MARITIME TRANSPORT ECONOMICS


General Info


  • Course Title: Maritime Transport Economics
  • Course Code: NAOME1342
  • Semester: 6th
  • Course Type: S.1
  • Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 (Lectures)
  • Credits (ECTS): 4
  • Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
  • Course Website: https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NAFP167/
  • Professors: E. Strantzali


Course Content / Syllabus


Lectures: Financial organization of shipping market. The financial role of shipment. The international sea transportation system. The demand for sea transportation. World trade via mare. Geo allocation of sea trade. The global merchant fleet. Progress in shipbuilding technology, scale economies and ship size, cargo specialization, progress on cargo handling. Contribution of sea transportation. Bulk cargo (tramp) shipping. Liner shipping. Ferry transport. The European Commission Regulation on maritime cabotage. Short sea shipping. Port contribution in the transportation system. Port types. Congestion in ports. The largest ports in the world. Productivity of terminal stations. Port funding and investment. Structure and organization of a shipping company. Organization chart of the shipping company. Ship organization. Headquarters choice.


Course Outline



  1. G.B. = General Background, S.B. = special background, S.: Specialised.↩︎