Journals

Containerisation International (monthly)

Fairplay (weekly)
Lloyds List (daily)
Lloyds Shipping Economist
Maritime Policy and Management (seven times a year)
Offshore Support Journal (10 times a year)
Trade Winds (weekly)

Free Resources
Chamber of Shipping www.marisec.org/resources.html
European Union Law www.eurlex.eu
International Maritime Organization www.imo.org
Maritime Industry Foundation www.maritimeindustryfoundation.com/index.html
UNCTAD www.unctad.org

General Reading
Maclachlan, Malcolm. The shipmasters business companion (4
th
Edition). Nautical Institute, 2004
Tallack, Robert. Commercial management for shipmasters: a practical guide. Nautical Institute, 2000
Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7
th
Edition). Longman, 2010
Bray, Capt David. DP operators handbook: a practical guide. Nautical Institute, 2009
Carson-Jackson, Jilian. A simulation instructors handbook: the learning game. Nautical Institute, 2010
Clark, Ian. Stability, trim and strength for merchant ships and fishing vessels (2
nd
Edition). Nautical
Institute, 2008
Dykstra, Don. Commercial management in shipping. Nautical Institute, 2005
Gorton, Lars, Hilenius, Patrick, Ihre, Rolf and Sandevarn, Arne. Shipbroking and chartering practice (7
th

Edition). Informa, 2009
Hopkins, Frederick and Watkins, Gordon. Business and law for the shipmaster (7
th
Edition) Brown, Son
& Ferguson, 1989
Incoterms 2010. International Chamber of Commerce, 2010
Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2
nd
Edition). Nautical Institute, 2010
Mills, Stephen. Bills of lading: a guide to good practice (2
nd
Edition). Witherby, 2005
Ozcayir, Oya. Port state control (2
nd
Edition). Informa, 2004

Associations and Organisations
AIVP/IACP: International Association Cities and Ports www.aivp.org
Association of Royal Navy Officers www.arno.org.uk
Baltic Exchange www.balticexchange.com
Baltic Ports Organisation www.bpoports.com
Chamber of Shipping www.british-shipping.org/home/
Container Owners Association www.containerownersassociation.org
EcoPorts Foundation www.ecoports.com
European Federation of Inland Ports www.inlandports.be
European Institute of Maritime and Transport Law www.eimtlt.eu/Events.aspx
European Sea Ports Organisation www.espo.be
European Shippers Council www.europeanshippers.com
IMarEST www.imarest.org/
International Association of Ports and Harbors www.iaphworldports.org
International Chamber of Shipping www.marisec.org/
International Federation of Shipmasters Association www.ifsma.org/
International Harbour Masters Association www.harbourmaster.org
International Maritime Organization www.imo.org/
Maritime and Coastguard Agency www.mcga.gov.uk
Maritime Foundation www.bmcf.org.uk/
Merchant Navy Training Board www.mntb.org.uk/
Royal Institute of Navigation www.rin.org.uk/
Society of Maritime Industries www.maritimeindustries.org/
Trinity House www.trinityhouse.co.uk/index/html
World Ocean Council www.oceancouncil.org



Introduction to Shipping
Recommended Text Books
Introduction to Shipping. ICS, 2014
Branch, Alan. Elements of shipping. (8
th
Edition). Taylor & Francis, 2007
Brodie, Peter. Commercial shipping handbook (2
nd
Edition). Informa, 2007
Other reading
Branch, Alan. Dictionary of shipping. International business trade terms and abbreviations (5
th
edition).
Witherby Seamanship, 2004
Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of shipping terms(5
th
edition). Informa, 2007
Bruce, George and Eyres, David. Ship construction (7
h
edition). Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012
Lloyds maritime atlas (27
th
Edition). Lloyds of London Press, 2012
Port Agency. ICS, 2013
The ships atlas (14
th
Edition). Shipping Guides, 2012


Legal Principles in Shipping Business
Recommended Text Books
Legal Principles in Shipping Business. ICS, 2014
Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7
h
edition). Longman, 2010
Other reading
Richardson, John. Guide to the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules (4
th
Edition). LLP, 1998
Schoenbaum, Thomas J and McLellan, Jessica. Admiralty and maritime law. Hornbook series (5
th
Edition).
Westlaw, 2011



