Proceedings of the ISL Maritime Conference 2008 - Trends in Container Shipping

The focus of the ISL Maritime Conference in December 2008 in Bremen stood - with the beginning of the economic and financial crisis - at trends and perspectives of international container shipping markets. Now, the ISL has published the related conference proceedings "Trends in Container Shipping", edited by Prof Dr Burkhard Lemper and Prof Dr Manfred Zachcial.

The purpose of this conference volume is also to open a new set of ISL publications. "Trends in Container Shipping" is the first release in the new series, "Maritime Logistics / Maritime Logistik", which appears at Peter Lang Publishing.

Contents:

Manfred Zachcial: Preface ● Detthold Aden: Salutation - Perspectives of Ports in Germany ● Burkhard Lemper: Globalisation and Container Shipping Demand ● Karl-Heinz Breitzmann: Baltic Sea Feeder Market ● Juhani Vainio: Finland as a Transit Gateway for Containers to Russia ● Hans-Heinrich Nöll: Challenges for the German and European Shipping Industry ● Steve Wray: Assessment of Optimum Vessel Sizes by Trade ● Volker Bertram/Jan-Olaf Probst: Current Large Designs and Limiting Factors ● Dirk Visser: Impact on Feeder Demand and Liner Strategies ● Carsten Boll/Michael Tasto: Evaluation of Port Call Strategies for Ocean Carriers ● Diego Teurelincx: Port Congestion and Infrastructure Needs ● Holger Schütt: Superstructure and Simulation ● Heiner Hautau/Barbara Hüttmann: Implications on Empty Container Logistics ● Hans-Joachim Weinberger: Re-Financing Aspects in Global Shipping ● Manfred Zachcial: Freight and Charter Markets ● André Küster Simic/Volker Endert: Finance Behaviour of Banks Concerning Ship Financing.

The publication is available in bookstores or directly from the publisher at www.peterlang.de.

Contact: Leif Peters

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