Pregledni rad
The global trends and outlooks of liner shipping
Vlado Frančić
; Faculty of Maritime Studies, Studentska 2, Rijeka, Croatia
Sažetak
This paper aims at analyzing the world liner shipping trends and outlooks at the beginning of the new century. The liner shipping sector expands today as a consequence of the numerous, fast development of containerized industry worldwide. Thus, the majority of the transported cargo in liner shipping includes containerized cargo and the liner shipping fleet is mostly represented by fully containerized ships. Furthermore, liner shipping companies continuously increase their container fleet, mainly with large container ships. It is also evident that these companies have a strong tendency of a mutual association to provide stronger operations at the market. Finally, ports are faced with a need of developing due to the expansion of the container shipping industry and especially due to the introduction of very large container ships in the liner fleet.
Ključne riječi
liner shipping; container ships; companies concentration activities; ports development
Hrčak ID:
344572
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2002.
Posjeta: 115 *