Recommended

Reading List
Contents
General reading 2
Associations and organisations 3
Journals 4
Free resources 4

Introduction to Shipping 5
Legal Principles in Shipping Business 6
Economics of Sea Transport & International Trade 7
Shipping Business 8
Dry Cargo Chartering 9
Ship Operations and Management 10
Ship Sale and Purchase 11
Tanker Chartering 12
Liner Trades 13
Port Agency 14
Logistics and Multi-modal Transport 15
Port and Terminal Management 16
Offshore Support Industry 17
Shipping Law 18
Marine Insurance 19
Shipping Finance 20
General reading
Maclachlan, Malcolm. The shipmasters business companion (4th edition).
The Nautical Institute, 2004

Tallack, Robert. Commercial management for shipmasters: a practical guide.

The Nautical Institute, 2000

Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7th edition). Longman, 2010

Bray, Capt David. DP operators handbook: a practical guide (2nd edition).

The Nautical Institute, 2015

Carson-Jackson, Jilian. A simulation instructors handbook: the learning game.

The Nautical Institute, 2010

Clark, Ian. Stability, trim and strength for merchant ships and fishing vessels (2nd edition).
The Nautical Institute, 2008

Dykstra, Don. Commercial management in shipping. The Nautical Institute, 2005

Gorton, Lars, Hilenius, Patrick, Ihre, Rolf and Sandevrn, Arne. Shipbroking and chartering
practice (7th edition). Informa, 2009

Hopkins, Frederick and Watkins, Gordon. Business and law for the shipmaster (7th edition).
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1989

Incoterms 2010. International Chamber of Commerce, 2010

Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2nd edition).
The Nautical Institute, 2010

Mills, Stephen. Bills of lading: a guide to good practice (3rd edition). Witherby, 2014
Ozcayir, Oya. Port state control (2nd edition). Informa, 2004

Packard, William. Cargoes (2nd edition). Shipping Books 2005

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Associations and organisations
AIVP/IACP: International Association Cities and Ports www.aivp.org
Association of Royal Navy Officers www.arno.org.uk
Baltic Exchange www.balticexchange.com
Baltic Ports Organisation www.bpoports.com
Container Owners Association www.containerownersassociation.org
EcoPorts Foundation www.ecoports.com
European Federation of Inland Ports www.inlandports.be
European Institute of Maritime and Transport Law www.eurift.eu
European Sea Ports Organisation www.espo.be
European Shippers Council www.europeanshippers.com
Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents www.fonasba.com
IMarEST www.imarest.org
International Association of Ports and Harbors www.iaphworldports.org
International Chamber of Shipping www.ics-shipping.org
International Federation of Shipmasters Associations www.ifsma.org
International Harbour Masters Association www.harbourmaster.org
International Maritime Organization www.imo.org
Maritime and Coastguard Agency www.mcga.gov.uk
Maritime Foundation www.bmcf.org.uk
Merchant Navy Training Board www.mntb.org.uk
Oil Companies International Marine Forum www.ocimf.com
Royal Institute of Navigation www.rin.org.uk
Society of Maritime Industries www.maritimeindustries.org
Trinity House www.trinityhouse.co.uk
UK Chamber of Shipping www.ukchamberofshipping.com
World Ocean Council www.oceancouncil.org

Recommended Reading List 3

Journals
Containerisation International (monthly)

Fairplay (weekly)

Journal of Transport Economic and Policy (three times a year)

Lloyds List (daily electronically)

Lloyds Shipping Economist (ceased in December 2011 but available at www.lloydslist.com)

Maritime Policy and Management (seven times a year)

Offshore Support Journal (10 times a year plus supplements)

Trade Winds (weekly)

Free resources
European Union law www.eurlex.eu

International Maritime Organization www.imo.org

Maritime Industry Foundation www.maritimeindustryfoundation.com

UK Chamber of Shipping www.ukchamberofshipping.com

UNCTAD www.unctad.org

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Introduction to Shipping
Recommended books
Introduction to shipping. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2016
Branch, Alan. Elements of shipping (9th edition). Routledge, 2014
Brodie, Peter. Commercial shipping handbook (2nd edition). Informa, 2007
Packard, William. Sale and Purchase (3rd edition). Shipping Books 2006

Other reading
Branch, Alan. Dictionary of shipping. International business trade terms and abbreviations
(5th edition). Witherby Seamanship, 2004
Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of shipping terms (6th edition). Informa, 2013
Bruce, George, and Eyres, David. Ship construction (7th edition).
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012
Lloyds maritime atlas (29th edition). Informa, 2016
Port agency. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2016
The ships atlas (16th edition). Shipping Guides, 2015
George, Rose. Deep sea and foreign going. Portobello Books 2013

