Category
page 1Ship management
ship captain
commander of a ship or other sea-going vessel
ship-owner
A shipowner, ship owner or ship-owner is the owner of a ship. They can be merchant vessels involved in the shipping industry or noncommercially owned. In the commercial sense of the term, a shipowner is someone who equips and exploits a ship, usually for delivering cargo at a certain freight rate, either as a per freight rate (given price for the transport of a certain cargo between two given ports) or based on hire (a rate per day). Shipowners typically hire a licensed crew and captain rather than take charge of the vessel in person. Usually the shipowner is organized through a company, but a
chartering
activity within the shipping industry
Baltic Dry Index
daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange
Albert Ballin
German businessman (1857-1918)
Freight rate
cost of transporting goods
ship chandler
a retail dealer who specialises in supplies or equipment for ships
damage control
in maritime context, emergency control of situations which may cause the sinking of a ship
ship management
management team for ships
fuelling station
repository of fuel (initially coal and later oil) for vessels, ships or locomotives, or storage and feeding unit in fossil-fuel power stations
short sea shipping
Movement of cargo and passengers by sea along a cost, without crossing an ocean
Marine fuel management
techniques for efficient use of fuel by ships
Naval co-operation and guidance for shipping
supercedes Naval Control and Protection of Shipping (NCAPS)
Port management