Chapter 3: Shipping Market Cycles
Course overview — shipping market cycles dominate the industry’s economic thinking. A discussion of of the characteristics of shipping cycles leads on to a review of how experts have … More
Unit 3.1: Characteristics of Shipping Cycles
Welcome to Unit 3.1: Characteristics of Shipping Cycles. In this unit we deal with the basics of shipping … More
Unit 3.2: The Length of Shipping Cycles
Shipping cycles are the heartbeat of the shipping industry. The question "how long will this go on?" is … More
Unit 3.3: Shipping cycles and shipping risk
Unit 3.3 analyses cycle risk from the perspective of the cargo shipper and shipowner. It also looks at how … More
Unit 3.4: Overview of shipping cycles 1741-2015
Review of the big picture — 272 years of shipping cycles. They come in all shapes and sizes!
Unit 3.5: Case study — Shipowner's perspective
In Case Study A we run throught the problems of managing tanker investments through a "Superboom".
Unit 3.6: Case Study — Shipbuilder's Perspective
The shipyards view shipping cycles in a very different way from shipowners. They have employees to think … More
Unit 3.7: Lessons about predicting freight cycles
Finally it's time to see what lessons can be learnt about shipping cycles and what chance there is of … More
