In the tradition of the Liner Shipping Conferences in the eighties, the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics organised again a Maritime Conference in Bremen. The aim of the conference in December 2008 was to analyse and to forecast the trends and perspectives of the international container shipping market. The international shipping industry and the global container shipping market have recently seen some of the most successful years in history. Excellent employment and high charter rates initiated a very strong order boom, especially in the highest size classes of 8.000 TEU to...

The shipping industry is run by people and for people. Thus, the main element in shipping is the -human element- the mariners at all levels. Since the human element aboard vessels being in and coping with a very special environment is the crucial point of every transport chain, it is important to take a closer look at maritime human resource management issues which are scarcely tackled in scientific literature. This book deals with topics such as the criminalization of seafarers, piracy as part of shipping companies risk management, corporate social responsibility and human error in...

Mit Blick auf sein weitreichendes Betatigungsfeld konnten aus Anlass des 65. Geburtstages von Professor Manfred Zachcial im Jahr 2010 viele seiner ehemaligen Kollegen, Mitarbeiter, Freunde und Weggefahrten aus dem In- und Ausland fur einen Beitrag zu dieser Festschrift gewonnen werden. Die Autoren greifen dabei interessante Aspekte aus den Bereichen Seehafenlogistik und Infrastrukturentwicklung, Linien-, Fahr- und Containerschifffahrt, Binnenschifffahrt und Hinterlandverkehr, Automobilumschlag sowie Verkehrspolitik auf. Ebenso werden aktuelle Trends aus der Forschung wie beispielsweise...