Oil Transport Management

• Main Authors: Lun, Y.H. Venus (Author), Hilmola, Olli-Pekka (Author), Goulielmos, Alexander M. (Author), Lai, Kee-hung (Author), Cheng, T.C. Edwin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Shipping and Transport Logistics
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Fossil fuels.; Production management.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

The first volume in a new Springer Series on Shipping and Transport Logistics, Oil Transport Management provides a full historical account of the evolution of the oil transport industry since the 1800's. In this comprehensive guide, the authors investigate the industry and describe the shipping...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Shoot and Collapse of Dry and Liquid Transportation Markets: The Credit Crunch Effect
• 2.The Tanker Shipping Market
• 3.Oil Tanker Economics: A Case of Oligopsony or Perfect Competition?
• 4.Oil- and Coal- based Sea Transportation Needs – An Integrated Forecasting Approach
• 5.Railway-based Oil Transportation Chain Infrastructure Needs – A System Dynamics Approach
• 6.Transportation Logistics: A Case Study of Bio-diesel Factory Location Plans.