Ship Management: Theory and Practice

✍ Scribed by Pengfei Zhang, Lijun Tang

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 179
• Series: Routledge Maritime Masters
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ship Management: Theory and Practice unpacks the complexity of this crucial maritime activity by spelling out its key elements and the connections and linkages between them.

Opening with an introduction and an overview of the special characteristics of ship management, the text then focuses on different strands of management. It offers dedicated chapters on strategic management, commercial management, operations management, technical management, human resource management and compliance management, weaving in numerous international examples throughout. The final chapter looks to the future, exploring the challenges facing ship management and the impact of digitalisation.

Ship Management: Theory and Practice is a valuable resource for upper-level students of shipping management and maritime operations and can also serve as a one-stop reference for researchers and industry practitioners.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of tables
List of figures
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction
Maritime shipping and world fleet
Evolution of ship owning and management
Choice of outsourcing ship management
Structure of the book
2 Special characteristics of ship management
The concept of ship management
The main types of ships
Bulk carriers
Tankers
Container ships
General cargo ships
Special nature and characteristics of the ship
Special nature and characteristics of the seafaring profession
Special nature and characteristics of the shipping business
Special nature and characteristics of maritime governance
3 Strategic management
The concept of strategic management
Business policies of shipping companies
Organisational structure
Merger and acquisition as growth strategies
Choice of flag
Strategic shipping market and positioning strategy
Response to emerging technologies
4 Commercial management
The concept of commercial management
The role of the ship manager
The ship manager’s contractual obligations
The ship manager’s fiduciary duties
Duty to act for the best interest of the ship owner
Duty to act within the scope of authority
Duty to act with reasonable care, skill and diligence
Duty to avoid and disclose conflicts of interest
Other duties
Management of risk and insurance
5 Operations management
The concept of operations management
The ‘sea voyage cycle’
Operations in each phase of the sea voyage cycle
Pre-arrival operations phase
Arrival operations phase
Port stay operations phase
Departure operations phase
Pre-departure operations phase
Post-departure operations phase
6 Technical management
The concept of technical management
The concept of seaworthiness
Ship maintenance management
Performance management
Quality and safety management
Information system management
Emergency management
7 Human resource management
The concept of human resource management
The human element in the maritime industry
The maritime labour market
Industrial relations in the maritime industry
Sustainable workforce development
The management of a multicultural crew
The multicultural crew in the maritime industry
Benefits of a multicultural crew
Challenges of a multicultural crew
Integrating intercultural competence
8 Compliance management
The concept of compliance management
Compliance with maritime governance
The UN framework
Port state control
Compliance with international sanctions
Challenges with compliance management
9 Looking forward
Drivers for improvement in ship management
The main challenges of ship management in the future
The impact of digitalisation on ship management in the future
Benefits of digitalisation
Obstacles of digitalisation
Bibliography
Index