Economics of Sea Transport and International Trade
Recommended Text Books
Economics of Sea Transport and International Trade. ICS, 2013
McConville, James. Economics of maritime transport, theory and practice. Witherby, 1999
Stopford, Martin. Maritime Economics. (3
rd
Edition). Routledge, 2009
Other reading
Alderton, Patrick. Reeds sea transport: operation and economics (6
th
Edition). Adlard Coles Nautical
Institute, 2011
Jansson, Jan Owen and Shneerson, Dan. Liner shipping economics. Chapman and Hall, 1987
Leggate, Heather, McConville, James, Morvillo, Alfonso (editors). International maritime transport:
perspectives. Routledge, 2004
Button, Kenneth. Transport economics (3
rd
Edition). Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
McConville, James and Rickaby, Glenys (editors). Shipping business and maritime economics. An
anotated international bibliography. Mansell, 1995
Grammenos, Costas Th (editor). The Handbook of maritime economics and business. LLP, 2002

Shipping Business
Recommended Text Books
Shipping Business. ICS, 2013, 2014
Grammenos, Costas Th (editor). The Handbook of maritime economics and business. LLP, 2002
Mukherjee, Proshanto and Brownrigg, Mark. Farthing on International shipping (4
th
Edition). Springer,
March 2013
Other reading
Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of shipping terms(5
th
edition). Informa, 2007
Brodie, Peter. Illustrated dictionary of cargo handling (3
rd
Edition). Routledge, 2012
Buckley, James. The business of shipping (8
th
Edition). Schiffer, 2008
Lorange, Peter. Shipping strategy: innovating for success. Cambridge University Press, 2009
Dry Cargo Chartering
Recommended Text Books
Dry Cargo Chartering. ICS, 2014
Lopez, Norman and Bes, J. Bes chartering and shipping terms. Barker and Howard, 1992
Other reading
Collins, Nick. The essential guide to chartering and the dry freight market. Clarkson Research Studies,
2000
Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2
nd
Edition). Nautical Institute, 2010

Ship Operations and Management
Recommended Text Books
Ship Operations and Management. ICS, 2013
Willingale, Malcolm. Ship Management (4
th
edition). LLP, 2005
Panayides, Photis. Professional ship management: marketing and strategy. Ashgate Publishing, 2001

Other reading
Dykstra, Don. Commercial management in shipping. Nautical Institute, 2005
Guidelines on good employment practice. Marisec, 2001
Guidelines on the application of the IMO International Safety Management (ISM) Code. International
Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation, 2010
Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2
nd
Edition)
Maritime security: guidance for ship operators on the IMO International Ship and Port Facility
Security.(ISPS) International Chamber of Shipping, 2001
Willingale, Malcolm and Spruyt, John. Ship management (3
rd
Edition). Informa, 1998



Ship Sale and Purchase
Recommended Text Books
Ship Sale and Purchase. ICS, 2014
Goldrein, Iain and Turner, Paul. Ship Sale and Purchase (4
th
edition). Informa, 2003
Other reading
Coles, Richard and Ready, Nigel. Ship registration: law and practice. Informa, 2002
Slogget, J. Shipping financing ships and mobile offshore installations (2
nd
Edition) Fairplay Publications,
1998
Strong, Malcolm and Herring, Paul. Sale of ships: the Norwegian Sale Form. Sweet & Maxwell, 2004

Tanker Chartering
Recommended Text Books
Tanker Chartering. ICS, 2014
Other reading
Baptist, Capt Colin. Tanker handbook for deck officers (8
th
edition). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 2000
Huber, Mark. Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC) (5
th
Edition). Schiffer
Publishing, 2010
Tusiani, Michael D. The petroleum shipping industry: operations and practices. PennWell Books, 1996
Tusiani, Michael and Shearer, Gordon. LNG: a non-technical guide. PennWell Books, 2007
Valois, Philippe. Tankers: an introduction to the transportation of oil by sea. Witherby, 1997
Worldscale a tanker chartering tooll (3
rd
Edition). Intertanko, 2011





