Recommended reading list

General reading
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 (2nd
edn). Nautical Institute, 2008
Dykstra, Don. Commercial management in shipping. Nautical Institute, 2005
Gorton, Lars, Hilenius, Patrick, Ihre, Rolf and Sandevrn, Arne. Shipbroking and
chartering practice (7th edn). Informa, 2009
Hopkins, Frederick and Watkins, Gordon. Business and law for the shipmaster (7th
edn). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1989
Incoterms 2010. International Chamber of Commerce, 2010
Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2nd edn). Nautical
Institute, 2010
Mills, Stephen. Bills of lading: a guide to good practice (2nd edn). Witherby, 2005
Ozcayir, Oya. Port state control (2nd edn). Informa, 2004
Port and terminal management. ICS, 2013
Maclachlan, Malcolm. The shipmasters business companion (4th edn). Nautical
Institute, 2004
Tallack, Robert. Commercial management for shipmasters: a practical guide.
Nautical Institute, 2000
Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7th edn). Longman, 2010
Journals
Containerisation International (monthly)
Fairplay (weekly)
Journal of Transport Economic and Policy (three times a year)
Lloyds List (daily)
Lloyds Shipping Economist
Maritime Policy and Management (seven times a year)
Offshore Support Journal (10 times a year)
Trade Winds (weekly)
Associations and organisations
AIVP/IACP: International Association Cities and Ports www.aivp.org/english.html

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 Associations 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
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.htm
UNCTAD www.unctad.org
Introduction to shipping
Recommended textbooks
Branch, Alan. Elements of shipping (8th edn). Taylor & Francis, 2007

Brodie, Peter. Commercial shipping handbook (2nd edn). Informa, 2006Other

reading
Branch, Alan. Dictionary of shipping. International business trade terms and
abbreviations (5th edn). Witherby Seamanship, 2004
Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of shipping terms (5th edn). Informa, 2007
Bruce, George, and Eyres, David. Ship construction (7th edn). ButterworthHeinemann, 2012
Lloyds maritime atlas (27th edn). Lloyds of London Press, 2012
Port agency. ICS, 2013
The ships atlas (14th edn). Shipping Guides, 2012
Legal principles in shipping business
Recommended textbook
Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7th edn). Longman, 2010
Other reading
Legal principles of sea transport. ICS, 2012
Richardson, John. Guide to the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules (4th edn). LLP, 1998
Schoenbaum, Thomas J and McLellan, Jessica. Admiralty and maritime law.
Hornbook series (5th edn). Westlaw, 2011
Economics of sea transport and international trade
Recommended textbooks
McConville, James. Economics of maritime transport, theory and practice. Witherby,
1999
Stopford, Martin Maritime economics (3rd edn). Routledge, 2009
Other reading
Alderton, Patrick. Reeds sea transport: operation and economics (6th edn). Adlard
Coles Nautical, 2011
Jansson, Jan Owen and Shneerson, Dan. Liner shipping economics. Chapman and
Hall, 1987
Leggate, Heather, McConville, James, Morvillo, Alfonso (eds). International maritime
transport: perspectives, Routledge, 2004
Button, Kenneth. Transport economics (3rd edn). Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
McConville, James and Rickaby, Glenys (eds). Shipping business and maritime
economics. An anotated international bibliography. Mansell, 1995
Grammenos, Costas Th (ed). The handbook of maritime economics and business.
LLP, 2002
Economics of sea transport and international trade. ICS, 2013

