Understanding Shipping Module 2: the Growth of International Trade and Shipping

by Patrick Neylan (Editor), Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

Understanding Shipping is a course that imparts a basic shipping knowledge and is ideal for new entrants to the shipping industry, and to anyone in other professions who have close associations with shipping. It comprises nine modules with written assignments, culminating in an oral and short written exam.

Contents:
2.1 The Growth of Seaborne Trade
2.2 The Growth of the Merchant Shipping Fleet
2.3 The Development of Modern Ships
2.4 The Major Trade Routes
Oil
Dry Bulk
Containers
2.5 Canals and Waterways
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
St Lawrence Seaway
Yangtze River
Amazon River

20 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Patrick Neylan writes about the maritime industry and occasionally medieval history and music. He is also an editorial consultant.

He was editor of Fairplay Shipping Weekly and editorial director of Drewry Maritime Research.