Administracion de Empresas Maritimas (Ingles)

ESCUELA TÉCNICA SUPERIOR DE INGENIERÍA NAVAL Y OCEÁNICA

DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA DE LA EMPRESA

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PROGRAMA DE LA ASIGNATURA

GESTIÓN DE EMPRESAS MARÍTIMAS

(Versión en inglés)

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Curso 2006 / 2007

PART ONE – THE SHIPOWNING COMPANY

CHAPTER ONE

1. Definitions:

Ship-owner; Disponent-owner; Carrier; Ship operator.

2. Introduction to the Ship-Owning business:

The size of the vessels; The size of the fleet; The crew; Maintenance and port expenses; Technology.

3. Establishment, organization and administration of a Ship-owning Company:

Know How; Financial Capacity; Governmental Support; Knowledge of the market and traffics; Management and personnel policy; Planning and development ability; Common sense, good luck and other unpredictable factors; The place of register.

4. Financing the Ship-Owning company:

Introduction; Financial sources; Selecting an investment; Different methods of evaluation.

CHAPTER TWO

1. Different ways of chartering a vessel:

Bareboat Charter; Time Charter; Voyage Charter; Bills of Lading; Others.

2. Different ways of cooperation among Ship-Owners:

Maritime Conferences; Pools; Joint Ventures; Slot Charters.

CHAPTER THREE

1. Commercial management:

Introduction; Regular Line Ship-Owners; Tramp Ship-Owners; Ship-Owners and Time Charters; Ship-Owners and Bareboat Charters.

2. Ship Register:

Flags of convenience; Secondary Registers (I.S.R)

PART TWO – MARITIME TRANSPORT

CHAPTER FOUR

1. Forms of Maritime Transport

Tramp Ship-Owners; Liner Ship-Owners; Intermodal Transport; Short Sea Shipping (SSS); Motorways of the sea.

CHAPTER FIVE

1. Economics of Tramp Shipping:

Supply and demand; Freight market

2. Tramp vessels:

Types and sizes of tramp ships; Market for tramp ships and their neighbours.

3. Operational costs of tramp Shipping:

Capital costs; Bunkers and other inputs; Labour costs; Land use costs.

4. Fluctuations of tramp markets:

Characteristics and consequences.

CHAPTER SIX

1. Liner Shipping Economics:

Introduction and particularities; Market organization; Containerization and its effects; Shipping Conferences.

2. Freight Market:

Introduction; Structure and freight levels.

3. Size of vessels and economies of scale:

Multi-port calling; Feeder Services (Transhipments); Sailing regularity and transit time. The customer’s point of view.

CHAPTER SEVEN

1. Dry-Bulk Shipping Market:

Introduction; Bulkcarriers and their costs (Capital, operational and voyage dependent costs).

2. Charter-Parties; Spot market; Competition and freight levels.

3. Tanker Markets:

Tanker vessels; Freights for tankers; Supply and Demand.

PART THREE – MARITIME AGENTS

CHAPTER EIGHT

1. Introduction:

The Agency Contract; Ship agents.

2. Shipagent:

Definitions; Functions; Nomination of the Agent; “Address Clause”; Protecting Agent; Agency Commission.

3. Regular line Agent:

Agency Contract; Functions; Structure of the cost of a Regular Line from the customer’s point of view.

CHAPTER NINE

1. Forwarding Agents:

Definitions; Functions and responsibilities; Intermodal Transport, the Forwarding Agent as Carrier.

2. Customs Agents:

Definitions; Functions and responsibilities.

3. Shipbrokers

Definitions; Functions and responsibilities; Different types of Shipbrokers.

4. Code of conduct for Maritime Agents and Brokers.

CHAPTER TEN

1. Stevedoring Companies:

Definitions; Functions; Organization and responsibilities; Specialization; Dedicated terminals; Dockers.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

1. Manning Agents:

Introduction; Definitions; Functions and responsibilities.