Packard, William. Cargoes (2nd edition). Shipping Books 2005

Recommended Reading List 5

Legal Principles in Shipping
Business
Recommended books
Legal principles in shipping business. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2016

Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7th edition). Longman, 2010

Other reading
Richardson, John. Guide to the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules (4th edition). LLP, 1998

Schoenbaum, Thomas J and McLellan, Jessica. Admiralty and Maritime Law. Hornbook
series (5th edition). Westlaw, 2011

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Economics of Sea Transport and
International Trade
Recommended books
Economics of sea transport and international trade. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015
McConville, James. Economics of maritime transport, theory and practice. Witherby, 1999
Stopford, Martin. Maritime economics (3rd edition). Routledge, 2009

Other reading
Alderton, Patrick. Reeds sea transport: operation and economics (6th edition).
Adlard Coles/The Nautical Institute, 2011
Jansson, Jan Owen and Shneerson, Dan. Liner shipping economics.
Chapman and Hall, 1987
Leggate, Heather, McConville, James, Morvillo, Alfonso (editors). International maritime
transport: perspectives. Routledge, 2005
Button, Kenneth. Transport economics (3rd edition). Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
McConville, James and Rickaby, Glenys (editors). Shipping business and maritime economics.
An anotated international bibliography. Mansell, 1995
Grammenos, Costas Th (editor). The handbook of maritime economics and business
(2nd edition). MPG Books, 2010
Karakitsos, Elias and Varnavides, Lambros. Maritime economics, a macro-economic approach.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Recommended Reading List 7
Shipping Business
Recommended books
Shipping business. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015

Grammenos, Costas Th (editor). The handbook of maritime economics and business.

(2nd edition). MPG Books, 2010
Mukherjee, Proshanto and Brownrigg, Mark. Farthing on international shipping (4th
edition). Springer, March 2013

Other reading
Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of shipping terms (6th edition). Informa, 2013

Brodie, Peter. Illustrated dictionary of cargo handling (3rd edition). Routledge, 2012

Buckley, James. The business of shipping (8th edition). Schiffer, 2008

Lorange, Peter. Shipping strategy: innovating for success. Cambridge University Press, 2009

Packard, William. Cargoes (2nd edition). Shipping Books 2005

Packard, William. Sale and Purchase (3rd edition). Shipping Books 2006

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Dry Cargo Chartering
Recommended books

Dry cargo chartering. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2014

Lopez, Norman and Bes, J. Bes chartering and shipping terms. Barker and Howard, 1992
(Also available as an e-book)

Packard, William. Cargoes (2nd edition). Shipping Books 2005

Other reading

Collins, Nick. The essential guide to chartering and the dry freight market.
Clarkson Research Studies, 2000

Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2nd edition).
The Nautical Institute, 2010

Recommended Reading List 9

Ship Operations and Management
Recommended books
Ship operations and management. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015
Branch, Alan. Elements of Shipping (9th edition). Routledge, 2014
Panayides, Photis. Professional ship management: marketing and strategy.
Ashgate Publishing, 2001

Other reading
Dykstra, Don. Commercial management in shipping. The Nautical Institute, 2005
Guidelines on good employment practice. Marisec, 2001
Guidelines on the application of the IMO International Safety Management (ISM) Code.
International Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation, 2010
Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2nd edition).
The Nautical Institute, 2010
Maritime security: guidance for ship operators on the IMO International Ship and Port Facility
Security (ISPS). International Chamber of Shipping, 2001
Willingale, Malcolm and Spruyt, John. Ship management (3rd edition). Informa, 1998
Draffin, Nigel. Shipping, an introduction to the technical, operational and commercial aspects.
Petrospot, 2014
Packard, William. Cargoes (2nd edition). Shipping Books 2005

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Ship Sale and Purchase
Recommended books

Ship sale and purchase. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2014

Goldrein, Iain et al. Ship Sale and Purchase (6th edition). Informa Law from Routledge,
2012

Packard, William. Sale and Purchase (3rd edition). Shipping Books 2006

Other reading

Coles, Richard and Ready, Nigel. Ship registration: law and practice (2nd edition).
Informa, 2009

Sloggett, J. Shipping finance: financing ships and mobile offshore installations (2nd edition).
Fairplay Publications, 1998

Strong, Malcolm and Herring, Paul. Sale of ships: the Norwegian Sale Form (2nd edition).
Sweet & Maxwell, 2009

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Tanker Chartering
Recommended books

Tanker chartering. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2016

Other reading

Baptist, Capt Colin. Tanker handbook for deck officers (8th edition).
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 2000

Huber, Mark. Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC) (5th edition).
Schiffer Publishing, 2010

Tusiani, Michael D. The petroleum shipping industry: operations and practices.

