This is the enhanced, augmented and updated 2nd edition 2021. The Shipbroker’s working knowledge is a book for employees involved in the shipping industry and particularly those dealing or about to deal with the chartering of dry cargo ships. It provides personal knowledge that the author gained during the performance of his duties in the various departments of shipping agencies.

Now in its eighth edition, this classic text is a first point of reference for anyone looking to obtain an understanding of chartering and shipbroking practice. It provides hands-on, commercially-focused explanations of chartering business and invaluable advice on how the shipping market operates across a broad range of topics. The authors also deal expertly with the legal, financial, operational and managerial aspects of chartering, offering numerous case studies which clearly link theory to practice. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the current trends in chartering practice, legal developments and standard forms of charterparties. New to this edition: Enriched with practical examples covering crucial aspects of chartering and shipbroking business, such as voyage estimations, freight conversions and tanker calculations. New material on day-to-day laytime principles, including "Laytime Definitions for Charterparties 2013", associated commentary and relevant examples. Shipping Marketing as a modern tool of improving chartering and shipbroking business. Expanded coverage of the economic background of chartering, including markets, vessels, cargoes, trades and fixtures. Freight rates for all vessel types from 1980 to 2015. Updated review of well-known standard charterparty documents (including NYPE 2015), together with clauses and wordings commonly applying to various charter types. Analytical glossary containing typical terms and abbreviations used in chartering negotiations. This book is an essential guide for practitioners in private practice and in-house for shipowners and cargo houses, as well as those studying shipbroking and chartering.

Dry cargo chartering describes work at the coalface of the dry cargo sector; mainly involving the shipping of bulk commodities. This book describes in detail how this part of the industry works as well as going into detail on the less familiar and more unusual cargoes and trades. It describes the different roles of the ship owner, the charterer, the shipbroker as well as the duties of the back-office staff. It goes into the nuts and bolts of charter parties and different types of shipping documentation as well as the types of employment of ships, including various commodities and cargoes. This volume is aimed at industry personnel who wish to proceed down a certain road within the shipping industry. It will be essential reading if that is a dry cargo route, but will also be beneficial to the students who wish to expand their knowledge of the industry a bit further.

This series provides a basic knowledge of the law and economics of international shipbroking and chartering in a practical way which enables the principles described to be applied in every day situations. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of chartering practices, cases, and standard forms and provides an up-to-date commentary.