2. Ship Managers:

Definitions; Functions; Organization and responsibilities.

CHAPTER TWELVE

1. Maritime Insurance:

Historical origin; Hull Insurance; Protection & Indemnity Clubs (P&I Clubs); Cargo Insurance; General average.

2. Bills of Lading and Charter Parties:

Definitions; Types of Bills of Lading; Similar and complementary documents to the Bill of Lading; Functions of the Bill of Lading; Definitions and types of Charter Parties.

PART FOUR – SHIPBUILDING.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1. Shipbuilding market:

Dependence on trade; Historical evolution; Demand on shipbuilding market.

2. Political influences in shipbuilding:

Reasons for existence; Historical review; Subsidies in Europe; O.C.D.E. Agreement; Excess of shipbuilding capacity over demand; Government support measures.

3. STEP Factors influencing shipbuilding:

Economic environment; Ownership of shipbuilders; Exchange rates; The social environment; Environmental issues.

PART FIVE – THE PORTS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

1. The role of ports:

Definitions; Evolution of the ports and the way they adapt to technological changes; Impact of ports in Economy; Ship-owners selection criteria; Relationship between ships and ports.

2. Different types of ports and organizational systems. Port Authorities.

3. Investment needs and financing ports.

BASIC READING

Alan E. Branch (2001): “Elements of shipping”, Nelson Thornes Ltd. Cheltenham U.K., 7th Edition.

James Mc Conville (1999): “Economics of Maritime Transport – Theory and Practice”, Whiterby & Co. Ltd. London U.K.

Alan E. Branch (1998): “Maritime Economics – Management and Marketing”, Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd. Cheltenham UK., 3^rd Edition.

Martin Stopford (2004): “Maritime Economics”, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) London & New York, 2^nd Edition.

RECOMENDED READING

Ignazy Chrzanowski: “An introduction to shipping economics”, S.J. Wiater – City of London Polytechnic – Fairplay Publications.

C.A. Laurence (1984): “Vessel Operating Economies”, Fairplay Publications, London.

Paul Todd (1986): “Modern Bills of Lading”, Collins, London.

J.E. Sloggett (1984): “Shipping Finance – Financing ships and mobile offshore installations”, Fairplay Publications, London.

B.N. Metaxas (1981): “The economics of tramp shipping”, The Athlone Press, London.

B. N. Metaxas (1985): “Flags of Convenience – A study for internationalisation”, Gower Publishing Company Ltd., Hants U.K., Vermont U.S.A.

The Norwegian Shipping Academy (1984): “The Ship-owner’s Business”.

John M. Downard (1984): “Managing Ships”, Fairplay Publications, London.

Drewry Shipping Consultants (1985): “Bulk Shipping Costs and Commodity Markets”

Amos Herman (1983): “Shipping Conferences”, Lloyds of London Press, London.

J.O. Jansson & D. Shneerson (1987): “Liner Shipping Economics”, Chapman and Hall London – New York.

John R. Vanplantinga : “Shipping for profit – A guide to stevedoring management”, fairplay Publications, London.

Ruiz Soroa, Zabaleta, González (1986): “Manual de Derecho del Transporte Marítimo” Escuela de Administración Marítima. Bilbao

José Mª Ruiz Soroa (1990): “El buque, el naviero, personal auxiliar”, Instituto Vasco de Administración Pública.

José Mª Ruiz Soroa (1992): “Manual de Derecho de Accidentes de la Navegación”, Escuela de Administración Marítima, Bilbao.

José Mª Ruiz Soroa, Angel Arranz de Diego, Santiago Zabaleta Sarasua (1993): “Manual de Derecho del Seguro Marítimo”, Escuela de Administración Marítima, Bilbao.

George J. Bruce, Ian Garrard (Contributor) (1999): “The business of shipbuilding”, Lloyds of London Press, London, Hong Kong.