PennWell Books, 1996

Tusiani, Michael and Shearer, Gordon. LNG: a non-technical guide. PennWell Books, 2007

Valois, Philippe. Tankers: an introduction to the transportation of oil by sea. Witherby, 1997

Worldscale a tanker chartering tool (3rd edition). Intertanko, 2011

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Liner Trades
Recommended books

Liner trades. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015

Brooks, Mary. Sea change in liner shipping. Regulation and managerial decision-making in a
global industry. Pergamon Press, 2000

Grammenos, Costas Th (editor). The handbook of maritime economics and business.

(2nd edition). MPG Books, 2010

Other reading

Levinson, Marc. The box: how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world
economy bigger. Princeton University Press, 2008

Recommended Reading List 13

Port Agency
Recommended books

Port agency. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2016

Other reading

Meurn, Robert. Marine cargo operations: a guide to stowage. Schiffer Publishing, 2010

Latarche, Malcolm. Port agency. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 1998

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Logistics and Multi-modal
Transport
Recommended books
Logistics and multi-modal transport. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015

De Wit, Ralph. Multimodal transport: carrier liability and documentation. LLP, 1995

Other reading
Bowersox, Donald, Closs, David, Bixby Cooper, M and Bowersox, John. Supply chain
logistics management (4th edition). McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012

Christopher, Martin. Logistics and supply chain management (4th edition). FT Press, 2011

Glass, David. Freight forwarding and multi-modal transport contracts (2nd edition).
Informa, 2012

Wood, Donald, Barone, Anthony, Murphy, Paul and Wardlow, Daniel. International
logistics (2nd edition). Amacom, 2002

Ascher, Kate. The way to go. Moving by land, sea and air. The Penguin Press,
New York 2014.

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Port and Terminal Management
Recommended books

Port and terminal management. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015

Alderton, Patrick (editor). Port management and operations (3rd edition). Informa, 2008

Other reading

Bichou, Khalid. Port operations, planning and logistics (2nd edition). Informa, 2016

Guldogan, Evrim Ursavas. Port operations and container terminal management: with
applications. VDM Publishing, 2011

Hensen, Capt Henk. Tug use in port (2nd edition). The Nautical Institute, 2003

International Harbourmasters Association. The work of the harbourmaster (3rd edition).

The Nautical Institute, 2012

Lightburn, Paul. Port security handbook. Lloyds Register Fairplay, 2004

Marine terminal management and self assessment (MTMSA). OCIMF, 2012

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Offshore Support Industry
Recommended books

Offshore support industry. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2012

Bray, Capt David. DP operators handbook: a practical guide (2nd edition).

The Nautical Institute, 2015

Ritchie, Gary. Offshore support vessels: a practical guide. The Nautical Institute, 2008

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Shipping Law
Recommended books

Shipping law. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2014

Baughen, Simon. Shipping law (5th edition). Routledge, 2012

Chuah, Jason. Law of international trade: cross-border commercial transactions (5th edition).
Sweet & Maxwell, 2013

Hill, Christopher. Maritime law (6th edition). Informa, 2003

Merkin, Robert. Arbitration Act 1996 (3rd edition). Informa, 2004

Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7th edition). Pearson Education, 2010

Other reading

Schoenbaum, Thomas J and McLellan, Jessica. Admiralty and maritime law. Hornbook series
(5th edition). Westlaw, 2011

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Marine Insurance
Recommended books

Marine insurance. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015

Hodges, Susan. Law of marine insurance. Cavendish-Routledge, 1996

Hudson, N Geoffrey and Allen, Jeff. Marine claims handbook (5th edition). Informa, 1996

Other reading

Brown, Robert. Marine insurance: principles and basic practice, volume 1 (6th edition).
Witherby, 1998

Brown, Robert. Witherbys encyclopaedic dictionary of marine insurance (6th edition).

Witherby, 2005

Dover, Victor. A handbook to marine insurance (8th edition). Witherby, 1987

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Shipping Finance
Recommended books

Shipping finance. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2015

Atrill, Peter and McLaney, Eddie. Accounting and finance for non-specialists (8th edition).
Prentice Hall, 2013

Other reading

Alizadeh, Amir and Nomikos, Nikos. Shipping derivatives and risk management.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Stephenson Harwood. Shipping finance (3rd edition). Euromoney Institutional Investor,

2006

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