Shipping business
Recommended textbooks
Grammenos, Costas Th (ed). The handbook of maritime economics and business.
LLP, 2002
Mukherjee, Proshanto and Brownrigg, Mark. Farthing on international shipping (4th
edn). Springer, March 2013
Other reading
Brodie, Peter. Dictionary of shipping terms (5th edn). Informa, 2007
Brodie, Peter. Illustrated dictionary of cargo handling (3rd edn). Routledge, 2012
Buckley, James. The business of shipping (8th edn). Schiffer, 2008
Lorange, Peter. Shipping strategy: innovating for success. Cambridge University
Press, 2009
Shipping business. ICS, 2013
Dry cargo chartering
Recommended textbook
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
Dry cargo chartering. ICS, 2013
Isbester, Capt Jack. Bulk carrier practice: a practical guide (2nd edn). Nautical
Institute, 2010
Ship operations and management
Recommended textbooks
Willingale, Malcolm. Ship management (4th edn). 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 (2nd edn). Nautical
Institute, 2010
Maritime security: guidance for ship operators on the IMO International Ship and Port
Facility Security (ISPS). International Chamber of Shipping, 2001
Ship operations and management. ICS, 2013
Willingale, Malcolm and Spruyt, John. Ship management (3rd edn). Informa, 1998
Tanker chartering
Recommended textbook
Tanker chartering. ICS, 2013
Other reading
Baptist, Capt Colin. Tanker handbook for deck officers (8th edn). Brown, Son &
Ferguson, 2000
Huber, Mark. Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC) (5th
edn). Schiffer Publishing, 2010
Tanker chartering. ICS, 2013
Tusiani, Michael D. The petroleum shipping industry: operations and practices.
PennWell Books, 1996
Tusiani, Michael and Shearer, Gordon. LNG: a nontechnical guide. PennWell Books,
2007
Valois, Philippe. Tankers: an introduction to the transportation of oil by sea.
Witherby, 1997
Worldscale a tanker chartering tool (3rd edn). Intertanko, 2011
Ship sale and purchase
Recommended textbook
Goldrein, I.ain and Turner, Paul. Ship sale and purchase (4th edn). Informa, 2003
Other reading
Coles, Richard and Ready, Nigel. Ship registration: law and practice. Informa, 2002
Ship sale and purchase. ICS, 2012
Sloggett, J. Shipping finance: financing ships and mobile offshore installations (2nd
edn). Fairplay Publications, 1998
Strong, Malcolm and Herring, Paul. Sale of ships: the Norwegian Sale Form. Sweet
& Maxwell, 2004
Liner trades
Recommended textbooks

Brooks, Mary. Sea change in liner shipping. Regulation and managerial decisionmaking in a global industry. Pergamon Press, 2000
Grammenos, Costas Th (ed). 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
Liner trades. ICS, 2013
Port agency
Recommended textbook
Port agency. ICS, 2013
Other reading
Meurn, Robert. Marine cargo operations: a guide to stowage. Schiffer Publishing,
2010
Shipping law
Recommended textbooks
Baughen, Simon. Shipping law (5th edn). Routledge, 2012
Chuah, Jason. Law of international trade: cross-border commercial transactions (4th
edn). Sweet & Maxwell, 2009
Hill, Christopher. Maritime law (6th edn). Informa, 2003
Merkin, Robert. Arbitration Act 1996 (3rd edn). Informa, 2004
Wilson, John. Carriage of goods by sea (7th edn). Pearson Education, 2010
Other reading
Schoenbaum, Thomas J and McLellan, Jessica. Admiralty and maritime law.
Hornbook series (5th edn). Westlaw, 2011
Shipping law. ICS, 2012
Shipping finance
Recommended textbook
Atrill, Peter and McLaney, Eddie. Accounting and finance for non-specialists (7th
edn). Prentice Hall, 2010
Other reading
Alizadeh, Amir and Nomikos, Nikos. Shipping derivatives and risk management.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Shipping finance. ICS, 2013

Stephenson Harwood. Shipping finance (3rd edn). Euromoney Institutional Investor,

2006
Logistics and multi-modal transport
Recommended textbook
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 (4th edn). McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012
Christopher, Martin. Logistics and supply chain management (4th edn). FT Press,
2011
Glass, David. Freight forwarding and multi modal transport contracts. Informa, 2012
Logistics and multi-modal transport. ICS, 2013
Wood, Donald, Barone, Anthony, Murphy, Paul and Wardlow, Daniel. International
logistics (2nd edn). Amacom, 2002
Offshore support industry
Bray, Capt David. DP operators handbook: a practical guide. Nautical Institute, 2009
Offshore support industry. ICS, 2012
Ritchie, Gary. Offshore support vessels: a practical guide. Nautical Institute, 2008
Marine insurance
Recommended textbooks
Hodges, Susan. Law of marine insurance. Cavendish-Routledge, 1996
Hudson, N Geoffrey and Allen, Jeff. Marine claims handbook (5th edn). Informa,
1996
Other reading
Brown, Robert. Marine insurance: principles and basic practice, volume 1 (6th edn).
Witherby, 1998
Brown, Robert. Witherby's encyclopaedic dictionary of marine insurance (6th edn).
Witherby, 2005
Dover, Victor. A handbook to marine insurance (8th edn). Witherby, 1987
Marine insurance. ICS, 2013
Port and terminal management
Recommended textbook
Alderton, Patrick (ed). Port management and operations (3rd edn). Informa, 2008

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 (2nd edn). Nautical Institute, 2003
International Harbourmasters' Association. The work of the harbourmaster (3rd edn).
Nautical Institute, 2012
Lightburn, Paul. Port security handbook. Lloyd's Register - Fairplay, 2004
Marine terminal management and self assessment (MTMSA). OCIMF, 2012