How shipowners deal with bad freight rates in a shipping recession and Dissertation

How shipowners deal with bad freight rates in a exile recessional and compare liner freight rates with dry bulk freight rates - Dissertation casefulThere are significant gaps in knowledge research on the Greek maritime shipping industry created by publicly-owned companies and lack of data on operations, pricing, and general business strategies. This study added to the limited stadium of knowledge by discovering high dependency in debt, currency, exchange rates, port efficiency and asset note value as it relates to price establishment during recessions. The study further identifies low dependency variables related to price- backcloth during difficult stinting periods of recession. Unpredicted phenomenon in this industry was also identified, with a countersign of implications to this maritime shipping industry. TABLE OF limit 1.1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 1.2 Research aims and o bjectives........................................................................................ 2.0 Literature review............................................................................................................ 2.1 Demand and crude oil prices.......................................................................................... ... .................................................................................................................. 2.6 Investment strategies...................................................................................................... 2.7 The competitive marketing environment........................................................................ 2.8 A discussion of knowledge gaps..................................................................................... 3.1 Research methodology.................................................................................................... 3.2 Ethical and other considerations..... ................................................................................. 4.1 Summary of results.......................................................................................................... 4.2 Presentation of results...................................................................................................... 5.1 Discussion of results........................................................................................................ 5.2 The nature of price setting in maritime industry.............................................................. 6.0 Conclusion........................................................................................................................ References Appendices LIST OF FIGURES understand 1 Stability of Crude Oil Shipment Demand................................................... Figure 2 Aframax Tanker Asset Values..................................................................... Figure 3 The Clearing Proces s of Buyer-Seller FFA Swaps..................................... Figure 4 take to be Questionnaire Scores for High Dependency Variables Related to Pricing