Edited by Mary R. Brooks, William A. Black Chair of Commerce, Dalhousie University, Canada, Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China

'The last 40 years has seen a marked increase in the number and quality of papers on various aspects of maritime economics; but they are scattered around a variety of journals, some of which are not readily available outside university libraries. This volume brings together 33 of the most important papers published in the last few years and from nearly a dozen different sources. A helpful introduction sets the scene and refers to several other papers. This book should have a prominent place on the shelves of everyone having a serious interest in the subject.'

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction Mary R. Brooks, Kenneth Button and Peter NijkampPART ICARRIER MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 1. David Ronen (1983), ‘Cargo Ships Routing and Scheduling: Survey of Models and Problems’2. S. Gilman (1977), ‘Optimal Shipping Technologies for Routes to Developing Countries’3. Helen B. Bendall and A.F. Stent (1987), ‘On Measuring Cargo Handling Productivity’4. Jan Owen Jansson and Dan Shneerson (1982), ‘The Optimal Ship Size’5. Kevin Cullinane (1991), ‘The Utility Analysis of Risk Attitudes in Shipping’6. Kevin Cullinane (1992), ‘A Short-Term Adaptive Forecasting Model for BIFFEX Speculation: A Box-Jenkins Approach’7. Bernard Gardner (1985), ‘The Container Revolution and its Effects on the Structure of Traditional UK Liner Shipping Companies’8. Mary R. Brooks (1995), ‘Understanding the Ocean Container Market – A Seven Country Study’PART IICOMPETITION POLICY AND PRICING 9. J.A. Zerby and R.M. Conlon (1978), ‘An Analysis of Capacity Utilisation in Liner Shipping’10. Trevor D. Heaver (1972), ‘Trans-Pacific Trade, Liner Shipping and Conference Rates’11. Mary R. Brooks (1985), ‘An Alternative Theoretical Approach to the Evaluation of Liner Shipping Part II. Choice Criteria’12. Mary R. Brooks and Kenneth J. Button (1996), ‘The Determinants of Shipping Rates: A North Atlantic Case Study’13. J.E. Davies (1986), ‘Competition, Contestability and the Liner Shipping Industry’14. S. Gilman (1994), ‘Contestability and Public Policy in Liner and Short Sea Shipping’15. Stephen Craig Pirrong (1992), ‘An Application of Core Theory to the Analysis of Ocean Shipping Markets’16. Helmut W.R. Kreis (1992), ‘EC Competition Law and Maritime Transport’17. G. Wright (1991), ‘Freight Rates in the Tramp Shipping Market’PART IIIFINANCE, THE FISCAL TREATMENT OF SHIPPING AND FLAG OF REGISTRY ISSUES 18. Bernard Gardner and Peter Richardson (1973/74), ‘Fiscal Treatment of Shipping’19. Bernard Gardner and Peter Marlow (1983), ‘An International Comparison of the Fiscal Treatment of Shipping’20. S.R. Tolofari, K.J. Button and D.E. Pitfield (1986), ‘Shipping Costs and the Controversy Over Open Registry’21. R. Charles Moyer (1977), ‘Maritime Subsidies: Problems, Alternatives and Tradeoffs’PART IVLAW AND POLICY (OTHER THAN INCENTIVES) 22. Ernst Gabriel Frankel (1992), ‘Hierarchical Logic in Shipping Policy and Decision-Making’23. R. Glenn Bauer (1993), ‘Conflicting Liability Regimes: Hague-Visby v. Hamburg Rules – A Case By Case Analysis’24. Donald A. Kerr (1989), ‘The 1989 Salvage Convention: Expediency or Equity?’25. Willliam Tetley, Q.C. (1992), ‘Shipowners’ Limitation of Liability and Conflicts of Law: The Properly Applicable Law’PART VMARKET AND STRUCTURES 26. Peter B. Marlow and Bernard Gardner (1980), ‘Some Thoughts on the Dry Bulk Shipping Sector’27. J.J. Evans (1988), ‘The Elasticity of Supply of Sea Transport’28. Wayne K. Talley, Vinod B. Agarwal and James W. Breakfield (1986), ‘Economies of Density of Ocean Tanker Ships’29. A.H. Vanags (1977), ‘Maritime Congestion: An Economic Analysis’PART VIPORTS 30. Wayne K. Talley (1988), ‘Optimum Throughput and Performance Evaluation of Marine Terminals’31. G. Blauwens and E. Van de Voorde (1988), ‘The Impact of Port Choice on Inland Transportation’32. P. De Lombaerde and A. Verbeke (1989), ‘Assessing International Seaport Competition: A Tool for Strategic Decision Making’33. A.D. Couper (1992), ‘Environmental Port Management’Name Index