Liner Trades
Recommended Text Books
Liner Trades. ICS, 2013
Brooks, Mary. Sea change in liner shipping. Regulation and managerial decision-making in a global
industry. Pergamon Press, 2000
Grammenos, Costas Th (editor). The Handbook of maritime economics and business. LLP, 2002
Other reading
Levinson, Marc. The box: how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy
bigger. Princeton University Press, 2008

Port Agency
Recommended Text Books
Port Agency. ICS, 2013
Other reading
Meurn, Robert. Marine cargo operations: a guide to stowage. Schiffer Publishing, 2010

Logistics and Multi-modal Transport
Recommended Text Books
Logistics and Multi-modal Transport. ICS, 2013
De Wit, Ralph. Multimodal transport: carrier liability and documentation. LLP, 1995
Other reading
Bowersox, Donald, Closs, David, Bixby Cooper, M and Bowersox, John. Supply chain logistics
management (4
th
Edition). McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012
Christopher, Martin. Logistics and Supply chain management (4
th
Edition).FT Press, 2011
Glass, David. Freight forwarding and multi-modal transport contracts. Informa, 2012
Wood, Donald, Barone, Anthony, Murphy, Paul and Wardlow, Daniel. International logistics (2
nd
Edition).
Amacom, 2002
Port and Terminal Management
Recommended Text Books
Port and Terminal Management. ICS 2013
Alderton, Patrick (editor). Port management and operations (3
rd
Edition). Informa, 2013
Other reading
Bichou, Khalid. Port operations, planning and logistics. Informa, 2009
Guldogan, Evrim Ursavas. Port operations and container terminal management: with applications. VDM
Publishing, 2011
Hensen, Capt Henk. Tug use in port (2
nd
Edition). Nautical Institute, 2003
Intrenational Harbourmasters Association. The work of the harbourmaster (3
rd
Edition). Nautical
Institute, 2012
Lightburn, Paul. Port security handbook. Lloyds Register Fairplay, 2004
Marine terminal management and self assessment (MTMSA). OCIMF, 2012



Shipping Law
Recommended Text Books
Shipping Law. ICS, 2014
Baughen, Simon. Shipping Law (5
th
Edition). Routledge, 2012
Chuah, Jason. Law of international trade: cross-border commercial transactions (4
th
Edition). Sweet &
Maxwell, 2009
Hill, Christopher. Maritime Law (6
th
Edition). Informa, 2003
Merkin, Robert. Arbitration Act 1996 (3
rd
Edition). Informa, 2004
Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7
th
Edition). Pearson Education, 2010
Other reading
Schoenbaum, Thomas J and McLellan, Jessica. Admiralty and maritime law. Hornbook series (5
th
Edition).
Westlaw, 2011

Marine Insurance
Recommended Text Books
Marin Insurance. ICS, 2013
Hodges, Susan. Law of maritime insurance. Cavendish-Routledge, 1996
Hudson, N Geoffrey ND Allen, Jeff. Marine claims handbook (5
th
Edition).Informa, 1996
Other reading
Brown, Robert. Maritime insurance: principles and basic practice, volume I (6
th
Edition). Witherby, 1998
Brown, Robert. Witherbys encyclopaedic dictionary of marine insurance. (6
th
Edition). Witherby, 2005
Dover, Victor. A handbook to marine insurance (8
th
Edition). Witherby, 1987




Shipping Finance
Recommended Text Books
Shipping Finance. ICS, 2013
Atrill, Peter and McLaney, Eddie. Accounting and finance for non-specialists (7
th
Edition). Prentice Hall,
2010
Other reading
Alizadeh, Amir and Nomikos, Nikos. Shipping derivatives and risk management. Palgrave, Macmillan,
2009
Stephenson Harwood. Shipping Finance (3
rd
Edition). Euromoney Institutional Investor, 2006

Offshore Support Industry
Recommended Text Books
Offshore Support Industry. ICS, 2012
Bray, Capt David. DP operators handbook: a practical guide. Nautical Institute, 2009
Ritchie, Gary. Offshore support vessels: a practical guide. Nautical Institute, 2008