutting edge of knowledge in shipping. Themes include maritime management and policy, ship finance, port and maritime economics, and maritime logistics. A study examines the determinants of ship management fees. Aspects of corporate governance in the shipping industry are reviewed and there is a critical review of the ship investment literature. Other topics featured include the organization and management of tanker and dry bulk shipping companies, environmental management in shipping with reference to energy-efficient ship operation, a study of the BIMCO Shipping KPI standard, utilizing the Bunker Adjustment Factor as a strategic decision-making instrument, and slow steaming in the maritime industry. All chapters are written to provide implications for further advancement in professional practice and research.
The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Management will be of great interest to relevant students, researchers, academics, and professionals alike. It provides abundant opportunities to guide further research in the areas covered but will also initiate and inspire effective maritime management.

The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Management (Routledge International Handbooks) | Photis M. Panayides (Editor) | Routledge

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