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b) Little discussion regarding the market for crews. For an excellent introduction to this one should instead refer to "The Business of Shipping" Books weaknesses are:a) Dated information. This is desprite the fact taht these chages are probably the most radical to maritime trade since the end of WWII. Nearly all data/information, most of which the author collected and/or tabulated himself (and in many cases developed himself) is from the early 1990s and the late 1980s.
This book provides an excellent introduction to the "macro" issues surrounding the shipping trade. This is despite the fact that the author himself expllicitely states this is a critical bottleneck for the industry. This problem will hopefully be remedied in the new edition of the book which is to be released January 2009. Perspective is provided on the growth of volume of trade over time, geographic areas the ship construction business and financing in this field (among many other areas).
Immense changes resulting from seaborne trading patterns due to China's and emergin nation's economic integration into the global economy are hence not discussed in the book. A chapter (or at least a few pages instead of a sentence or two) adressing this aspect of the business is needed. The book does not, however, prvoide (nor is it intended) a "micro" analysis as to how business is conducted on a day-to-day basis (i.e., bunkering, role of different crew members, role of agents, etc). This most important weakness by far.
So, if you can make your delivery on time it will be better.Thanks I receive a very good article ( new book as I ordered but i got the book 10 days after the delivery date).
Also don't forget to check out the freebies on the Clarkson website.Clearly, we all await a newer edition. And for this, the quickest update will be had from the Clarkson Shipping Review and Outlook, which is updated semi-annually. When looking for shipping data, or in doubt about a definition or a topic, go to Maritime Economics first. The data are all in need of updates.
I believe that anyone interested in this field, particularly maritime attorneys, ship financing brokers, maritime finance department representatives, ocean carrier finance departments, and other players will find it very useful. At times, I found it very difficult to even follow the book's lessons because spelling and grammatical errors made it hard, if not impossible, to determine what lesson Mr. I found Mr.
These spelling and other errors are not just small mistakes that can be overlooked. Stopford was trying to impart to the reader. There are far too many distracting errors that greatly undermine the usefulness of the book.
A small number of reviewers were impressed by this work and that accolade is understandable and, for the most part, well warranted. The volume I purchased contains far too many spelling and grammatical mistakes, no doubt due to poor editing by Routledge. It's a shame such a good book's lessons were marred and undermined by such shoddy editing.
Stopford's book was a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the arcane field of maritime economics and finance. However, I regret that I cannot give this work five stars.
It is the Bible of Shipping, a must for anyone interested on the Maritime World
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